Ties, the standard gift for many occasions, have gone through many changes over the years, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Miracle Club’ full of secrets, lost loves, rain
“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan There are broken hearts here in director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s film and Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager and Joshua D. Maurer’s story. It’s an Irish story, full of secrets, lost loves and rain. It’s about three women, Maggie […]
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Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Finding happiness in doing little on vacation
An awe-inspiring paddle, hours to read, sitting on the deck or the beach and staring into the distance were among the highlights, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Me, She and the ginkgo tree
Mulling how he’d like his cremated remains in a BioUrn, J.P. Devine settles on the tree he wants to help grow.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Op-Eds
Reporting Aside: Childhood tragedy becomes lifelong lesson about being safe on Maine’s waterways
The death of a boy years ago on the Kennebec River in Skowhegan remains a regular reminder of how water can be powerful and unforgiving, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Earthworms and slugs
A discovery during a backyard expedition turns up squirming and unfamiliar things, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: George Washington slept here?
J.P. Devine weaves a tale of a lonely bed embracing new dreamers.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Op-Eds
‘Ticket to Paradise’ actors made film for the money
Before you buy your “Ticket to Paradise,” did you know that Bali, the “ideal” vacation spot that was the location for George Clooney and Julia Roberts’s movie “Ticket to Paradise,” is the home of 500 different varieties of spiders, some of which have eight eyes and 15-centimeter legs? You didn’t? Did you know that today, […]