Long Journey Home

By Sarah E. Reynolds

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• My (virtual) visit with Mrs. Nickerson's class

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Oct 08
  When Nancy Nickerson, a fourth grade teacher at Capt. Albert Stevens School, contacted me recently on behalf of her class, I was excited. Her ...
  

• The glory of impermanence

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Sep 11
  Rosie and I took a walk along the path around our property the other day. She was busy, trotting here and there, sniffing where she's probably ...
  

• Dog days

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jul 31
  They call this time of year the dog days of summer. Not because it's hot enough to make you dog-tired and so thirsty your tongue hangs out like a ...
  

• This is the hard part: staying the course

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jul 03
  One of the nice things about my job is that I don't actually have to be doing it ... to do it. Because I am always working ahead, by the time you ...
  

• A well of peace under the anxiety of the moment

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 29
  This time of staying almost exclusively at home has been, paradoxically, both anxious and a time of learning to be at peace with what is. I worry ...
  

• Crisis is a test of our sense of the common good

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 01
  Already some restive residents of our state are calling for the lifting of the governor's stay-at-home order and the civil emergency. They are ...
  

• Whining at the wake-up call

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Mar 26
  I'm one of the lucky ones. I'm generally healthy, I've had all the vaccinations a person my age is supposed to have, I have a loving spouse and ...
  

• The intersection of politics and faith

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Feb 28
  I've been thinking a lot lately about faith-based political activism — politics fueled by religious conviction. I am given to seeing more than one ...
  

• Learning to love the scars: A 20th anniversary meditation

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jan 17
  My spouse and I are approaching our 20th anniversary. It's not actually a wedding anniversary — we were married in June of 2013 — but we have been ...
  

• Building bridges instead of walls

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Oct 04
  I recently read a column in another paper where, after saying something or other about "mankind," the columnist commented something similar to, ...
  

• The ride to Jackman

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Sep 24
  We just got back from what is becoming an annual late summer or fall trip to Moosehead Lake for ATV riding and relaxing. We stayed in the same ...
  

• Country mice

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Aug 28
  I'm a little phobic about certain kinds of bugs, especially the ones with the little, tiny bodies and the very long, creepy legs. Just thinking ...
  

• Saying goodbye to Brian

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jul 17
  Twenty years ago, I was newly in a relationship with someone I thought was pretty great — my spouse, Maureen. We took a trip one weekend with her ...
  

• Erasing 'them' from our hearts

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jun 12
  The Rev. Dr. Kate Winters, co-pastor of The First Church in Belfast, UCC, in an interview for this week's Republican Journal, referred to systemic ...
  

• Never miss the water...

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 15
  We had an exciting experience the other week: We went to the grocery store! Don't scoff — it was the first time in four weeks we had shopped for ...
  

• A lesson in interdependence

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Apr 17
  Spending pretty much all my time at home has been quite an experience. Not exactly like what I thought retirement would be — but then, I never ...
  

• Camden Conference highlights rapid changes in online news

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Mar 05
  Talk about a meta-experience! How about a journalist covering a conference where other journalists are talking about the future of journalism? That...
  

• Emperor Trump the Magnificent

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Feb 21
  I heard on the radio this morning that the Senate is considering a measure to limit the president's power to make war without the consent of the ...
  

• Grace, a Christmas gift for all

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Dec 27
  So my brother-in-law said I should write something about grace. Not necessarily an easy topic, but definitely right for the season. I'm not quite ...
  

• Sept. 11: Reaping the whirlwind

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Sep 20
  As flags flew at half-staff and various military and first-responder organizations held memorial ceremonies last week, I thought about what Sept. ...