Category Archives: Weather and Seasons

The Christmas Card List

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I mailed my Christmas card order to Saturn Press the other day; I’m sure the beautiful letterpress cards are making their way from the coast of Maine to my post office box right now. My list is prepared and I’m … Continue reading →

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A Little Ice on Everything

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

New England’s Thanksgiving weather was extraordinary; there were bright blue cloudless skies with temperatures hitting close to 50 degrees in my little corner of Maine.  This was healthy, walking-off-the-pie weather. “Black Friday” wasn’t a bad day either, until about 2:00 … Continue reading →

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It’s the Monday before the Thursday before the Friday about which the rest of America is excited.  Because I don’t have a Tee Vee, I’m less aware of the consumer economy shenanigans, but I’ve noticed some shopping chatter over the … Continue reading →

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Have you read…

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When I was in college, one of my dorm mates had a line that would come out anytime the conversation took a turn to literary things. “Have you ever read Atlas Shrugged?” It was 1984, and it’s likely there was … Continue reading →

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We’re Cool

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The last of the full moon is peaking through the clouds.  I can hear the sea roaring here at The Coop, which is 200 farm girl paces from the ocean.  I don’t always hear the sounds of the sea; in … Continue reading →

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The Cure for Fear

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The weather puppets have been screeching for a few days now about Hurricane Sandy. There was a news truck parked at North Hampton Beach State Park last night; it’s probably a good backdrop for a news puppet, with the wind … Continue reading →

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Bringing in the Wood

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For the last ten or so years, I’ve helped my father bring in his winter wood.  He and Uncle Bob cut and split it over on The Farm and then they bring it home in Uncle Bob’s old dump truck.  … Continue reading →

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Mental Dental Floss

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Things are not looking good in “Trophy Town” this week.  On Sunday, the Boston Red Sox were mathematically eliminated from post-season baseball play.  On the same day, the New England Patriots lost a game they should have won.  The National … Continue reading →

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Cowabunga, Dude!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’m out of coffee. This might be a serious problem if I didn’t live near KB’s, a place I affectionately call “the surfer dude coffee shop.”  I’ve been an irregular customer since I moved here in 1999; back then it … Continue reading →

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The First of the Last

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Today is the last day of July.  Although it’s never good to wish away time, by July 31, I am scribbling “good riddance” in the margins of my calendar.  The lovely month of August is no longer in the rear … Continue reading →

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