Naming kids and dogs has always been a fun pastime, but J.P. Devine wonders about the names coming during the pandemic.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Amy Calder: Bossov Ballet Theatre a treasure
If ever there were a more deserving recipient of a new performing arts center, it is the Bossov Ballet Theatre at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Amy Calder writes.
‘The Kominsky Method’ has perfect chemistry, perfect casting
Dramedy a ‘buddy’ story with perfect chemistry, perfect casting.
Liz Soares: A trip down digital photo memory lane
Thought there is space to store them, writes Liz Soares, I think I should continue to weed through my photographic memories and keep only the best ones.
J.P. Devine: A memory of two Sundays
Reflecting on magical events in Waterville’s Sacred Heart Church, J.P. Devine sees a future there as colorful as the past.
Amy Calder: Beautiful lives, cut short
Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee was a valued and well-loved colleague whose life ended too soon when she and her granddaughter and best friend were killed while walking along a road in Augusta, Amy Calder writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Answer Man’
Rom-com filled with imperfect moments and loose ends.
Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the bluets
If I don’t make it hard for the mosquitoes, writes Dana Wilde, they will innocently do their best to kill me.