Thinking Things Through: Climbing the mental staircase

After two knee replacements made it difficult to climb stairs, Liz Soares learned to confront the thoughts holding her back.

J.P. Devine Podcast: April is the cruelest month

On the Edge: Tales of April

It’s hard to be funny when April’s usual annoying showers suddenly become dark twisting clouds of hurt, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: With a shoestring budget and plenty of elbow grease, group looks to make Waterville shine

Volunteers turned out recently to help the nonprofit Waterville Community Land Trust erect a gazebo at the park and community garden it built on Water Street in the city's South End, Amy Calder writes.

Pipeline film genuine heart-grabbing, chiller-thriller, writes J.P. Devine

Backyard Naturalist: Strange lights in the sky

The feeling of stupendous awe, of fear and beauty, and strangeness, arises when you watch the aurora, Dana Wilde writes.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Eggs are everywhere

On the Edge: How you want ‘em?

Eggs are everywhere this time of year, and their importance to our society is priceless, J.P. Devine writes.

Reporting Aside: Move along, April, you fickle month

As Robert Frost penned in his poem "Two Tramps in Mud Time," April has a habit of taking us a step into summer and then two back into winter, Amy Calder writes.

Something for everyone in newest ‘Great Expectations,’ writes J.P. Devine