My husband and I recently adopted two children from Maine’s foster care system. They’re kind, smart, beautiful, funny, athletic and empathetic — like millions of other kids. I’m a teacher and my husband works in affordable housing. Our older child, a rising senior, insists on working 50 hours a week during summer. Our younger child […]

I’m laughing out loud at Ron Joseph’s Sept. 2 “In the Field” column titled “Lovesick moose sparks sex education lesson,” about an amorous male moose falling for an indifferent milking cow named Ginger. Joseph painted a hilarious snapshot of rural living in Maine in the 1960s. It reminded me of the hysterically funny books and […]