Recalling losses on a New year about 65 years ago, J.P. Devine is thinking about family and those we can trust.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: December notes on a changing winter
Looking over his daily notes, Dana Wilde catalogs how different Maine Decembers are now compared with decades ago.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: We’re not in Kansas anymore
The age-old season of joy has arrived, J.P. Devine writes, but what are we to do with the world we find ourselves in?
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: This holiday season let’s allow our language, and actions, to bring joy
If we act, think and speak positively and with hope during a dark time in our world, we can help brighten our lives and those of others, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: A Christmas wish to move beyond crisis
As we enter our second pandemic holiday season, Liz Soares contemplates all we’ve been through and what may lie ahead.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: It’s up
The easiest tree job ever has J.P. Devine thinking of cherished ornaments instead of panicking.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: A challenging trek into the woods yields the most exquisite tree in the world
Choosing a perfect Christmas tree in the woods of Skowhegan amid deep snow and bitter cold took a lot of effort and ingenuity, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal
Dana Wilde: No, lemmings don’t commit mass suicide
The cultural cliché that lemmings display oblivious mass self-destructive behavior is rooted in a lie of the rodent species, Dana Wilde writes.