Word-At-A-Time-Blog

Under the hot sun of a summer afternoon, 14-year old Max Barnes rode shotgun in the rusted-out 58 Chevy pickup as his cousin Lenny – just old enough for his learner’s permit – drove them around and around an old circular dirt race track in the back forty. The equation “vehicle + Lenny” had never … Read more

It was summer. 1985. For nearly 10 days, new found 12-year old besties Bella and Yolanda shared a cabin together at Lake Macktaclackamackanaw. Every day after dinner, they’d rush back to their cabin for a piece of a secret;  a piece of McCain’s Deep and Delicious™ cake. A cake that, even after 10 days in … Read more

The people of Grand Falls, New Brunswick had seen odd things over the years. Everyone had an explanation for the strange lights in the night sky over Loring Air Force Base, just across the border in Limestone, Maine.  Or for the train bell in the town museum that would ring all by itself. Or for … Read more