Category Archives: Just Writing
Vive la Canadienne
As my blog readers know, I’ve been writing about the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine for the last 8 months. This Sunday’s Sun Journal (October 8) will feature the “Basilica Brides” story followed by three additional … Continue reading
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Tagged Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, Israel Shevenell, The Home Road
At the Old Hitching Post
As noted earlier on this blog, Echoes magazine ceased publication in June of this year. Any remaining subscription issues were fulfilled by Maine magazine and as of today, I have received two months of this replacement. It’s a happy harlequin … Continue reading
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Tagged Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul
Granite Narratives
For the past eight months, I’ve been writing a series of articles for the Lewiston Sun Journal about the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. These articles are archived online and you can read them there. How I got involved … Continue reading
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Tagged Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, granite
The Vienna Union Hall
I had never heard of the Vienna Union Hall until Peter Miller died. I don’t remember how I heard the news of Miller’s death either, although it was a regional news story when it happened. Peter Miller lived on his … Continue reading
A Fine Sort of Man
On April 22, 1928, The Portland Sunday Telegram published a “special despatch” on the construction of Lewiston’s Saint Mary’s Church, located on the corner of Oxford and Cedar Streets. An architectural rendering of the church was included with a formal … Continue reading
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Tagged Louis Malo, St. Joseph
The Scrapbook
I last blogged about Eloise Jordan in “Just Maine Folks.” Research on granite quarries, civil defense, and fallout shelters interrupted my progress, but as I’ve paged through digitally scanned decades of Lewiston newspapers, I’ve kept my eyes open for traces … Continue reading
The Lunkheads
Back when I used to post links to my blog posts on Facebook, I would sometimes get three or four “likes” within 30 seconds of posting the link on social media . This puzzled me because my blog posts run … Continue reading
On Granite
When I’m working on a freelance story, my office looks like a disaster area. There are two computers running and one of them will have ten or twelve browsers open. Books are all over the floor with handwritten notes stuck … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments and Challenges, Just Writing
Tagged eternal life, granite, Polycor, Rock of Ages, Swenson Granite
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Just Maine Folks
Over two weeks have passed since my last biographical sketch of Lisbon writer Eloise Jordan. In this last post, it was June, 1924 and Jordan had just graduated from Lisbon High School. I’m a person who enjoys things in chronological … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading, Just Writing
Tagged Eloise Jordan, Maine Writers Research Club
Spring So Beloved
On January 6, 1979, Eloise Jordan’s New Year’s column in the Lewiston Evening Journal’s Magazine was what I like to call “weather and seasons.” Looking out over the year ahead she wrote: “We know the January blizzard that flares over … Continue reading
