Every so often, when I’m walking in local woods as the season shuts down toward solstice, I come upon a decorated tree. Usually, it’s a fir of some ilk, though a few times I’ve found baubles on a short, bare-limbed maple. And twice now, a fir has been strung with a few strands of lights. […]

If I ran a local tap room and I was looking for someone to make sure that my books were on the up and up I would look for someone who was well-schooled in the principles of accounting. Someone who had a background in numbers and the upkeep of my accounts. If I sat on […]

Divided government – each party controlling part of the government – seems appealing. It could produce compromise and block extreme policies. But divided government is a failed myth. Its virtues are elusive, and it often produces stalemate. Look at the federal government and Maine. In October, President Trump passed a full year, one quarter of […]

Good grief. It surprised me how sad I was that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” would no longer air on broadcast television. I felt like I’d lost a chunk of my childhood. In October, Apple TV+ acquired the rights to all “Peanuts” holiday specials including “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” A great hue and cry resulted. An […]

I’ve always taken great pride in the tender care I give to my cell phone. Until recently, I could boast that with all of the various cellular devices I’ve possessed through the years (dating back to the first Motorola bag phone my dad gave me during the Early Iron Age), I’d never once had so […]