J.P. Devine Podcast: It’s too hot to think

On the Edge: Fever dreams and hallucinatory thoughts

Oppressive heat, in Maine of all places, led to a swampy, sleepless night for J.P. Devine as his thoughts lurched from Hoffa to O'Toole.

Reporting Aside: After Waterville native dies alone, coroner tries to piece together his past

Robert Kelley, 77, born in Waterville, was found dead Monday in a hotel room in rural North Dakota and the county coroner there has been unable to find any family to claim his remains, Amy Calder writes.

‘Hemingway’ entertaining, splendid re-hash of great writer’s life, career

On the Edge: Got the HORN?

Cautiously passing the time on a summer day, J.P. Devine observes others who are oblivious of the horrors of HORN.

Reporting Aside: Mainers use terms that are wicked puzzling to others, and that’s just fine

Folks here have their own way of being in the world, which includes using seemingly odd turns of phrase, Amy Calder writes.

Thinking Things Through: Cooling off as weather heats up

The proliferation of air-conditioning in Maine homes and the warming of the state's summer days has been noticeable over the past several decades, Liz Soares writes.

‘Get Low’ a tender-hearted, ancient ghostly love story

Equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party

J.P. Devine Podcast: Remember the cast of characters of my life

On the Edge: The keeper of the flame

Many characters come in and out of J.P.'s stories, and some of them are potent reminders of a past that remembers.