There’s no pain like that which comes from losing a beloved pet, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Backyard Naturalist: The woods and The Singularity
Columnist Dana Wilde talks about the prediction that supercomputers will simulate layer after layer of human mindwork so completely that they will essentially become conscious beings.
On the Edge: Election 2024, here we go
J.P. Devine runs through the playbill of the election and sees powerful change on the stage.
Reporting Aside: Waterville woman left a legacy of goodwill
Joan Phillips-Sandy, longtime Waterville lawyer, school board chairwoman and community servant, died much too young at age 78, Amy Calder writes.
Backyard Naturalist: The presence of absence
‘(The phoebes’) absence is hard to describe,’ writes Dana Wilde.
On the Edge: Waiting …
The love of his life gone, he holds the last paragraph of their love story in his heart, J.P. Devine writes.
Thinking Things Through: Why would you go anywhere other than Maine for summer vacation?
A staycation makes this Mainer feel relaxed and renewed, Liz Soares writes. Isn’t that what we all want?