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As I write this, it’s the first week of December and we are ending the year with the normal daily and weekly activities at Silver Threads Seniors Club, with…

As I write this, it’s the first week of December and we are ending the year with the normal daily and weekly activities at Silver Threads Seniors Club, with…

Tails of a ghost ship has been mid-coast Maine folklore since the 1800's. It hasn't been seen in over a hundred years, which is probably a good thing.

For 10 years, long ago, there was an elk outside my bedroom window. It never moved. The life-sized bronze statue stood on a pedestal in front of the Elks Lodge in downtown Portsmouth. I lived across from 93 Pleasant St. I was so fascinated by the giant metal deer that I never paid much attention to the three-story brick building that loomed behind.  I didn’t know it had been a private home and a hotel, and I didn’t believe the rumor that George Washington slept there. Until last week, I ...

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow— You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than, It ...

Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship By Tiffany Bechtel | March 5, 2021 at 10:43 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 10:43 PM LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A Lawton High School freshman got statewide recognition in a poetry performance competition. Adylynn Anderson took second place in the 2021 Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship. She performed the ...

Hear Whittier’s Last Poem read aloud There is something poignant about “last” things. The word last often possesses the sad, sometimes heroic, connotation of finality, including death. Think of a loved one’s last words, or the last time you saw a good friend, or a soldier’s last stand. Whittier’s last poem holds this poignancy. It […]

Friday, February 12th: Illustrator Lisa Greenleaf Putting pictures to her ancestors words. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 12, 2021 Friday, February 12th: Illustrator Lisa Greenleaf Putting pictures to her ancestors words. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AWARD-WINNING ARTIST WHO SHARES HER PASSION, VISION, AND CREATIVITY. ♪ KAREN: WHENEVER ARTIST LISA GREENLEAF SITS DOWN TO SKETCH IN HER NASHUA STUDIO, SHE IS NEVER MORE THAN ...

Friends, the year was 2007 when I was living in the UK; I had the privilege of studying NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) – the effect of language on our mind and how we think. I was introduced to the fascinating world of storytelling, metaphors, voice modulation, etc. What I still remember from this training that I took 13 years ago is this: Words, poetry, music, drama can significantly alter a person’s state of mind. And this poem, that I’m about to share with you, attributed to Edgar...

Cal Thomas WASHINGTON — “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” — John Greenleaf Whittier There are many things beyond human control, among them, when and where you were born and who your parents are. As President Trump leaves office, he will have time, but perhaps not much time given that his enemies seek to destroy his businesses and his chance for running again for any office, to contemplate what went wrong. Before he announced for pres...