Monthly Archives: December 2017

How to wake up new years day without a gigantic hangover

How does a person show courage not to drink alcohol on the bubbliest of holidays and still be the life of the party? It takes an inventive person with discipline and determination. I will illustrate 12 ways in which to eliminate popular drinking pursuits and I have suggestions to replace socially imposed pressures with creative […]

How to end problems at the Maine North Pole

                        Changing of the guard and restore art at the park Director of Baxter State Park, Jensen Bissell announced his retirement plans for the end of December, during last October’s annual end of season staff meeting. As a former, artist in residence at Baxter State […]

What happened when 4000 people are caught in the garden blackout

              Shorter days require bright nights Last December, I coaxed my husband into witnessing the eye-popping, fun-filled weekend of the “Festival of Lights” in Boothbay Harbor. This included an art show opening reception at Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s “Art in the Square” annual holiday exhibit, in which I was […]