Category Archives: You’ve Got Moxie!

Everything you ever wanted to know about The Moxie Festival in my hometown, Lisbon Falls, Maine!

Publication Promised

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

If you are at all familiar with Catholic saints, their veneration and iconography, you know that St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes.  Under the influence, in part, of the Dominicans, devotion to St. Jude spread to the … Continue reading →

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The Counting of Days

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’ve been calendar-focused these last few months, with many deadlines and personal red-letter days interwoven with the weather and seasons of life.  Additionally, I’ve been studying last year’s calendar, confirming that it’s been a year since I got my last … Continue reading →

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The Collective Sigh of a Community

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The Maine town of Lisbon pulled off its 36th Moxie Festival over the past weekend.  It’s a distinctively different event, difficult to define.  30,000 people converge on an old mill town to celebrate a soft drink.  They wear orange.  They … Continue reading →

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In Heavenly Blue

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I planted “Heavenly Blue” morning glories this year and I waited eagerly for their arrival.  I like the purple “Grandpa Ott’s” but the blue ones are my favorite. One bloomed today. Today, our town will bury my Moxie BFF and … Continue reading →

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Stop Watching the Clock

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I had a much different blog post scheduled for today, a polemic on social media, Tee Vee advertising, and men’s jeans.  I called it “Opera Jeans” and although I hadn’t crafted how it would hang together on the page, it … Continue reading →

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Fireworks and Fireflies

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Yesterday was Independence Day, or the Fourth of July.  Fireworks are legal in Maine now and there were a variety of “do it yourself” firework shows around town.  Some I could see from my porch and others I could hear.  … Continue reading →

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A Chunk of the Moon

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Due to Sunday’s rain, the Moxie Car Show was postponed to August 14.  Fortunately, Friday’s fireworks were wonderful; my brother and sister-in-law came over and we watched them right from the backyard of my house.  After the fireworks, we started … Continue reading →

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Rain Dance

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The forecast for the Moxie Festival is mixed.  It might rain.  As the Moxie math goes, heat always trumps rain for the festival, meaning folks will come out in the heat but not so much in the rain.  The good … Continue reading →

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Wow-Wee!

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The Moxie Festival starts tomorrow! It’s a cute truck, but it won’t be in the car show.

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Take Care

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Julie-Ann Baumer

A little over a week ago, I asked Uncle Bob to put up the pea trellis in my Pleasant Street garden.  Funny, but I didn’t hear one pea(p) out of him about trellis timing.  In the past, I planted my … Continue reading →

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