Author Archives: Julie-Ann Baumer

Pedal Power

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Somewhere in my office, I have a short list of entrepreneurial projects for the future.  Some rely on a large inheritance or a winning lottery ticket, like staring my own foundation devoted to the preservation and proliferation of truth and … Continue reading →

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Lawn Chair Season

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Spring.  It’s a busy time of year here in Maine.  I’ve written about it before, the way the grass grows three inches a day, birds show up en masse, and a woodchuck lurks around the backyard.  These are some of … Continue reading →

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Cycling the Rail Trail

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

On Sunday, I drove to Augusta with my bicycle in the back of my Jeep.  Navigating the capitol city’s roundabouts twice or thrice, I parked at the Kennebec Valley YMCA and asked a friendly runner “which way to the Kennebec … Continue reading →

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Senator Mason’s Bill

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Maine will be celebrating its bicentennial in 2020.  This past November, Secretary of State Dunlap unveiled a commemorative license plate Mainers can use in lieu of a front plate until the end of the bicentennial year, or December 31, 2020.  … Continue reading →

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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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The Jewelry Bag Explosion

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

On Friday, I went to a photo shoot.  Not for myself, but for this Sunday’s “Easter Bonnet” article. My friend Gail offered her hat collection as props for my Sun Journal story.  Gail loves hats, she wears hats, and she … Continue reading →

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Great on Their Shoulders

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It is fun to occasionally talk and write about yourself in the third person.  As a literary technique, it has its merits.  The Charles Dickens Dombey and Son character, Major Bagstock, pompously talked about himself in the third person.   Often. … Continue reading →

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