Nature, red in tooth and claw, was on full display as a hammock spider and jumping spider encountered each other, Dana Wilde writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: ‘The Bachelorette’ a break from reality
Funny, unpredictable, romantic, a sure way to make a husband or boyfriend disappear, the prime-time show may be just the antidote when the divisiveness and depressing events in the world get to be too much, writes Amy Calder.
advertisement
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Love, not for sale
While all manner of good sense argues to banish tokens of a bygone era to storage, some things linger through time, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
‘Chicken-salad guy’ a window into decline of social standards
Experiences at the supermarket can provide examples of our societal lack of self-restraint, the absence of consideration for our fellow humans, and ignorance of the importance of social mores, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State
Amy Calder: A volunteer recruiting volunteers
In the midst of today’s volatility, Elizabeth LaBua gets up in the morning and goes to a job where people are actually making a difference. It’s rewarding, she tells writer Amy Calder.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: What’s your sign?
What message did the stars, the planets, the sun and moon have for Howard Schulz, the CEO of Starbucks, on May 29 when his stores closed so his employees could have a lesson on racial bias, writes astrology-addicted J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: Woodpeckers’ signals reveal beauty, complication
The birds’ tapping can be communicating complicated messages, such as domestic intimacy, as sounds are passed around out there among the trees, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State
Amy Calder: Time to make another film shot in Waterville
Waterville native Whitcomb Rummel Jr. has a great script, a director who is keen on shooting it, and a production team looking into financing it, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns
C. Marla Hoffman: Memorial Day chance to reflect on lives of the fallen
After my uncle’s death, I learned there was a lot I didn’t know about him, C. Marla Hoffman writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: Is that you, Zoe?
The cleaners at restaurants seem to have less time to chat with customers and tend to their chores like quiet ghosts until opportunity beckons, write J.P. Devine.