A Dumpling Dinner
Although they are one of my favorite all-time foods, I don’t make a habit out of eating dumplings on the regular. They are a real treat for me, so when I do cave to the carb craving, I make this very...
View ArticleMcKay Park in Bath
If you live in an old house, you probably wonder about the history of it and the people who used to live there. My own house on Congress Avenue in Bath has always been a mystery to me. Tax records put...
View ArticleHallowe’en Then
Hallowe’en was so different back in the Mesozoic Era when I was a kid. I know everyone my age says that, but since you’re the one reading this, let’s you and I take a late October stroll down memory...
View ArticleTechnology advancement helps push model railroading forward
TOPSHAM — More than 30 years ago, Paul Lodge was shopping at a store for model railroaders in Auburn when he realized it was the only place people like him could gather and talk about model trains....
View ArticleThe important uses of yawning and laughing
There are a number of things you can do to help get through painfully boring meetings. You probably know most of them, if meetings are your forte or if your continued employment depends on attending...
View ArticleCelebrating Fall Family Birthdays
When my siblings and I were growing up, Mom used to make my sister Dee a special stroganoff dinner for her November birthday. I have continued that tradition, preparing the recipe for all my loved ones...
View ArticleA Tale of Three Casseroles
Many years ago, I innocently showed up at a workplace event with “those oven eggs” and hash brown casserole. From then on, I was expected to bring these dishes every time there was a celebration. Days...
View ArticleA piece of Maine history?
A while back, I picked up an interesting item on eBay. It’s either an exciting, mysterious piece of maritime history or a bizarre hoax. I showed it to Nathan Lipfort, the former senior curator of the...
View ArticleA VETERAN, A KNITTER — UNCLE RICHIE
He was my step-mother’s brother and no one really liked him. He was mean, bad tempered and consistently unpleasant, but he worked hard at his job to keep his long-suffering wife and three young...
View ArticleVolunteer Jazz Band performs for veterans across Maine
BRUNSWICK — Several years ago, Lynn Kinney started a band all because of meatloaf. Not Meat Loaf, the singer-songwriter Kinney calls one of her favorites — the one whose “Bat out of Hell” is one of the...
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