In the past few weeks, I have received several messages from readers praising me for my honesty in writing about my battles with depression and anxiety among other things. At the time I didn’t think much of it other than just being happy someone reads what I write. I write for my own pleasure, writing …
There are times I think that those of us who are heavy users of social media forget that the entire world is not plugged in. Oh, it’s easy to forget when you surround yourself with like-minded people who share similar interests but the reality is social media is more or less a middle class game. …
Back when I started this blog in 2008, I had no idea what would become of it. I had started writing in 2002 for the state’s largest paper in a now defunct section of the paper called Community Voices where they looked to hear the views of non-native Mainers. After a few stints that were …