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.
Scott Monroe
Posted inWord on the Street
Watch: Waterville mayor makes a super-sized order: 1 of every McDonald’s item
Jay Coelho posted a video of his mammoth order recently on TikTok.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Photos: Readfield Union Meeting House clock faces arrive
Three new clock faces made by Tise Woodwork and Design of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the Readfield Union Meeting House arrive at a Readfield storage facility. All photos taken by Kennebec Journal photographer Joe Phelan.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
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.
Posted inOpinion
Tell Us: Should Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson be confirmed to the Supreme Court?
Tell us what you think.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Lives of the stars
Pondering the “life cycle of stars,” Dana Wilde reflects on the process of shining, burning out and disappearing, while sometimes becoming a diamond.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Back from the dead
Dreaming of one more outing to the mall in South Portland, J.P. is whistling in the graveyard of memories.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: In Ukraine, the better angels of our nature
Recalling a family jam in Bulgaria, Dana Wilde ponders how Eastern European generosity of spirit is holding Ukrainians together now amid cold brutality.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Work it out, Vlad. Work it out.
As international pressure mounts on Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine, J.P. Devine imagines how some of those forces may be telling Russian President Vladimir Putin to “work it out.”