For more than three generations, my family has been in the forestry business. Pleasant River Lumber employs 300 people in our four mills in Maine. In our time, we have seen the ups and downs that come with the job.

The pond on which I live looks like lots of small Maine ponds, but has its own seasonal sounds and rhythms.

Let’s say you have a knack for design.

Enough already. The media — no monolith, mind you — is not the enemy. Sure, individual reporters make mistakes, bias occasionally slips in, facts get mangled, and spin proves effective. But by and large — and with the exception of some elements of Fox News — reporters are operating in good faith.

Yesterday morning, July 12, I got up at 4:30 — my usual time; went downstairs, filled the bathroom sink with hot water, wet and brushed my hair, washed my face, then shaved. A new wrinkle just above my upper lip has me creating new ways of getting a clean shave. One small challenge of getting older while keeping a hairless face, I guess.

You may have run across the initials NEHGS in a footnote or heard someone refer to “Hist Gen” and wondered what they are.

The siren had sounded, and an all-hands-on-deck alert had been issued. A Supreme Court vacancy had opened up, and a Republican president had just announced a candidate to fill the vacancy. A candidate that must (full stop) be (full stop) defeated (full stop).

Religious conservatives have stuck with President Donald Trump – despite the lies, the infidelity, the cruelty, the hate – and now they are close to the payback.

The Moosehead Lake region is world famous.

Postmaster Michael S. “Mike” Robichaud handed me the cardboard box too big for my P.O. Box. I said, “These are rounds (K-Cups) from Black Rifle Coffee company. Do you like coffee?”

If you aren't a conservative, I suppose it can be difficult to understand the source of conservative antipathy about the media. To the outsider, conservatives can often come off like whiny complainers, decrying the "liberal media" as "fake news" when they just don't like what the news reports.

A young girl arrived in the United States as an unaccompanied minor, just 17 years old. She found work as a domestic servant, caring for the homes of the wealthy until she met the man she married a few years later.

If you’re new to genealogy you may not have heard of Cyndi’s List.

This is the cusp of July 4th, 2018. On this 242nd celebration of 13 North American British colonies adopting the Declaration of Independence, breaking chains binding the colonists to the King of England, I am having trouble making sense of the growing fear and madness driving leftists: If you’re not of the left, you are no longer someone with a different philosophy. No, you are the enemy of the left.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court finally announced a decision on the much anticipated Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case. It will prove, I suspect, to be one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in a generation, given the impact it will have on American society.

Two women were recently kicked out of restaurants. One holds a position of great power and influence. The other is a member of one of the most bullied and marginalized groups in our society.

Most of us probably found in our mailboxes this week a legislative survey from our state representatives. The plain looking survey arrives as a brochure-size trifold on plain white paper marked “Legislative Survey Enclosed,” with an upper left corner black-and-white photo of my State Rep. Thick black photo border lines remind me of obituary photos on Mass cards.

More than a week, and no winner. Glitches. Memory stick problems. Ballots sent by courier from remote Maine towns. And all for likely selecting the winner that would have been selected anyway under the old system? This is really how you want to do elections, Maine?