In my last column I wrote that DNA testing has become common and prices have dropped in the last decade, making the tests affordable for everyone. But before testing know there are issues involved in the process.
I can only talk about this personally, because it’s about my part or lack of participation.
There is a new display in the Nylander Museum of Natural History that is different from all the rest. It’s full of Native American artifacts, many local, some from far away, and tells the unique history of how indigenous people made use of the environment around them to survive.
“We’ll pay you with your freedom.” “I have my freedom. You mean you’ll pay me with my liberty.”
Our nation’s airports are rolling in cash. They took in nearly $30 billion in revenue last year, which represents a bump of 47 percent per passenger since the year 2000, and the number of passengers at many airports is way up.
Those dear moments of the mind. We call them memories. They haunt our daily rituals and unexpected corners. In the end they give strength and solace with a brief tug to times gone by.
I have never been described as the most handy of people when it comes to building things. Don’t get me wrong. I am great at taking things apart, inspecting them to see how they work and tinkering.
Maine is the easternmost state in the U.S., and as such, it receives the sun’s first rays, every single day of the year. But exactly where in our state do those first rays land? Well, that changes, depending on the time of the year.
