A year ago I took a hiatus from writing this blog to concentrate on returning to the classroom as a math and science teacher. I hadn’t taught science in a number of years, and being in a new district I knew it would be a demanding year. My… Read More
Trump’s military parade has been canceled for this year – too expensive!… Read More
Every single thing we own needs some amount of care and feeding. Be careful what you keep. Read More
Crazy Moon by Lucia Greene is a book for kids ages 7 and up, but I must say, I really enjoyed it myself. Yup, it’s great to be a kid again. The book features a young girl at her first-ever summer camp, Crazy… Read More
Here’s a fun exercise, if you have Twitter, go into the list of people who you follow, scroll all the way down and see who the first person you followed was. Read More
PEOPLE WHO QUESTION THE GREATNESS OF TOM BRADY BUG ME. I MEAN REALLY DRIVE ME A LITTLE NUTS. SOME SAY HE’S A SYSTEM QUARTERBACK. WHATEVER THAT MEANS? HE FACES WEAK COMPETITION. THERE HAVE BEEN RULE CHANGES TO BENEFIT RECEIVERS. BLAH. JUST HUSH ALL OF… Read More
If you even think you might regret it, you already have. Trust your instincts. Read More
The era of pious hopes about the good and fair judgment of executive officials has ended. Legislatures should legislate. Read More
Every Maine kid should have a copy of the Activity Guide that Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has put together. It’s loaded with fun projects, and will teach kids a lot about the great Maine outdoors. … Read More
The tone of this administration. Read More
They were the best of people, they were the worst of people. Trump promised us excellence. “I’m going to surround myself with only the best and most serious people,” he said in a 2016 interview with The Washington Post. “We want top… Read More
What does your stuff keep you from doing?… Read More
Anxiety is something nearly everyone struggles with in addiction recovery. Seeing the wreckage our lives became is enough to cause anxiety. In truth, most of us lived with it long before we took the first drink or drug. “What we lived with, we learned. What we… Read More
AUGUSTA, Me- I was pleased to recently see some of the life’s work of the late Peter Archambault, of Madawaska, when I visited the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, on the Campus of the University of Maine Augusta (UMA) and the Michael Klahr Center Exhibit Space. It is… Read More
The LePage administration is making a disputed claim that Question 1 would hit married couples twice with a new tax. It'll be settled by the attorney general, but it's a key issue in the debate for now. Read More
A good part of my working day is spent sitting in front of a computer. I try to practice what I preach and move around as much as possible. My new workspace has provided me with lots of opportunities. Let's go for a short walk together. Read More
A good part of my working day is spent sitting in front of a computer. I try to practice what I preach and move around as much as possible. My new workspace has provided me with lots of opportunities. Let's go for a short walk together. Read More
Who gets a vote? That simple question belies a complex reality facing a new study group in Portland. Read More
I’d been eagerly awaiting a copy of Bill Samuel’s book on moose and ticks, White as a Ghost, so when DIFW Wildlife Biologist Nate Webb dropped it off at my house, I dove right in. DIFW’s Wildlife Division Director Judy Camuso had… Read More
Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests accused of molesting Pa. children. Grand jury reports officials covered up the abuse. –News Item… Read More
