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J.P. Devine
  • Published
    August 7, 2015

    Do we gotta have gutters?

    J.P. Devine's mind is in the rain gutters, with some prompting from his L.A. daughter and her hubby.

  • Published
    July 31, 2015

    He’ll sell you the shirt off his back

    His nearly new collection of 45 shirts is a great way to lure people into buying his book, J.P. Devine writes.

  • Published
    July 24, 2015

    The games of afterlife

    Pondering reincarnation, J.P. Devine recalls when a visiting priest told him about Heaven and Hell, Purgatory and someplace called Limbo.

  • Published
    July 10, 2015

    Putting a woman’s face on the bill

    Amid talk of women for the $10 bill, J.P. Devine suggests a list that colors a bit outside the lines.

  • Published
    July 3, 2015

    All hail the man in the seersucker suit

    The garb of Atticus Finch, William F. Buckley and St. Louis working men who listened to the Cardinals on the radio, hot-weather fashion perfection is wasted on the young, JP Devine writes.

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  • Published
    June 26, 2015

    Good-bye Bob-In, you old saloon

    The sale of Waterville's notorious watering hole conjures some frightening visions of gentrification, J.P. Devine writes.

  • Published
    June 19, 2015

    Chinese data breach sparks concerns about past

    Chinese intelligence hackers might be looking to uncover youthful indiscretions they can use against me, J.P. Devine writes.

  • Published
    June 12, 2015

    How I learned a trade

    Learning to type kept J.P. Devine from becoming toothless and homeless, he writes.

  • Published
    June 5, 2015

    Considering the Zen of tidy

    Uncluttering the house can clutter the mind, and joy can be found in holding on to things instead of discarding them, J.P. Devine writes.

  • Published
    May 29, 2015

    God bless the third shift

    The workers of the night are a nation unto their own, JP Devine writes.