Giveaway ends tonight!

Don’t forget to enter the World of Julie t-shirt giveaway by midnight tonight, if you haven’t already! Just leave a comment to be entered.

Secret Search Box Suddenly Comes Out of Woodwork

Hey, look at that! That little box under the orange RSS logo in the upper-right hand corner of this site is a search box. I thought I added one somewhere, but then I forgot about it. You’d think it would say, “SEARCH” or something helpful like that....

hand me the chocolate frisbee, please

Get a load of the giant chocolate chips she’s using over at Smitten Kitchen! I’ve never seen such things! I’m completely intrigued. Also intrigued by her recipe — apparently the way to make the best chocolate chip cookies ever is to let the...

pardon my lack of punctuation

The comma key on my keyboard is not working as happily as it used to. So I apologize if there’s a sentence that seems to be missing the helpful pause that a comma would provide. I’m trying to catch them when I can, but I might not get them all. (Is there a...

Free coffee at Freaky Bean on election day after you vote

If you live in Maine, and you haven’t voted yet (or if you were smart enough to save your sticker — Sutswana, I noticed M. still has your “I Voted!” sticker on her coat!): bring in your “I Voted” sticker to Freaky Bean and...

Bloggers are everywhere. Or are they?

Last weekend when we were walking around Portland, I noticed what seemed like an unusual number of people taking photos. I thought it seemed a little late for tourists, and besides, the people were taking photos of things like a leaf on a tree, or an architectural...