Author Archives: Julie-Ann Baumer

This Bag is Not a Toy

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

There are a few songs with the word “bag” in them.  James Brown’s Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag is probably the first one that comes to mind; a much older song is Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old … Continue reading →

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Love Was Made for Me and You

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

If Mr. Right ever shows up, I hope he brings me a heart-shaped pizza. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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I Couldn’t Be Happier!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Here at The Coop, a lot of news and information comes over the transom at all hours of the day and night.  I process most things efficiently, filing them into the appropriate mental compartments.  Bernard Saint’s birthday was filed in … Continue reading →

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Hot, Dry, and Not Kansas

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When I was getting ready to take my “Maiden Voyage,” I spent some time researching hotels, motels, and inns.  There are many former Gilded Age estates in the Berkshires, retrofitted as luxury accommodations for Lady Alone Travelers.  I could have … Continue reading →

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The Soldier

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When she was in her 70’s, my father’s mother, my Nana, had a heart attack.  After this happened, it became harder for her to climb stairs and do housework.  Most of the grandchildren took turns “helping Nana” with various chores … Continue reading →

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Storm Fatigue – A Story in Three Pictures

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Driving home on Thursday night, I was greeted by a flashing sign: I keep the bare necessities of life in The Coop; I was looking forward to a few days of isolation and solitude in the midst of the roaring … Continue reading →

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The Weatherman

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Some of my blog readers might not know that there is a blizzard heading straight for New England today; the weather puppets are calling it “Nemo.”  As I cracked the blinds at the early morning blogging hour, a light snow … Continue reading →

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Masquerading as My Mother

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I got caught the other day. I went home on a Tuesday for a Moxie Festival Committee meeting and stayed at my parents’ house overnight.  After dinner, I pulled out my mother’s high school yearbook and started looking at the … Continue reading →

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When it’s Thursday on Wednesday

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Midweek Moxie Festival meetings can throw my blogging schedule upside down. Like a can tossed from a speeding interstate automobile, I’m going to rock and roll with it.

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Who Moved C’est Cheese?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

In 1998, Spencer Johnson wrote perhaps one of the silliest “business” books of all time, Who Moved My Cheese?  I read it when I worked at The Big Corporation Up The Road and the simplistic allegory was a regular source … Continue reading →

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