Tidy Tidbits: Of Eggs and Art

SNAPSHOTS OF EASTER When I was a child and young adult, Easter was a major holiday.  Not major like Christmas, but certainly notable and celebrated.  Those celebrations included Easter baskets stuffed with green plastic grass and an assortment of jelly beans (the spice ones were the best!) and colorful foil-wrapped chocolate eggs.  If one was …

Maine Musings: Books & Binges

Recent Reading I just finished reading The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas.  It is a fascinating and nuanced account of American diplomacy as seen through the lens of a BBC correspondent. Ghattas, a native of Lebanon, was part of the press corps traveling …