Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: ‘You’ll see’
Nearly 40 years after arriving in Maine, J.P. Devine still doesn’t consider himself a Mainer and is still wondering when it will snow.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Beware the ghosts and goblins on a Halloween far different from years past
Decades ago, costumes and many other things were far simpler in Skowhegan, when children took to the streets with their pillowcases to collect candy, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Inside Indian summer
Those transparently beautiful autumn days with comfortable weather are a sort of grace period increasingly receding, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: A work of art
The work of cutting hair has never seem so consequential as it has during the pandemic, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State
Amy Calder: We can make the season bright, and put the pandemic behind us
If all who are unvaccinated get the jab now, it would ensure we all have a happy upcoming holiday season, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ explores the true story about eccentric cat artist
Let me be honest. I don’t like cats. Cats make me break out; cats make me sneeze. Cats, I should add, don’t like me either. So why did I sit there watching “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” whose whole life was covered, like moss and toadstools, with cats, real, artsy, and psychedelic. I only […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Learning to pivot during disruptions
As the pandemic continues to cause supply-and-demand problems, we must find ways large and small to adapt and adjust our habits, Liz Soares writes.