Hot summer days come with an eerie silence that remind J.P. Devine of Sundays in his early childhood in St. Louis.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Liz Soares: It’s hard to understand people who don’t embrace diversity
I was raised to be proud of my heritage, and took an interest in the ancestry of my friends, writes Liz Soares.
Amy Calder: Beware the browntail moth
After having suffered from the browntail moth rash on her summer vacation, Amy Calder advises people to avoid it like the plague.
Dana Wilde: The moon one summer night
With the 50th anniversary of the landing next week, it seems like the future is all in the past, writes Dana Wilde.
J.P. Devine: Include me out of hotel stay
Travel is a nightmare, and hotels are the monsters in those bad dreams, J.P. Devine writes.
Liz Soares: Fourth of July meant for celebrating
But the holiday is also a good time to reflect on how fragile our freedoms are, writes Liz Soares.
Amy Calder: Reassessing our beliefs, as July 4 nears
Amy Calder asks those with hard-held views on immigration to consider from whence they came, as the U.S. is about to celebrate the anniversary of its independence from Britain.
J.P. Devine: The tie’s the thing that’s telling about a candidate
J.P. Devine takes a gander at the neckwear of the current crop of male presidential candidates, but as yet finds no bolo ties.
Dana Wilde: Cleanliness is next to spiderliness
A close look at how spiders defecate reveals how they go out of their way to keep their surroundings clean, Dana Wilde writes.
Amy Calder: Grateful for the farmer
Central Maine farmers work hard and have little or no time off, but they live in paradise.