Category Archives: Friday Pillow Talk

Mossy Mary and the Bridal Barge

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

In the last decade, I’d like to think I’ve become less interested in shopping. Mostly confined to farmers’ markets and antique shops, my urge to peruse and consume is diminished. For many reasons, I’ve tried to redefine myself as any … Continue reading →

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Promises from the White Sarcophagus

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When was it? How long ago? It seems like a lifetime. It’s January now, 2014. It was November, 2004, almost ten years ago. Why had I stopped at that particular strip mall, one of so many along that familiar road? … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet’s Mummy

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

January thaw over, we’re back in an Arctic weather pattern here in New England.  Sub-zero and single digits are the norm, bringing lots of crying and counting of days until spring on social medial platforms. I try not to complain … Continue reading →

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Broken Dreams and Bad Glasses

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The last week has been strange.  A confluence of data and information arrived and it resulted in a frightening dream last night.  I hardly know where to begin.  The week?  The dream?  The outcome?  The resultant resolutions? My first instinct … Continue reading →

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City of Readers

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

My brother reads a lot. I can still remember the day my mother took us to the Lisbon Falls library to get out first library cards.  If memory serves me correctly, we were playing near a frog pond at the … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Fantasia

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with one of my friends, Eleanor.  I had asked her about her Christmas plans.  It turned out to be a very long story, but I had time to listen and I did.  … Continue reading →

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C’est Aujourd’hui Vendredi

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Here on the blog, I’ve shared many stories about the paternal personalities on the Baumer side of my family.  These Germans were all around me all the time, steady, stoic, and dependable.  It’s quite possible that my enjoyment of walking … Continue reading →

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The Past is a Different Country

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For the last few years, I’ve been writing about the past as I remember it. Generally, I’ve woven “feel good” happy endings and old-fashioned lessons into stories about my family, both living and dead. If someone were to read my … Continue reading →

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Last Night I Dreamed I Went To…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Mitford? Yes, Mitford, and it’s consumed my free time for the last fourteen nights. Jan Karon’s Mitford series of books was popular reading in the 1990’s.  While everyone else was surfing this trend wave, I was reading about the Mitford … Continue reading →

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Icons of Industry

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

New readers of this blog may not know it, but I have lived without a Tee Vee since 2000.  I have a home computer, an i-phone, and a radio.  But I do not have a Tee Vee.  I don’t see … Continue reading →

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