Maine Magazine | Jennifer Margaret Batchelor

What do you do?
For work: I load trucks early in the a.m. at UPS, proudly representing my union, Teamsters Local #340.

Describe your style.
Adaptable. I can wear the dirtiest work gear, the fanciest party dress, and everything in between. My favorite is getting all dressed up. I have a collection of vintage party dresses that I need more reasons and occasions to bust out!

Maine is…
Everything I never knew I wanted.

This month Maine Magazine offers an unexpected and refreshing look at the reality of living in Maine. Beautiful and romantic just like this picture, yet there’s an acknowledgment of Batchelor’s not so romantic job - a tiny glimpse of what people do to call this place home.

Read the entire interview here.

Halloween 2009. I decided to venture out as a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. Fancy. I know.

The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange is performing at Juice 2.0: Building Maine’s Innovation Networks next weekend.

The image above is from Drift, a performance inspired by the sprawl of strip malls in choreographer Cassie Meador’s hometown of Augusta, Georgia .

By turns comical and wistful, the work offers the viewer an opportunity to look backward and forward in time. What happens to the earth? What happens to our homes? What becomes of the people who live and work in specific places? What do we leave behind for the future?

Nancy Cunard as photographed by Man Ray, 1926.

So that was fun.

Fan Death - Reunited (via Booooooom!)

Epic breakdown slash adventure.

tlvx:

“Living in a dome opens your fucking mind.”

John Curl. 1965.

Preparing for a night of glitz, glamor and gaffahs (ADULT HUMOR!) at the Camden Opera House tonight. I know, glitz in Mid Coast Maine? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I thought you Camdenites just hung out wearing Bean Boots and running formula businesses out of town.

Oh contrare.

Sparkle dress? Check.
Dutch female impersonators, known as The Working Girls? Check.
Famous Drag Queen and Mistress of Sensuality, Edie? Check.
Comedians Christine O’Leary and Susan Rice? Check.

I see an Edietini in my near future.

Yes, this is a No On 1/Protect Maine Equality fundraiser.

MAINERS: VOTE NO ON 1.

KXVO “Pumpkin Dance” (via KXVO)

Gettin’ in the mood.

Maine is golden.

By jl’s iPhone. Snagged from the ‘book.