Hatred, fear and nastiness could be eliminated with a simple, universal vow to be kind to one another, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dana Wilde: Within a budding grove of buttonbush
Buttonbush blossom is a natural miracle you can see performed every year, writes Dana Wilde.
J.P. Devine: Whaddyagonnado with all this food?
After acquiring a plethora of Rice Krispies and cream-style corn, J.P. Devine ponders possible recipes and the mysterious absence of wedding soup.
Amy Calder: ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’
Amy Calder remembers the extraordinary life of thespian Emily Rowden Fournier, who perished in a whitewater rafting accident.
Liz Soares: Safety over civility
I know my anger is really a reflection of my fear. Luckily, there are ways I can show love for my fellow humans, writes Liz Soares.
J.P. Devine: What did you say?
Tracing his own family’s hearing difficulties, J.P. Devine is thinking about age-related problems and patching things up.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Yellowstone’
‘Yellowstone’ is shaping up for an old-fashioned showdown.
Dana Wilde: Spiders on drugs
Orbweaving spiders perceive the world mainly through vibrations of silk and air, parallel to the way we perceive the world mainly through light and sound, writes Dana Wilde.