Category Archives: Back to School

Shirking

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

In my mid-teen years, I delivered the Maine Sunday Telegram.  65 or 70 customers made a good-sized route for a teenage girl on a bicycle.  It had been my brother’s route and following my mother’s sales techniques, he had expanded … Continue reading →

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The Salesman

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’ve written more than a few times about not having a Tee Vee.  Bla, bla, bla; I’ll spare my readers the “I don’t have a Tee Vee” shtick except to say that I’ve become quite sensitized to the dramatic pageantry … Continue reading →

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In Tilbury Town

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

In just a few days I’ll celebrate my second anniversary of blog writing.  I enjoy the discipline, but lately I’ve been discouraged with my writing.  I wonder about my blog stats and if I’ll ever write “something else.”  Am I … Continue reading →

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Passive Voices

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

As a writer, I struggle with the “passive voice.” Recollect, a transitive verb means “action” between a subject and an object. “Clapton shot the sheriff.” Clapton is the subject, the sheriff is the object.  “Shot” is the “action.”  The sentence … Continue reading →

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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

One of the blogs I read, written by James Howard Kunstler, is updated every Monday.  Mr. Kunstler is an author and social critic and some of his ideas seemed offensive to me when I first started reading them, mostly because … Continue reading →

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Sock Puppet

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Uncle Bob and I don’t have many things in common; sure, we like digging around in the garden and we like spending time on The Farm, but we are different in our approach to life.  Uncle Bob is “laid back” … Continue reading →

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Back to School Again

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Public schools in New Hampshire began this week.  From what I can observe, it’s not a full week of classes.  But the traffic patterns have changed and school buses are in the mix now. Getting the children to school is … Continue reading →

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Round and Round

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Reggie Black despises red lights. He despises stop signs, too. I was his passenger for a few days in Zone 9 and I had the chance to hear his Roundabout Rants in person. No trip along suburban Florida’s sprawl was … Continue reading →

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The Slumber Party

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I don’t remember how old I was when I went to my first “slumber party.”  Fourth grade?  Fifth?  A girl from school invited eight or ten girls over to her house and we brought sleeping bags.  We played typical slumber … Continue reading →

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Cuppa Cuppa Kind of Day

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Last night I stopped at the Extra Mart in Lisbon Falls before I left for New Hampshire.  I filled up the Jeep with fuel and I ran into a high school friend.  We ended up chatting for almost an hour … Continue reading →

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