September 1, 2010 RSS feed / Irregular Regulars

Recipes from the Ridge

Squash Surplus

Still got zucchini? Here are a few more ways to use it up. Also, try freezing by grating it and letting the liquid drain. More...

FLY DOPE

We recently heard that Deanna McClure of Kingfield lost her mind for a few minutes. During those few mindless moments she jumped 14,000 feet out of an airplane. Yup, that’s right, 14,000 feet from a moving plane! More...

REAR VIEW

“It’s a capital mistake to theorize before one has data,” a quote made by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, headed Page one of the Feb. 27, 1981 Sugarloaf and Rangeley Lakes Irregular, Vol. 14, No. 5. More...

Thought for the Week

Labor Day is Monday God give me work, till my life shall end And life, till my work is done. —Epitaph of Winifred Holtby More...

OUT & ABOUT WITH LAURA

This past week, I was happy to hear from Ed and Bonnie Jesteadt who live on Gammon Pond in New Portland and are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Partnership with the people of the Tyhume Valley located in the Amatola Mountains of the Eastern Cape More...

Away With Words

Timeless

There is a small abandoned garage on the side of the road in Shirley Mills, Maine. I don’t think anyone ever notices it sitting there, losing its battle to stay upright, but I notice it—I always have. More...

IRREDIOMS ~ A look at common idioms

Phrases, sayings & expressions, what they mean & where they came from

Slow on the Draw Slow to understand or figure something out; slow to respond or react; not alert; not a deep thinker. More...