For weeks I have been planning to write about the Bangor Public Library, it really is an incredible facility that we are so fortunate to have. With the recent news story regarding the problems with the building’s roof now seemed … Continue reading
Since being released last fall this debut novel by Kevin Powers has been the book of the moment. Powers, himself an Iraq War veteran, has written his generations “War” book. Like his predecessors in the list of authors who have … Continue reading
This past Sunday, The History Channel, making it’s entry into the contest to be the most talked about network, debuted two new series. As has become apparent over the last few years, Cable, and not just the premium channels … Continue reading
It was January 8th, his birthday, when David Bowie surprised us all with the sudden release of a single entitled “Where Are We Now.” Like a man awaking from a Rip Van Winkle style nap, that is the ten year … Continue reading
The Drive-By Truckers return to Maine next weekend with a date at The State Theatre in Portland on Saturday, March 9th. The band is regularly cited by rock critics and music fanatics alike as one of the strongest, most consistent … Continue reading
Having a book reviewed in The New Yorker is not something that never happens for Maine authors. With the likes of Stephen King and Richard Ford calling Maine home at least part of the year it is not as if … Continue reading
Driving the kids to school this morning I was treated to a wide range of music on the satellite. Music today is more segmented than ever before, much like our society in general, if one does not desire to step … Continue reading
When The Walking Dead premiered on AMC a couple of years ago I did not give it a moment’s thought. Initially advertised as a six week show about some kind of a Zombie apocalypse I cannot imagine anyone would have … Continue reading
A librarian as a hero? Actually Beecher White is an archivist at the National Archives in Washington. Still, librarian or archivist, they are close to the same thing and certainly having your main character in a suspense thriller be an … Continue reading
I remember when I read The Hobbit in fifth grade. Our teacher Mr. Savage had us read it as a class, this act alone made him the coolest teacher we had ever had. As long ago as that was the … Continue reading
