Grateful for Bath’s attempt to stem rabies spread I, for one, applaud the city of Bath for making an effort to protect their residents from rabies. If the predator was a human being, every effort would be made to catch and remove that person from the community. To me, the fact that the predator is […]

I am working from home as I write this article, typing away on my laptop in my office. One of my sons is chatting away with his 5th grade “lunch crew” buddies via Zoom, while my other son, a freshman, finishes up baking some sugar cookies. He chose sugar cookies because that’s what could be […]

People are fascinated by numbers. Not surprisingly, the Covid-19 pandemic has become entangled with statistics. The problem may be that people focus on those numbers, so they lose sight of the real problem. How many cases have there been in China or Italy or the U.S.? Where is the pandemic “epicenter” based on the case […]

How will snowbirds be welcomed back after the pandemic? I know that I always will be from away! Despite the fact that I have lived full time in Maine for 24 of my 74 years, spent most summers in Maine, and married a born and raised Maine woman, I am still from away. So for […]

Let’s play Jeopardy. Answer: Clean out the basement. Question: What should you do if you’re confined to your house and you plan to move to a retirement home in the not-too-distant future? I began to clean out my basement office earlier this year, a daunting task given the tons of paper I’d amassed after having […]

It’s 3 a.m. and I am awake again, like so many other anxious health care workers around the world. Despite the global social isolation and distancing, I do not feel alone. In the last two months, I have suffered from insomnia, waking up every 1-2 hours. I glance at the clock and try to will […]

Many people around the state are creating ways to support local farmers and fishermen during the current health crisis. Farmers have switched to grab and go pre-packed bags or home deliveries of ordered supplies, but are trying to keep up with the growing harvest as spring advances. Fishermen, too, are looking at the season where […]

The hundreds and hundreds of Donald Trump’s lies and distortions of the truth and his utter lack of leadership are coming home to roost in the deadly spread of a novel virus he ignored for far too long. Trump’s repeated denial, downplaying, now indecisive leadership over the last three months have wreaked grave havoc on […]