“Living in Maine” is the subject for this year’s Adult Literature Series sponsored by the Friends of Scarborough Public Library. Their latest program was highlighted by the appearance of John Ford Sr., the author of two extremely popular books, “Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good” and “This Cider Still Tastes Funny.” Ford spent 20 […]

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 […]

What if there was a political figure who frequently made wildly inaccurate statements about public policy? I’m talking about somebody with a long record of regularly getting it wrong. No reporter would quote a source like that, at least not without fact-checking every detail. No businessperson would consider planning for a company’s future based on […]

What if there was a political figure who frequently made wildly inaccurate statements about public policy? I’m talking about somebody with a long record of regularly getting it wrong. No reporter would quote a source like that, at least not without fact-checking every detail. No businessperson would consider planning for a company’s future based on […]

Racism. Morality. Freedom. Justice. The words flow so smoothly. Strung together like the ropes that bound the slaves to the plantation owners. Like the ropes used to hang the black and hopeless men. Like the ropes that bind us still to that “peculiar institution” otherwise known as slavery. Justice. Have we arrived? Born in South […]

The holidays at this time of year account for a great deal of activity, both legitimate and not. It’s prime hunting time for scammers and it’s more serious for senior citizens since, as a group, we elders are the most susceptible to falling for a scam. Here’s one I almost bought into recently. Magazine subscriptions […]