As we enter the season of merrymaking, keep your hands in you pockets, stand back six paces, wave and don’t wake me if I’m chair-napping, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Pain and Glory’
This is probably the greatest, most sensitive and haunting picture of Almodovar’s career, J.P. Devine writes.
Dana Wilde: A memory of Thanksgiving in Hong Kong
This being Thanksgiving time, I’ve been thinking about my family, writes Dana Wilde.
Amy Calder: Much to be thankful for in Waterville’s South End
A Colorado couple were hired as pastors at a small church in Waterville’s South End where both they and the congregants say they were blessed with an extraordinary gift: each other.
in each other.
J.P. Devine: A list of thanks for this Thanksgiving
While darkness clouds this moment in history with children being held in detention, and racism and antisemitism stalking the streets, a free press, brave service men and women and fair keepers of the law are things to be thankful for, writes J.P. Devine.
Liz Soares: Down with the ‘new normal’
The news can be overwhelming, but if we give up, things are just going to get worse, writes Liz Soares.
Amy Calder: The holiday table is best with home-grown food
There’s nothing like being able to serve home-grown vegetables at Thanksgiving, Amy Calder writes.
J.P. Devine: Making of a writer — stop, send
A belated Veterans Day column is more about becoming a writer, J.P. Devine writes.
Dana Wilde: Reality sets in
While the U.S. slashes its protection policies, our environment burns, writes Dana Wilde.
Amy Calder: At 96, U.S. Navy veteran Clara Gilbert reflects
Gilbert, of Skowhegan, served in the Bureau of Navy Personnel in Arlington, Virginia, from 1943 to 1945.