All that time we use to clean out things we’ve accumulated can be put to better use the less we have, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder
Amy Calder: Happy birthday, Robert Frost
From childhood to now, the words of the bard of New England have described the world Amy Calder knows and infused it with meaning for her, she writes.
Amy Calder: As time and technology march on, what are we leaving behind?
As technology changes how we do things and how we live our lives, does it make us any happier than those who choose to live without it, asks Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: You don’t know the full story until after a person dies
When Vaughan Orchard’s schizophrenia took over his life, a family and a man were left behind, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: March, the month we leave winter behind and embrace the spring
While the last vestiges of winter hang on, it’s always good to look ahead to the light and warmth of lengthening days, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: Sometimes you need to change the channel in your head
A story her mother told her about a cat and her father might be just the antidote to the stress ailing society now, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: Waiting for the last chapter
A Canaan woman warns that if things seem amiss with the person you met online, then it’s time to pay attention before he breaks your heart and leaves you broke, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: Forever Clean but never idle
Three central Maine women who met at the gym may have retired, but they never stopped working or enjoying each other’s company as they made a clean getaway from their previous lives, writes Amy Calder.
Amy Calder: Jimmy Dutton’s Waterville odyssey
Dutton has been in prison, he’s been homeless and he’s lived in the shelter; but now he’s making his way back to stability because he gets help from people who care, one day at a time, Amy Calder writes.
Amy Calder: Isn’t it time to have a woman as president?
While Oprah has had people talking, Republicans and Democrats in Maine have been grooming women to run for office, Amy Calder writes.