La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Who would have thought that in the midst of a pandemic, with the death knell for print med... Read more
LA VIDA LOCALIrregular Notes on West End Life Ever Onward: The Important Dates of December from Earliest Sunrise to Winter Solstice By Rosanne Graef There are some exciting events coming up... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life What a Pile of Trash! By Rosanne Graef By the time you read this, the 2020 elections will finally be history. But much of the physical detritu... 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 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
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE Why I’m Not Voting for Mayor By Rosanne Graef “It’s like deja vu all over again.” If Yogi Berra were living in today’s Portland, he could well... Read more
Stop the Fast Driving!
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Sign Up – Sign On By Rosanne Graef Signs are tricky things—too wordy, vague or ironic and they miss their mark. When well done, however,... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef After a couple of April false alarms (during one of which I packed away the winter jacket only to be greeted in a couple of d... 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