Brightening up our winter fields, the white-feathered birds have interesting migration patterns tied to colder climate, Dana Wilde writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
’Slow Horses’ the sort of fun the British do so well, and the gang of swells is here doing it
The impressible John le Carre gave us a host of spies in his famous novels. Always my favorite would be Alec Leamas from “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” who said, “What do you think spies are: priests, saints and martyrs? They’re a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors, too, yes; pansies, sadists […]
J.P. Devine: Face in the crowd
On TV, “extras” are those faces in crowds and at parties, cafes and street scenes, with no lines, who now have been upgraded with more dignified titles like “junior artists,” “atmospheres” and “background talent,” J.P. Devine writes.
‘The Gilded Age’ was a great era
So here it is today on HBO, in our own era of social upheaval. No fan of costumed events, I reluctantly sat through every episode of Julian Fellowes’s, Michael Engler’s and Salli Richardson-Whitfields’s lavish and expensive production, in order to have a review for you this morning. I won’t run down each chapter because Fellowes’ […]
Liz Soares: Learning to do what’s right for me
In the aftermath of knee replacement surgery, Liz Soares contemplates what it means to take care of her own needs during a time of recovery.
J.P. Devine: Freedom’s song
Reflecting on his pet, Ms. Kramer, prompts J.P. Devine to ponder the larger question of what it means to be a caged bird.
Amy Calder: Embrace the blessings that birthdays bring
Besides generating presents, sweets and good company, birthdays mark the passage into another year of life, the best gift of all, Amy Calder writes.
‘The Godfather’ restored, polished
Railroad Square Cinema to feature the first in the area, 4K re-release of the classic mob film