CentralMaine Sunday

J.P. Devine knows things look bad, but don't give up yet. There is still 12 months left of 2022.

Recalling losses on a New year about 65 years ago, J.P. Devine is thinking about family and those we can trust.

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?

The easiest tree job ever has J.P. Devine thinking of cherished ornaments instead of panicking.

There was one bright light recently amid the bad COVID-19 news, J.P. Devine says.

When the local Starbucks starting locking its doors early because of short-staffing, the response from some patrons was as if the Vatican had canceled Christmas, J.P. Devine says.

It's hard to tell these days when people are smiling beneath their masks, but J.P. Devine has learned the importance of activating those 10 facial muscles.

Remembering his first dog, J.P. Devine recounts the love affair and magic eyes that stick with him today.

The notion of owning robes or pajamas was a foreign concept to J.P. Devine until he met She, an actress of great style and manners.

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.