Captain and Celeste

I remember the day that I got my ears pierced. I was ten years old and had just gotten my Dorothy Hamill haircut freshened up by Cindy, our hair dresser at Trudeau's Salon on Rt. 1 in Saco. I was wearing my super-huge eyeglasses that had a "C" sticker on the bottom of the left lens and a tiny gold butterfly sticker on the right lens...

We are all such suckers. Many of us have paid more money for those bright labels of "Cage-Free" and "Hormone Free" stickers on our turkeys. It turns out that it's all a big marketing ploy! There is such a thing as a cage-free chicken, but not turkeys...

Never afraid to tackle the tough questions, I did some digging and research, and here is what I found... straight from the folks at Ocean Spray who make my personal fave, Cran-Raspberry. They explained why our gelatinous red, ribbed log is in the can upside down and it makes total sense...

Turns out that pumpkins don't like to get their feet wet. This is bad because the "Pumpkin Capital of the World", Illinois, had the wettest June on record. Pumpkin lovers, start your engines! Don't wait until the last minute to get your canned pumpkin...

Perspectives is a Public Service Program that brings attention to all of the many important non-profit organizations in Blimpville. I recently spoke with Eric Noll of the Lewiston Vet Center, he shares information about the programs available to our veterans...

Sometimes I see something that I just don't understand and I take a picture of it. Like this boot. Who does it belong to? Why is it in the Shaw's parking lot? Where is the other boot? Why do seagulls want to hang out with it? This is the weirdest picture on my phone today...

Those Smarty Pants at Oxford Dictionaries just announced The Word of the Year, and it's not even a word! It's the cry/laughing EMOJI! It seems that soon words will become unnecessary, as emojis have come to represent the core aspect of this digital world. Thi...

I am in no way an expert on politics, but the issue of Syrian refugees is a topic that I wanted to learn more about. The high priority of national security here and in the U.K. is causing heated debates on what should be done with the influx of refugees...

Many people believe that Friday the 13th is the most unlucky day of the year. A study done by The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute found that between 17 to 21 million Americans suffer from a fear of Friday the 13th. That's a lot of people hanging out in bed waiting for the day to pass and avoiding daily tasks,doing business and traveling...

Kids are master negotiators when it's time to tuck in and let Mummy and Daddy watch grown up TV. Netflix did a survey and found that the average kid stalls for over 19 minutes while parents try to get them into bed. Here are their most popular wiley techniques...

At this time of year more donations are needed for food banks. All donations are appreciated, but here is a list of what food banks need the most:

Our five year old is a blooming performer who is crafting her art on the hearth of our wood stove while singing into a walking stick that I bought at The Fryeburg Fair a few years ago. Here, she performs on a Saturday morning, in her pajamas, for an intimate audience...

Long before discovering football, I was watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. The floats were amazing, but it was the stories tall balloons that really captured me! It all started with Felix the Cat in 1927. This year we have three new floats: Ronald McDonald, a new Dino from "The Flintstones" and a Red Angry Bird...

I have to agree with Collins Dictionary's word of the Year, binge-watch. The official definition is, "to watch a large number of television programs, especially all the shows from one series, in succession." Mark and I have been binge-watching "Game of Thrones"...

We never got around to carving our Halloween pumpkins, but they are still looking fresh, so after school today we are going to make the most of them. Here are some ideas that I found for doing just that: Turn the empty pumpkin into a planter by setting a container of mums inside ... Read More ...

Thanksgiving is next week, and as I come down from my Halloween sugar buzz  protein and vegetables sound really good to me right now! Today's Head to Head pits two classic sides against each other, Cranberry Sauce VS. Gravy. I can live without the gravy, but not without the cranberry sauce...