Tag Archives: Jim Baumer

Christmas Bingo

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It’s December 21 and there are four cards to write, three writing assignments to finish, two batches of ginger snaps to whip up and one meat pie to bake.  A friend I ran into at the Franco Center on Saturday … Continue reading →

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Friday “P” Talk

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

My brother thinks he’s written more about Moxie than any Mainer.  He’s probably right; after all, he wrote two books on the subject plus countless newspaper articles and blog posts.  And he’s been blogging since the writing medium was invented, … Continue reading →

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The Wombat

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For a number of years, I’ve used “Bing” instead of “Google” when diving and searching the magic information oceans of the internet.  Why?  At first, it was in solidarity with a friend who worked for Microsoft.  Then, there were rumblings … Continue reading →

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Lodge a Complaint!

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Although I’m not a big movie goer, there are a handful that I’ve watched many times as well as a select group I’ve watched so many times, I know all of the dialogue.  All About Eve comes to mind and … Continue reading →

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Bring It!

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Weather during blog vacation was bitterly cold and Sunday ended things icily with snow and sleet and freezing rain.  The weather puppets were recommending we Mainers NOT shovel our driveways for fear the pavement would turn into sheets of ice, … Continue reading →

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Gifts of All Sorts

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

For the last week, I’ve been living in a “Thanksgiving bubble.”  All my thoughts and energy went into preparing Thursday’s meal–my first Thanksgiving in my new home.  I invited my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, and Mary and Dave (who … Continue reading →

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Local Investing

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

One of these days, I’m going to write a long blog post about buying a house.  It was a gut-wrenching decision and I had doubts and fears.  I still do.  But my brother said something to me in one of … Continue reading →

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The Passion Play

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

When I was very small, I thought everyone in the world was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.  My world was a tiny wheel, the hub being my parents’ house.  There were four or five spokes to this wheel … Continue reading →

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The Longest Year Ever

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

1972, the longest year ever, sort of.  Check it out. A good year for tea towels, I snagged this one at a yard sale in Hampton, still in the box. I’ve used it a bit since then, but you can … Continue reading →

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City of Readers

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Julie-Ann Baumer

My brother reads a lot. I can still remember the day my mother took us to the Lisbon Falls library to get out first library cards.  If memory serves me correctly, we were playing near a frog pond at the … Continue reading →

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