Someone once said, “Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” Well, I made some plans last December and if I’d listened more closely I probably would have heard at least a chuckle. Almost a year ago to the day, I submitted my first biweekly column to Current Publishing for this and […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: New home requires some adjustments
In the last year, my wife and I moved to a new house we had built in another town. Yes, we like it a lot. Thanks for asking. But there are always those little things that you don’t think about before you decide to pack up all your worldly possessions and move them from a […]
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‘Wolverine’ in DVD and Blu-Ray tops the list
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: New home requires adjustments
In the last year, my wife and I moved to a new house we had built in another town. Yes, we like it a lot. Thanks for asking. But there are always those little things that you don’t think about before you decide to pack up all your worldly possessions and move them from a […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: New home requires adjustments
In the last year, my wife and I moved to a new house we had built in another town. Yes, we like it a lot. Thanks for asking. But there are always those little things that you don’t think about before you decide to pack up all your worldly possessions and move them from a […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: The phone as an enemy
For some elderly who live alone, the telephone is truly a lifeline – especially if there are few visitors to break up the monotony of a day spent all alone. We all know someone in that situation, whose family and friends are too busy or live too far away to make a personal visit. In […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: ‘The Borough’ likes Facebook, traffic
If I am wrong, don’t tell me. I decided at age 16 that no other town or city in Maine ended with the letters b-o-r-o-u-g-h. So I decided to call it, henceforth, “The Borough.” (I also decided to use “henceforth” whenever possible). This week Scarborough is getting slam-dunked 90 mph into the future…. Happy Thanksgiving…Sort […]
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A poem of inspiration
Margie Casey of Gorham has submitted a poem that she wrote recently: God’s word is life my life is God’s word. Without God’s word there is no life So we choose whom we serve . . . and we serve whom we choose. So choose this day to serve the lord or be dismayed for […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Make your voice heard in Augusta
It appears from the newspapers that the craft fair business is outdoing the yard sale business in Maine. What a great opportunity for those of us whose wallets are thin to visit a local church or hall and choose something handmade, unique and that doesn’t require batteries or some electronic box in order to be […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Plow dilemma solved – for now
Now that my sailboat sits shrink-wrapped in the back yard between the gas grill and the garden and my other warm-weather toys are all put away, I have little to do around here until the snow flies and I have to start plowing and sanding our long, winding driveway. Some think that with global warming, […]