Monthly Archives: April 2018

Searching for Mrs. Shockley

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

One of my Basilica research destinations was the Androscoggin Historical Society.  The AHS have a large collection of Lewiston’s now-defunct Evening Journal, bound periodical-style.  They’re dusty and dirty and still have the faint feel of newsprint about them.  During one … Continue reading →

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The House of Big Salads

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

On April 28, the Pickwick Club, Maine’s only Charles Dickens reading club, will reconvene to discuss Jenny Hartley’s book Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women.  Perhaps you don’t know a lot about Mr. Dickens, other than the omnipresent … Continue reading →

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Keep Digging

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

This is a schematic of the coal mine located on the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border.  It’s the Enlow Fork Mine. Here is a video of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. touring the mine. I toured this mine once, like Dale, Jr. did.  It was … Continue reading →

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Buy the Book!

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The book is out.  The talk is done (merci, bon Dieu!)  The roaster is clean (finally) and I have no more things to say in the passive voice. Now go…buy the book.

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