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Sadly, in today’s world, holding a second job for income is often necessary as life’s expenses like rent, utilities, food, and gas increase. Most people I know have a side hustle or hobby beyond their primary job. The be...

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I think I was listening to soap operas from the womb. As my mother was a stay-at-home mom living in Pattagumpus (a suburb of Medway), there wasn't much else to do other than housework and watching soaps. Who wants to do ...

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It was a snowy and cold morning on March 24, 2024. The day I left Orono, Maine, to visit the lights and sounds of Atlantic City, New Jersey. There were no expectations in mind on the way to my fictional Milliken Mills ot...

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It was a hot and sticky summer day in the year 2001 when a small idea turned into a twenty-five-year-long venture (so far!). Cooped up in my tiny apartment on 15th Street in Old Orchard Beach, I was bored. Really bored. ...

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It was a clear and cold day 25 years ago on November 30th, 2000, that I uprooted myself from the Bangor area after 5 years. It was time for a change and I decided I wanted to move to the Portland area, so I accepted a jo...

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