Category Archives: Friday Pillow Talk

The Beautiful Music of Cakes

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Not all cakes are round or rectangular.  Sometimes, they’re square. (I suppose the whole notion of making cakes from “scratch” is kind of “square” but that would be a different blog post.) To make a square cake, you can use … Continue reading →

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Let All Cupcakes Keep Silence

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent a few winter hours considering things like “focus” and “distraction.”  This has been a wonderful winter for pondering anything deeper than “liking” a post on Facebook.  In fact, a Facebook post about shoveling … Continue reading →

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Fuel It Up

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

As readers of this blog know, the song I sing is sometimes tinged with a plaintive tone of world-weariness.  The regular sight of pajama-clad shoppers slurping artificial yogurt through plastic tubes brings a dull note of mourning to my lips.  … Continue reading →

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Oh My Papa!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Back in the days when I lived in my chicken coop-sized condominium, I spent a lot of weekends at the Motel Four.  That’s what I affectionately called the little house I grew up in.  Spring and summer Saturdays were for … Continue reading →

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Julie & Julia & Julie-Ann

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’m glad I took today off from work.  As I try to put together the pieces for today’s blog, it seems like my whole life has been one long string of out of touch moments.  Trying to put it all … Continue reading →

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On the Road to Lewiston

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Route 196 is a busy state road that connects Brunswick and Lewiston.  Cars move along at a steady clip in daylight, ferrying folks from one town to another.  There are faded crosswalks, of course, and according to my connections in … Continue reading →

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Your Gift to Me

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Small Town, USA…the day after Christmas. It was “all good” here in Lisbon Falls yesterday.  I started out the day singing with a choir at Midnight Mass and I made it through the entire performance without any yawns. Uncle Bob … Continue reading →

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Sandals and Spoons

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

(Today’s post includes some bad language and a bit of general cattiness.) It’s been a dark and rainy week here in my little corner of Maine, but a sliver of sunlight crept out from behind the clouds around 1:00 p.m. … Continue reading →

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My Cookie-Pierced Heart

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Everyone knows by now that I don’t have a Tee Vee.  Worse than that particular crime against Americanism, I’m not very good at following pop culture.  Sure, the teenagers walk by my house every day wearing pajama pants, hoodies, and … Continue reading →

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Satins and Chips

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

A few nights ago, I finally unwrapped the gift my friends Mary and Dave brought to my house on Thanksgiving.  I hated to unwrap it; the slim box wrapped in orange paper with a yellow and orange polka dot ribbon … Continue reading →

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