Dana Wilde: Poppop’s got a brand new jeejah

It's hard to remember what life was like before syntactic devices, but it existed, writes Dana Wilde.

J.P. Podcast: Tickling the ivories

J.P. Devine: The piano and me

Playing Cole Porter's “Every time We Say Goodbye" on the ivory keys has J.P. Devine hopeful that it's the start of a glorious New Year.

Dana Wilde: A winter barometer

Winter is changing, and so are Mainers as we come to grips with that reality, Dana Wilde writes.

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘A Very Murray Christmas’

Good old Bill Murray film sometimes funny, packed with wonderful stars.

J.P. Devine: The lady in white

This Christmas, as thousands of nurses and doctors in blue scrubs hold the hands of the millions of the dying, J.P. Devine is thinking of his mother in her starched white dress and cap, bringing a cupcake home.

Amy Calder: Pursuing deferred dreams

A Waterville mother who had dropped out of school at 14 decided to enroll in adult education this year after struggling to help her two young daughters learn from home during the coronavirus pandemic.

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Love Actually’

In my house, “Love Actually” holds the Christmas Eve must watch, even before “The Bishop’s Wife” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” J.P. Devine writes.

Liz Soares: Playing the vaccine waiting game

I will take the vaccine when my turn comes because I believe it’s my civic duty. Also, I don’t want to get sick, writes Liz Soares.

J.P. Devine: How to be funny during dark times

It’s really hard to stand in the light when so many are in the dark, to be funny when so many are crying, but J.P. Devine had early training.