After the bustle and warmth of six happy people on Christmas, quiet and cold descend during the wait for the phone call from those safely home to the two of us, just the two of us, writes J.P. Devine.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Learning more about heritage, who I am
Recent discoveries on Portuguese-American heritage have revealed a lot about the world and my place in it, Liz Soares writes.
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Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State
Aiming to be kinder, more optimistic in 2018
Try not to beat yourself up over failed resolutions; you never know what a year could bring, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, Opinion
J.P. Devine: The holiday kid
Lucrative hotel work in the big city made for a good life, especially during the holidays, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: Tracking the sun amid shades of December
The scientifically determined mechanics of the sun’s path through the sky don’t separate it from the feelings that arise within us as we witness it, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Op-Eds
JP Devine: Something happened that changed the world
As sure as the 9-year-old angel with cardboard wings who lives inside him, J.P. Devine writes that he believes something happened 2,000 years ago that changed the world.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State
Liz Soares: Remembering my days as a journalist
A small office full of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke and the phone constantly ringing come to mind when recalling being a woman working in an all-male newsroom, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State
Pursuing a balanced life is nothing to apologize for
Instead of taking jabs at ‘millennials,’ older generations could learn from how we prioritize our time and seek a healthy balance, Emily Higginbotham writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Reporting Aside: A gift from my mother
Emergency room nurses can keep late hours, even on Christmas Eve, but a memory from youth that stays with you can be everlasting, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, Lifestyle, Travel
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): AUGUSTA
Cushnoc Brewing and Circa 1885 are great news for August’s downtown Water Street