In my house, “Love Actually” holds the Christmas Eve must watch, even before “The Bishop’s Wife” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Liz Soares: Playing the vaccine waiting game
I will take the vaccine when my turn comes because I believe it’s my civic duty. Also, I don’t want to get sick, writes Liz Soares.
J.P. Devine: How to be funny during dark times
It’s really hard to stand in the light when so many are in the dark, to be funny when so many are crying, but J.P. Devine had early training.
Amy Calder: Cats make perfect pandemic partners
Felines don’t ask for much, but give a lot, particularly to owners stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, Amy Calder writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Mank’
Mank. The man who wrote “Citizen Kane.” Tell me you’ve never seen “Citizen Kane.” Of course you have. Turner Classics runs it almost monthly. You’ve seen the young Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane rip up a bedroom in one long take, clutter up Hearst Castle with art from all Europe, run for public office […]
Dana Wilde: There’s always ground cover
If the atmosphere continues to heat up, it may not be snowing much in the Northeast in the next century, Dana Wilde writes.
J.P. Devine: Three souls in the dark
J.P. Devine is keeping the candles in his windows lit just in case a family might be walking by looking for a safe warm place to sleep.
Amy Calder: The ghosts of Christmases past
Memories of Christmas Eve celebrations at her parents’ home are as vivid as if they occurred yesterday, Amy Calder writes.