Mushrooms have always mystified me, partly because they occupy a kind of psychic no-man’s-land between hallucinogenic and fatal, writes Dana Wilde.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State, News
At milestone moments in life, how should we measure ourselves?
When high school reunions roll around, resist the urge to compare yourself to your peers, Emily Higginbotham writes.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Good luck can come with some bad guilt
While reports of privation pour in as they did during the Ice Storm of 1998, some people have all the luck, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
Sunday, my prints will come
Moving the column to Sunday sparks memories of glamor, of the sacred, of interlaced fingers that bind us together, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Local & State
Former Mainer, green card lottery winner warns against program change
The green card lottery system isn’t perfect, but it helps increase the diversity of a nation where so many people proudly claim their foreign ancestry, Adrian Crawford writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Local & State, News
Scary storms, past and present
It doesn’t take much weather mayhem to create dangerous situations, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
For some, the holiday season begins Saturday at Renys
With Christmas but several weeks away, early birds get the jump on the holidays at the Maine department store and area craft fairs, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State, News
POTUS 45 seeks best wall design
A new committee gets a flood of ideas from great wall builders such as Steven Spielberg, Chinese entrepreneurs and Russian gulag engineers, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
A modern myth for Algol
The prince of darkness, it has also been observed, is a gentleman, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns, Emily Higginbotham, Local & State, News
When memories vanish, re-learning to live takes time
Mona Gagnon, of Waterville, has spent the last few years trying to re-learn her life, and get reacquainted with her loved ones, following a traumatic brain injury, Emily Higginbotham writes.