Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Surprise Garden

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When it comes to the place you were born, many people get stuck quoting Thomas Wolfe and say “you can’t go home again.”  I once thought that was true, but I now reject the whole idea out of hand. It … Continue reading →

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The Trash Picker

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Where ever I have lived, I have planted the required Memorial Day geraniums, summer marigolds, and fall mums.  These are easy plants.  For one brief summer in Portland, Maine, I had a little four-foot square garden, but I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Keep Cooking The Maine Way

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It’s Monday morning and I’m cooking up my first batch of rhubarb sauce.  You can find the easiest recipe for this in Marjorie Standish’s “Keep Cooking The Maine Way” cookbook.  This was her sequel to “Cooking Downeast.”  My Aunt Jo … Continue reading →

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There’s A Lot Going On Here

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Someone once posed the question to me “What if humans weren’t made to travel at 60 miles per hour?”  I didn’t have an answer and I had never even considered the possibility of such an existence.  That’s the funny thing … Continue reading →

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Friday Pillow Talk – Prank Phone Calls

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It’s been a busy week, one long crawl from the horizontal to the vertical.  I’ve gone through the motions of living, getting things done, and sadly, not dreaming.  Have I really been sleeping? I have, however, received a few annoying … Continue reading →

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It’s Trillium!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Beautiful, wild, and free.  Like Texas.

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If The Shoe Fits

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

If you’re about my age, it’s possible you watched a CBS Television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.”  It was first broadcast in 1957; it was remade by CBS in 1965 and broadcast 8 times through 1974.  I watched the … Continue reading →

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Margaret Makes Toast of the Jinx

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

A few weeks ago, Uncle Bob accused me of jinxing the Red Sox, our neighbor Margaret was upset about it, and I had to crawl into a rain barrel.  One detail I left out was the fact that on Sunday … Continue reading →

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