Bartash's store has been on Congress Street in Rumford since 1963...In small town America, their are very few brick and mortar stores...

5 Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Father's Day: The Idea for Father’s Day Was Conceived by a Mother Sonora Smart Dodd first...

https://downeast.com/arts-culture/100-maine-books/ Maine’s literary heritage runs as deep as its coastal waters, as broad as its sweeping...

Lamentations 2 (KJV) - PURPOSE PROPOSED, PURPOSE FULFILLED “How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger, and...

Lou Marin was born and raised in the western hills of Maine, then spent 20 plus years wandering the country and world in the United...

Another Lou thing, though I hate to toot my own horn! Thanks Lou. Can you fill out the attached cover brief form so we can get working on...

Lamentations 1 King James Version (KJV) MOURNING OVER THE FALLEN CITY The Book of Lamentations is the collection of five poems or songs...

Once again on a Tuesday afternoon I am waiting for a package. Here are a few things about waiting... Awaiting Rain The land called with...

D Day I asked my wife if she knew what day it was. "June 6th, Just another day I guess." Do you know what happened to the boys Drown and...

Having My Cake I am by nature a pretty generous man. In fact, I would share my last dime with a beggar on the street. I would give the...

"And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many." -Mark 5:9 (KJV) "Let no man say when...

My friend sent me a White Chicken Chili Recipe, that I am going to modify slightly and try: Kitchen's White Chicken Chili INGREDIENTS: -...

Little Free Libraries are popping up everywhere, from the hundreds in their place of origin in Wisconsin, to one that Tim Tobin of...

Since the snow we were blessed with is almost gone already, here is a little bit about spring planting: Planting spring vegetables is a...

SNOW, noun. (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation. SNOW, noun. (uncountable) Any similar...

PEI STEW Ingredients: 6 cups chicken broth 3 potatoes, cubed, (we use unpeeled) 3 carrots, sliced (we use unpeeled) 2 stalks of celery,...

I tried not to jump into the fight. I tried to shut up and color. I tried to stay inside and abide, but I have lots of friends who have...

Hello! Louis Marin 218 Penobscot St. #2 Rumford, ME 04276 (207) 520-0173 mbsphotog@gmail.com Skills: Poet, News Article Writer,...

Facebook likes to provide a header prompt asking, "what's on your mind?" Right now I am working on a new poem about my relationship with...

Seas Calm And Fine The seas were calm and fine as I pushed the starter button to power up my old boat again. Slipping off ropes we headed...