The following is fiction, but it’s short. Notes From the Underground During the Time of the Coronavirus June 20 – Ah, I can smell spring. Three weeks I have been in lockdown quarantine. Here in the suburbs it is quiet, but in the poor neighborhoods not so good, from what I can tell from the […]
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Letter: Reader sees value in all Forecaster columnists
I look forward to reading the thoughts and opinions expressed each week in The Forecaster. It’s good to know the ideas and opinions of our local neighbors, as opposed to the professionals in the national media. I like the positive thinking Heather Martin gives us and the valuable perspective of a new American, Abdi Iftin. […]
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Over Easy: What will the new normal look like?
So here we are, almost a year into a pandemic that seems to be getting worse and worse. There has been talk of a “light at the end of the tunnel.” Talk about “back to normal” and what it means to our lives. We’ve all been waiting anxiously, but the question looms: Will there be […]
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Over Easy: ‘Inaugural’ – a poem
‘Twas the night before inaugural, and at the White House the soon-to-be Ex-president was feeding fake news to a pack of reporters. Though the hour was late and the votes all collected, the Ex-president still claimed to win the election. “Of course it was rigged,” he said in a tweet, “it’s the greatest fraud in […]
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Letter: Kalish continues bias against Trump
I read Bob Kalish’s article and again the bias is continuing toward our president. Mr. Kalish doesn’t seem to know all the accomplishments President Trump has made (“Over Easy: Heading for the last roundup,” Dec. 14). I predicted the mail-in voting would be dangerous and I will never believe a man hiding in his basement […]
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Over Easy: Heading for the last roundup
The following is fictional but short. Giuliani was the last to arrive, tucking his shirt into his pants, hoping no ants were in his pants. As typical of Rudy, his mouth arrives seconds before the rest of him. Following orders from the president to “dress like cowboys,” the entire cabinet looked like a group audition […]
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Over Easy: Why you should vote
During my years living abroad I got to spend time in places where the politics and the government rules were dissimilar from when I was raised. As an American living abroad I seldom came in direct contact with the local governments in the places where I landed. At most a check with the passport, a […]
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Over Easy: Just because you can say it doesn’t mean you should
I was saddened recently to see an offensive bumper sticker on a truck with a Maine license plate in our local community. Sad because I know that once a cultural shift occurs, things don’t revert back any time soon. In other words, so-called “progress” only moves in one direction. You can’t go back to the […]
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Over Easy: July is never too soon to think about winter in Maine
Here in Maine, July is never too soon to think about winter. The thought arrived with the two cords of cut and split firewood dumped next to my driveway. It was still July, but we live in the climate zone called temperate, where it seems the cold is never too far away, waiting patiently for […]
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Bob Kalish: A few words about neighbors
Like family, you don’t get to choose your neighbors directly, which can result in interesting occurrences.