La Vida Local – Irregular Notes on West End Life ’Twas the Season By Rosanne Graef With string lights and electric candles appearing in windows in early October, I realized that 2020’s... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Just Thinking Out Loud By Rosanne Graef Months B.C. (Before Covid-19), the City of Portland hired a University of New Hampshire team to determ... Read more
Maine Craft in a Time of Corona An Interview with a Maine Craft Artist By Rosanne Graef My usual summer-time habit is to get ahead of a year’s worth of holidays, birthdays, and one-off gift-... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life The Watched Pot By Rosanne Graef Although often attributed to Ben Franklin, the proverb “A watched pot never boils” didn’t appear in Poor Rich... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Keep on Keepin’ On – With Some New Twists By Rosanne Graef After another month of holing up, hunkering down, and watching my husband’s c... Read more
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef I’ve been spending a lot of time at home lately (no surprise). I’m lucky to live on a corner on the side of a hill. This affor... Read more
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Updating the Perennial Resolution By Rosanne Graef Okay, I’ve been thinking about this column ever since I submitted the last one. I’ve b... Read more
What’s Wrong with Camping?
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life What’s Wrong with Camping? By Rosanne Graef Homelessness is not new in Maine and working toward a resolution has been ongoing for centuries. M... Read more