Library Connections: Looking forward while honoring history
Beginning this spring, Curtis Memorial Library's main lobby will undergo an update to better serve our patrons and reflect how today's visitor uses the library.
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Never Not Amazed: The gift of the Irish
Let's take a moment and acknowledge the greatest gift the good souls of Ireland have ever shared.
Groundhog Day.
Thinking in Public: Time for a change
This month we're talking about my 40th birthday. There was no party, no plane ride, but it was memorable for a different reason. At that time I had a wife, a couple of kids, a mortgage, two car payments, a crappy day job in a factory, and a tight, four-piece country band. I had everything I needed for a head-on collision with reality, and it did not disappoint.
Island Law: License and registration
While winter is still with us, I would like to give you all a pop quiz.
Q: What is the suggested speed limit in inclement weather?
A: SLOW!
Harpswell Naturalist: Let it snow!
Eighteen inches of snow for Christmas Eve? What happened to global warming? Mainers, especially our television meteorologists, love to speculate about the next "storm of the century." Hyperbole and selective use of data are the norm: "December was 6 degrees colder than average!" To hear the grumbling, you might think we lived in Greenland rather than our balmy little island community.
Never Not Amazed: Do you even know me?
Of course I'm not going camping. Thank you for suggesting it with a straight face, as if deep in your bones you feel it's a possibility. I'm impressed by your sense of adventure when you want to trudge through a swamp, but when you ask me to go with you, I wonder, "Do you even know me?"
Whether to speak of the weather
When the nurse came into the examining room, she came in hurriedly, a fresh smile on her face and hand extended in what she must have felt was a normal workday greeting situation. I was sitting there on the parchment paper-covered table in a too-small hospital gown that was missing one of the two strings used to tie it closed in the back.
Ask the Anchor: Who owns and uses the airstrip next to Mitchell Field?
Question from Karin Blake: I'm curious about the frequent takeoffs and landings on the grass airstrip next to Mitchell Field. I've seen identical red planes departing in different directions, repeated training-style flights in the fall and seasonal flight increases in the summer. Who owns the strip, and who is flying there?
Library Connections: The valued volunteer
For the third time in 10 minutes, I put down my coffee and looked at my watch: 9:07. I was feeling a bit uneasy. The July children's program at the Orr's Island Library was due to start in under an hour. The planning of the presentation was not my responsibility, but board presidents fuss about such things.
Harpswell’s Private Chef: Convenience vs. quality
During a recent trip to Las Vegas to visit family, one thing stood out to me: convenience. Food is available at all hours of the day: coffee, snacks, full meals — all ready for your consumption and rarely more than a short walk or drive away.
