Backyard Naturalist: Old trees offer perspective on time

Some trees on Earth are believed to have lived thousands of years, raising questions about how they might experience time and our own concepts about what it means to get old, Dana Wilde writes.

J.P. Devine: I confess — I’m not who you think I am

Did you know that J.P. Devine came to Maine under the government witness protection system and that his real name was Ernest Hemingway? True story.

Reporting Aside: Portly feline disrupts the best-laid feeding plans of cats and men

It's a balancing act, owning a fat cat that needs to lose weight and a skinny one who needs to gain, especially when it comes to meal time, Amy Calder writes.

‘You People’ ending full of surprises

Thinking Things Through: Getting sick, but not losing heart

Steadfastly sidestepping illness can only work for so long, because sometimes there's no avoiding the siege of the Little Cold, columnist Liz Soares writes.

J.P. Devine Podcast: There’s nothing as cold as deep as the cold in a human soul

On the Edge: Cold enough for you?

Recent bone-chilling weather has J.P. Devine remembering his service time during the Korean War and the deeper cold within the human soul.

Reporting Aside: Waterville infant born with fragile heart seen as ‘precious gift’ to family

Liliana Ann Greene was born Jan. 11 in Boston with a rare heart condition that required surgery the day after her birth, Amy Calder writes.

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is a brutally good movie, J.P. Devine writes

The German film earned nine Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

Backyard Naturalist: Supernovas a wake-up call to vastness

The magnitude of our awe at the facts of supernovas is like astronomers hundreds of years ago seeing new stars where none had been before, Dana Wilde writes.