Marilyn Jean Bird recently received a prestigious award from an international travel club for having visited more than 150 countries and territories.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Phases of climate change denial
Columnist Dana Wilde breaks down decades of denial of global warming, the resulting climate change and the destructive effects that human activities are having on the Earth.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: In flag daze for ‘Old Glory’
A really big, massive, gigantic U.S. flag stored in the attic proves to be a costly washing endeavor, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: It’s later than we think
With the arrival of the Skowhegan State Fair next week, we know summer then trends toward fall, kids return to school, elections launch and the holidays descend, just before a new president is inaugurated — whew! Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Ron Joseph
In the Field: Going where the buffalo roam on a Montana wildlife trip
There’s a lot to love about Montana, including animals, landscapes and Western history, Ron Joseph writes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Can I still be a ‘dog person’ without a dog?
‘I knew Martha’s passing would leave a huge hole in our lives,’ Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: The butler did it
Becoming a part-time butler could be an interesting “hobby,” .J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Backyard Naturalist: The spiders in the mailbox
This is the season in Maine when spiders are most active, and when you’re most likely to see one, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘The Boys in the Boat’ is old fashioned and lovable. Just love it, writes JP Devine
Here we are to welcome George Clooney’s directorial adventure into history, the little known sport of college rowing, and how America beat the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. That’s a lot to put on screen, and George did it. Based on a best-selling book by Daniel James Brown, with a screenplay by Mark […]