Health care reform and giving thanks …two concepts that can, and should, be uttered in the same sentence
By Allen Wicken
Well, perhaps in the same paragraph at least. In my last column, primarily focused on Veteran’s Day, I mentioned in the post-script that we were heading out to Colorado to meet our five-week old first grandchild, Cooper Allen Wicken.
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Paityn Emma Dusoe Born: October 16, 2009 Gender: Female Weight: 7.14 lbs. More...
On the heels of strippers
By Karen Pease
I’ve learned over the course of many years that laughter can be a life-saver. Sometimes, existing in a state of harmony with the world and those around us is nigh impossible. Things go wrong. People don’t live up to our expectations. More...
The young hunter and the old Indian
By Elizabeth McIntyre
Our sons, Bill and Bruce, and their cousins and friends have been hunting from our camp for 20 years and in Vermont for years before that. This year (2005), 12-yearold Reid (Bruce’s son) was here on Maine’s Youth Day for his first hunt. More...
Phrases, sayings & expressions, what they mean & where they came from
Come Apart at the Seams To become so upset that all self-control is gone. Of course, a person doesn’t actually have seams, but think of a piece of clothing under great strain. More...
The Irregular archive next coughs up the July 21, 1978, Vol. 11, No. 18 issue of the Sugarloaf and Rangeley Lakes Irregular. More...