I wanted to write something brimming with adjectives — rich descriptive words and phrases to match the faint glint of spring we all enjoyed. The varying shades of brown in the grasses and mud, the heavy buds forming on branch tips, the new singing of birds around my house — all of which dripped of […]

Spouse and I have been empty nesters once again this week. Second Born, our temporary boarder, decided to spring for a big trip before settling down to a permanent job somewhere (anywhere but Maine, she tells us). She and BFF are in France for the week, meeting a third member of their college entourage who […]

Today’s Highlights in History On March 12, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, with Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota placing a strong second. The African island of Mauritius became independent of British rule (on this date in 1992, Mauritius became a republic). On this date In 1622, Ignatius of Loyola, […]