Disaster has been the sad old song this summer and Maine should be ready, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: Winslow farm pushes for people to face life’s cruelties together
Robin Bartholf operates Ephphatha Community Farm where the horses and other animals can have a therapeutic effect on people with physical, developmental or emotional challenges, Amy Calder writes.
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‘Midnight Cowboy’ remains one of the great duo films of all time
Each actor is as indispensable to the story as chess pieces are to a game.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Spiders weaving durable webs
A whole other world of construction is glinting in the late summer woods, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Requiem for 2 strangers
The lasting image of a man and woman holding hands as they stepped off into space as the World Trade Center collapsed around them is a reminder of what we lost on 9/11 and our capacity to be dreamers, J.P. Devine writes.
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Reporting Aside: For three Waterville women, it’s time to face the music
Rebecca Green, Sue Barre and Teresa McKinney are launching a pilot program to gauge interest in whether people want a music school serving the greater Waterville area, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘For the People’ has best ‘action’ writing since ‘West Wing’
It debuted on March 13, 2018, at 10 p.m. on ABC. So why should we go back that far to dig in on what some are calling Shonda Rhimes’ “Grey’s Anatomy” in a courtroom? First of all, it moves faster, has better deeper characters and is written by Paul William Davies, who gives it the […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Lessons from a pear tree
Liz Soares ruminates on an old pear tree in the backyard and what it means to be grateful.