Category Archives: Today We Rest

Beauty is Everywhere

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Most people driving along Route 196 through Lisbon Falls probably don’t notice these. They’re distracted by the cares of the world. Beauty is everywhere. Slow down and find it.

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged beauty is everywhere, sunflowers, turn off your tee vee | 4 Comments

I’m in Love!

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I tried to take a sundown walk at Reid State Park last night; I met a road block. “The Park closes at 8:15 p.m.” I glanced at my watch and knew the park’s gate attendant wasn’t going to let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged Five Islands, Gotcha with the title, There is beauty in this world | 2 Comments

If We’re Not Friends

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Not all my blog readers are my friends on Facebook and that’s a shame. Not everyone knows how happy and content I am today. My heart is really full right now. I love you, hometown.

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged Lisbon, Moxie Festival, Moxie Festival Car Show, my little town | 1 Comment

The Empty Barn

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Uncle Bob finally took his tractor to its summer location. The rain stopped and the heat arrived. This means Uncle Bob is mowing and it’s Moxie season. No rest for Baumers!

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged July, mowing, Moxie, tractors | 2 Comments

Here is the Church

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the door and see nothing. They’re tearing it down. I’m sure something beautiful will replace it, like a Rite Aid or a Five Guys. If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll get a … Continue reading →

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged Jim Kunstler has something to say about ugliness, sarcasm on, tearing things down, ugliness is everywhere, would you recognize beauty | 2 Comments

The Honeysuckle Dreamlessness

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

My garden was a mess; when I go home, I’m so busy “moxifying” Lisbon Falls that I don’t have much time to weed. Uncle Bob’s section of the garden is never a mess. In spite of the rain and clouds … Continue reading →

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While the Sun Shines

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

After a few weeks of strange and uncertain weather, New England received a gift of a day. I texted Reggie Black more than once about the idyllic day he was missing. It was beautiful.

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In the Eye of the Pea Holder

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Yesterday was International Yarn Bomb Day. I don’t understand it, so I didn’t knit any scarves for the trees in my neighborhood. You know what they say–beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I’ll keep knitting together beautiful things … Continue reading →

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged Amish snap peas, is there a cure for world weariness?, malaise of post-modern life, post-industrial disease, without food you die | 3 Comments

Somewhere Over the High School

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I eat well on the weekends when I go home. Instead of eating a boiled egg while running out the door, I sit down at a table and eat meals with my parents. Someone sets the table; hot food is … Continue reading →

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged covenental love, Genesis 9:17, I love Lisbon Falls, Lisbon Falls, remembrance, Ribbon in the Sky | 2 Comments

Where’s My Wi-Fi?

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Today’s contemplation on being busy has been postponed. I’ll do it tomorrow.

Posted in Today We Rest | Tagged blogging at the library, blogging from a Tic Tac phone is tough, I've been foiled, Nothing is free | Comments Off