Sure, preserving them for later is good. But don’t neglect the pleasure of eating fresh local tomatoes every day while the season lasts.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener’s garden update: The worries, the glories, the berries
Columnist Tom Atwell tells us how his garden grows.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Book review: Preconceptions – and memory – can cloud historic preservation
‘The Book of Errors’ examines three historic buildings, including Thomaston’s General Henry Knox Museum, and finds that reconstruction doesn’t always stick to the facts.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Why do we think the way we do?
Book recommendations from readers
Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Windsor to celebrate bicentennial Saturday with old-time games, demonstrations
Daylong variety of events at Windsor Fairgrounds to begin with a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and conclude with a baked bean supper, movie, street dance with a disc jockey and, at about 9:30 p.m., fireworks.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, News
Van Gogh self-portrait found hidden behind another painting
Vincent Van Gogh was known for turning canvases around and painting on the other side to save money.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Jeff Bridges back in limelight in ‘The Old Man’
Here he is, Jeff Bridges, prowling through the opening chapter of Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine’s seven-part series, “The Old Man.” I’ve been following Jeff’s career for how many years now? I lost count, but I settled on just loving him for being “The Big Lebowski.” Now here he is all of a sudden, […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Uncategorized
‘Where’s Waldo?’ scavenger hunt returning to Farmington
Participants are tasked with finding Waldo, from “Where’s Waldo,” at businesses across downtown Farmington until July 31 as a way to support the local economy.
Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, Maine, Uncategorized
Farmington Summer Fest to return in full swing in late July
The event was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and was modified last year.