Author: Luc Daigle

  • Killing Us with Kindness

    I knew what was about happen in my brain the moment I saw it, so I kept walking. I was taking a short walk during a break at work today when I came across a sticker posted on a board. I got another 20 paces or so past it before I turned back to read…

    Killing Us with Kindness
  • Workers over Billionaires

    Or, if you ask the Right, may also be called “Very Low IQ Individuals over Some Very Fine People.” The Aroostook Organizers for Change held a protest in Presque Isle, Maine, on Labor Day. It was met mostly with cheers and horn honking in solidarity, as well as a few middle fingers, revved engines, and…

    Workers over Billionaires
  • Caribou’s Power Plant and Boring Childhood Car Rides

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    The site stands out in my mind as being almost iconic. I grew up in Van Buren, a small town near the Canadian border. We often traveled south to Caribou and Presque Isle to shop at Ames, Service Merchandise and the Aroostook Centre Mall — the mall was a bigger deal then — and maybe…

    Caribou’s Power Plant and Boring Childhood Car Rides
  • Pictures from the Past — ATX Wall Art

    During the “aughts” and early 2010s Kim and I both worked for a software development company called ATX Forms, Inc. — “Purveyors of fine government approved forms” and software for small to medium sized tax preparation businesses. The software development, quality assurance, and other departments involved in building the application (originally written in VB6!) were…

    Pictures from the Past — ATX Wall Art
  • Gilead is coming to a neighborhood near you

    The perennial appearance of an unassuming little yellow sign on a busy intersection heralds apocalyptic doom for all mankind at the hands of leftist liberals and minority groups, complete with a call to action to protect America by outlawing LGBTQ+ families. Seriously. This is a scary rabbit hole. I think I should get this out…

    Gilead is coming to a neighborhood near you
  • Encounter with the Great Beyond?

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    I left work the other day and, as I walked out into the parking lot, thought “Boy, it got really dark out here.” In fact, it was so dark I questioned what time of year it was. Were we losing daylight already? Had I not been paying attention and allowed late autumn to sneak up…

    Encounter with the Great Beyond?
  • Random Photo Dump

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    Here are some photos I’ve taken over the past few days. We start, of course, with Jeannie. One of Jeannie’s favorite things to do is sunbathe in the driveway. Something about the warm pavement in direct sunlight has attracted every dog we’ve ever had to this spot. After work the other day I went down…

    Random Photo Dump
  • Misty Morning on the Bridge

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    I went out a little early this morning to capture some photos from the Fort Street Bridge while the river was still foggy. The fog over the river gave the old power plant a ghostly appearance — fitting, given that it’s slated to be torn down to make way for the Caribou Riverfront Redevelopment project.…

    Misty Morning on the Bridge
  • Fences and Flowers and Dog

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    Went for another walk with Jeannie to the solar panel farm just down the road again. Took a bunch of pictures — again. Not to get all gear-head on you, but all the photos were taken with my Canon R50 with 50mm lens. I present to you…the Caribou skyline. This bit of grass was formed…

    Fences and Flowers and Dog
  • Smokey Skies

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    We’re getting quite a bit of smoke from Canadian wildfires today. Here are some shots I took with my drone of the evening sky over Caribou.

    Smokey Skies