Recipes of the Month

A recipe for my favorite pie, Rhubarb, a Maine favorite. Recipe comes from the Home & Garden column by Georgeanne Davis at the Free Press.

Old-fashioned Rhubarb Pie

Ingredients:

2 eggs, well beaten

11/2 cups granulated sugar

¼ cup flour

1/4 tsp. each salt and ground nutmeg

31/2 cups chopped rhubarb

½ cup strawberries, sliced

Pastry for 9-inch two-crust pie

Milk and sugar for brushing crust.

Directions:

In a large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in rhubarb and strawberries. Pour into unbaked pie shell and top with lattice-cut second pastry. Brush pastry with milk and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 mins.; reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 40 to 50 mins. longer.

 

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil.

Combine the oats, wheat germ, oat bran, sunflower seeds, almonds, pecans, walnuts, and coconut in a large bowl.

In a saucepan combine the salt, brown sugar, honey, oil, cinnamon and vanilla. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and then pour over the dry ingredients. Stir to coat. Spread the mixture out evenly on the baking sheets.

Bake in a preheated oven until crispy and toasted, about 30 mins. Stir once halfway through. The granola should be golden in color. Cool, then stir in the raisins and cranberries.

Store in an airtight container.

This recipe comes from the latest newsletter from the Nathaniel Bowditch.

The Maine Event…Don’t Miss it!

June 15

 

$10 advance tickets/$12 at door

Kids 12 & Under FREE

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/392990

Doors open at 4pm

First Bout:

Rock Coast Rollers B Team vs. Central Maine Roller Derby, 5pm

Second Bout:

Rock Coast Rollers A Team vs. Maine Roller Derby, 7pm…ish

Half-Time Feature Band: Odlaw and our own Jeerleaders and a Manana

See you there!

Thomaston Library News

New Saturday Hours at Thomaston Public Library

Beginning Memorial Day weekend, the Thomaston Public Library will offer new Saturday hours of 9 AM to 1 PM, to allow the library and its patrons to coordinate with the Thomaston Farmers' Market, taking place each Saturday morning (from 9 to noon) on the Academy building's grounds.

   

Children's Summer Reading Program & Activities at Thomaston Public Library

The Thomaston Public Library continues to sign-up kids of all ages for the summer reading program. The reading period began June 15th and will run through August 10, with a grand-finale party on Saturday, August 17, when we will recognize all program participants and cheer the biggest readers.

Particular levels of reading allow you to achieve star- or super-star status. If you're not content with that, head for infinity . . . and beyond!

The library will also feature weekly special events for children. All events are open to kids of all ages. You do not have to be a summer-reading-program participant to attend.

Check with the library for July activities.

 

Saltwater Film Society Screening at Thomaston Public Library

On Thursday, June 27, at 6:30 PM, the Thomaston Public Library will host the Saltwater Film Society screening of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a 1964 Cold War satire directed by Stanley Kubrick. The narrative is split between the deliberations of the War Room committee and the flight of a single B-52 as it delivers its payload.

The cast includes George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, and Peter Sellers, who plays several of the primary characters. The film was a commercial success and is generally regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.

 

Thomaston Public Library Book Discussion

 of Maine Readers' Choice Award finalist

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

The Thomaston Public Library will host discussions of two of the three finalists for the Maine Readers' Choice Award this summer. The first discussion – of the novel A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash – will take place Thursday, July 25, at 7 PM.

Dubbed a “literary thriller,” A Land More Kind Than Home follows the investigation of a small church in South Carolina after a tragedy occurs involving a local autistic youth. Insular religious conservatives butt heads with the investigating authorities. Reader reaction to this novel has been wildly enthusiastic. Copies of the novel are available at the library.

When no Pulitzer Prize was awarded in 2012 for fiction, the Maine Library Association, in conjunction with the Maine State Library, created the Maine Readers' Choice Award. Maine readers are encouraged to read the finalists this summer – and all the original contenders as well! – and cast their votes for the winner between September 1st and 15th.

 

Artist Kevin Smith Watercolor Display at Thomaston Public Library

The Thomaston Public Library is pleased to once again display the watercolors of Maine artist Kevin Smith of Downeast Studio. Mr. Smith's works are especially appealing to display in the summertime because they fill the library with color and bring the outdoors in.

A reception with the artist will be held on Friday, July 5, from 4 to 7. Stop by to browse the art and meet Mr. Smith, who creates his work using both a traditional and what he calls a pouring technique. Smith's watercolors will be on display on both floors of the library through the month of July.

 

 

Farnsworth Art Museum Tickets Available at Thomaston Public Library

Thomaston Public Library patrons now have the opportunity to check out passes to The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Two sets of two passes are available, allowing patrons full access to the museum, including the Wyeth Center, dedicated to the three generations of the Wyeth family; the Farnsworth Homestead, a historic property and former home of the museum's original benefactor; and the Olson House, a separate building filled with the works of Andrew Wyeth, itself a subject of many of the artist's paintings.

To check out museum passes, patrons must have a current library card and deposit $5 per pass, which will be reimbursed upon return of the passes. Passes have a 3-day check-out window and are good for any time the museum is open. And remember, children 16 and under get into The Farnsworth for free.

For more information, please call the Thomaston Public Library at 354-2453.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Sonny’s Sunshine Corner

In memory of our Sonny, this blog will continue to be known as Sonny’s Sunshine Corner. He will always be our Sunshine Boy.

 

Sonny’s brother, Butchie, is not happy. He says: “Ever since Mommie came home with that big old bandage on her leg, I can’t find anything. They keep moving my food dish to make way for the scary walker; my favorite sleeping places have been taken over; there’s a scary machine with water in it that Mommie keeps next to her chair and it makes a scary humming noise. On top of all that, scary people keep coming to help Mommie walk and stuff and I have to go hide under the bed. Things are just not right.”

Well things are beginning to get back to normal. I’m able to sit for a time at my desk and use my own computer. I will try to catch up on this month’s blogs. Please be patient. I appreciate that my numbers didn’t go down drastically while I was away from you. You all took my advice and caught up on some of the archive stories as I can see from the stats.

This month will contain the usual columns from Ted and Kendall and new happenings out at the Hilton Homestead. Rock Coast Rollers are rolling again. Look for special ads for upcoming events. I’ll try to find a recipe for you to share with others. I plan to do a Summer Reading Blog when I get all the material together also. I will post Thomaston Library News soon.

I note the passing of our dear friend, Herbert “Bud” Wood, our much loved school bus driver who ferried all my Spruce Head and Owls Head friends to school at the high school, as well as many generations before and after. Life Magazine featured him as the “The Most Loved Man in Town” in a four-page photo spread in 1962. He was 92. We’ll miss you, Bud.

I just checked the stats today and see we are now at 29,025, a gain of 997 in 28 days. I appreciate your loyalty and hope you will pass your favorite blogs along to your friends. Please continue to hit the ads on the right hand side. Thank you.

Summer is here at last!