Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Anna Bat-Chai Wrobel meditates on the deep connection we all feel with one or two bodies of water in this state littered with lakes and ponds. Lake Reunion Clearwater Lake – Industry, Maine By Anna Bat-Chai Wrobel Why did I come […]
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Eats: Tips to improve your odds of eating better
Redo the pantry, move veggies up in the fridge and use narrow glasses We make ‘em, we break ‘em. New Year’s diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us. Metabolism, too. But a food behavior researcher has tested a bunch of little ways to tip the […]
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A holy sink for cleaning the holy sacraments
A special sink for the holy sacraments One of the seldom-seen features of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is the sacrarium, a special sink in the sacristy of the Lewiston basilica marked with the symbol of a cross and guarded by a small lock. It is used solely for washing the sacred vessels […]
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Mystery Photo for January 8, 2017
There were a lot of people who correctly guessed where last week’s Mystery Photo was taken. The holiday decorations are part of the display in Sullivan Square in New Auburn. The wreath is hanging on the side of Rolly’s Diner at the corner of South Main and Mill streets. The winner, Beth St. Pierre of […]
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Your first job
Readers recall their character-building first jobs — babysitting, worms, paper routes, dead chickens and all — and wonder about today’s work ethic. When Crystal Savage was 13 years old, she hauled the daily papers both before school and after to put a few bucks in her pocket. She did that for two years, until she […]
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How an online fight about dogs became year’s greatest meme
The best meme of 2016 — and let’s be real, probably any year — should be the one that was born from people arguing about dogs on the internet. The one where, in the end, everybody won. The meme I’m talking about is “They’re good dogs, Brent,” which first gained popularity in September. It never […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: National No Pants Day and other things worth celebrating
Every January, Bag Lady loses the will to shop, what with burnout over all the consumerism of the last 60 days. And then, I look over and see an 11-month-old note scratched in pen on the corner of my desk: “Jan. 10 is National No Pants Day,” and, somehow, I find the will to shop […]
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This gadget’s ONLY job is to try to help you sleep better
James Proud is a man on a mission to fix our sleep. This one-time recipient of Peter Thiel’s “skip-college-and-build-things-instead” fellowship is convinced that building gadgets for the home is the best way to improve our lives through tech. And improving sleep, he’s sure, is the place to start. His company, Hello, makes the Sense, a […]
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Coddled fresh eggs take breakfast to next level
Like kale and quinoa, kimchi and anything charred, the egg is having its moment. The hashtag #putaneggonit turns up close to 60,000 times on Instagram. Put an egg on a salad of bitter greens, some hash, Brussels sprouts, toast, rice, ramen or a ragout, and that dish’s appeal goes up. Way up. Eggs have a […]
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We too often say ‘adult’ like it’s a bad thing
My 22-year-old daughter had an adult moment recently. A graduate student with an internship, she recently was seeing a client, who, at the end of their meeting, called her Ms. Walters and asked for her business card. “I think I’m an adult,” she texted me. There are so many ways – little and big – […]