Pondering his relationship with coffee, J.P. Devine recalls the changing faces of those who serve and are now known as baristas.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: With missteps defining his past, man pursues sobriety, living day by day
William Moody visits the riverfront in Waterville as often as he can in his efforts to control his anxiety and work on getting sober, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Incredible ironies in a looming disaster
It is incredible that we are making more trash now than we were 20 years ago, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Shocking secrets revealed in ‘Lou’
You remember Allison Janney, of course, you do.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Flora and Son’ simply about love and music
John Carney, Irish to his toes, has no Marvel heroes, capes or swords, rescued damsels, car chases or shoot-outs in his bag of tricks. His “Flora and Son” is as fresh and bright as newly washed clothes hanging on a line in the sun, with a cast of sparkling actors: Eve Hewson (Flora), Joseph Gordon-Levitt […]
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
On the Edge: Anniversary waltz
After 61 years of marriage, J.P. and Kay Devine venture out to the new restaurant in downtown for a risky ride with a sweet payoff.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: As natural disasters strike elsewhere, we feel safe in Maine, usually
As other parts of the country and world regularly face natural disasters, we in Maine seem somewhat insulated, but it is just a matter of time before the state experiences its own severe weather event, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Love blooms in ‘Suite Française.’ J.P. Devine writes
Despite the millions of stories about World War II, new ones, some recently discovered, keep popping up. “Suite Française,” directed by Saul Dibb (“Journey’s End,” 2017) is based on the late Irène Némirovsky’s novel about the German occupation of the small, village of Bussy, which by this time, 1942, had its hands full of fleeing […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Discerning the pattern of disruption
When a change in schedules threw off the eating habits of Liz Soares’ dog, the search was on to find peace and harmony.