Author Archives: Julie-Ann Baumer

Thowback Thursday?

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For no particular reason. Mat it, baybee.

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The Final Countdown

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I try not to use song titles as blog titles, but I was born in 1964.  This means I was raised on rock and roll and FM radio.  Petroleum runs through my veins from all those years of cheap energy—racing … Continue reading →

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It’s the Way Life Should Be

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Another beautiful Monday morning in Maine…carloads of visitors trickle out of the state while new carloads speed in.  They come here because clever marketers have told them it’s the way life should be. The last few weeks have been a … Continue reading →

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I Told Them Where to Go!

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For most people here in town, The Moxie Festival is a marker, a pin on the seasonal map that says “this is the high point of summer.”  In anticipation, everyone drags their chairs down to Route 196 and prepares to … Continue reading →

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A Favorite Photo

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

We started going through some of the public relations photographs from the 2014 Moxie Festival.  Tomorrow, I think I’ll tell you more about the parade and here’s the preview. Volunteering is fun!

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Eu Bénite

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

We had some special guests during this year’s Moxie Recipe Contest.  A Tee Vee meteorologist, Charlie Lopresti, visited Chummy’s and did a live weather segment.  The contestants, the tasting panel, and the audience were enthralled and although I was running … Continue reading →

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The First Day of Summer

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

After helping out at the Moxie Car Show Sunday and then taking a short nap, I visited Al and Dot Smith up at the Ridge School.  This circa 1874 one room schoolhouse is lovingly tended by the Lisbon Historical Society.  … Continue reading →

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Hugs

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Last night, at the Lisbon Community School, a few members of the Moxie Festival Committee (past and present) hosted a barbecue for the Warrior Marching Band.  They’d come all the way from Lake Mills, Wisconsin, via Ontario and Washington, D.C. … Continue reading →

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The Moxie Show is Rolling

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

No sleep until Moxie! (Photo courtesy of Joya Martell Anderson.) Think Moxie, Drink Moxie, and meet me in Lisbon Falls, Maine!

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My Reliance

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I was running a few errands the other day and I saw a sign in a parking lot. What more is there to say about The Moxie Recipe Contest? The Moxie Festival? A marching band from Wisconsin and 50,000 people … Continue reading →

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