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January 14, 2025

SLOW, STOP, SLOW

The new year gives pause for thought, to make resolutions or take a break just to sit back, observe, and enjoy. Sometimes, we take that break on our own; and sometimes, it is forced upon us. This story is about the latter. One day, this past fall, I headed down to Yanceyville to visit with... Read More

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December 12, 2024

The Bible Raised High

This being the month of December, many will pick up the Bible and turn to the Gospels to read the Christmas Story silently, or aloud to their children. Or they will hear it read to them in church. Sometimes as an accompaniment to a group of fellow parishioners in “Biblical garb” which looks suspiciously like... Read More

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November 11, 2024

They Came from the 1960s

I recently happened upon a movie on YouTube which I had missed back in the “heyday” of its release, 1967. It’s titled They Came from Beyond Space, and being British-produced proves that we are not alone in producing vintage sci-fi schlock (hmm, “We are not alone” was an oft-used phrase in those old movies). The... Read More

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October 10, 2024

Waving and Bobbing!

I’m starting out this article in the past, giving it some background for the present. Since moving to Danville some years ago, I’ve paid my light bill at The Charles H. Harris Financial Center. I guess I’m behind the times by not saying, “electric bill,” (and on a related note, I also refer to a... Read More

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September 14, 2024

Day School Luncheon

For many years, Danville’s First Presbyterian Church has operated and continues to operate a first-class day school, benefitting many children in the community, without church membership being a pre-requisite for either student or teacher. Recently, a just-past-noon Sunday luncheon was held by the day school, with the members of the congregation being invited. The luncheon... Read More

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August 10, 2024

Oliver!

My musings of summer return me to a memorable Danville Public Schools summer musical of 1991 (there you go, Spiro T. Agnew). Our production was Oliver! held in the auditorium of Bonner Middle School under the direction of Marcia Dalton. Danny Davis had put together an orchestra; and he was our music director. Marcia... Read More

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July 10, 2024

Eclipse Over Danville

I’m writing on a “partly cloudy, “partly sunny” (meteorologist terminology) day. Clouds sometimes obscure the sun, subduing the glow from above, and shading the glow of spring’s later-blooming perennials from below. But these clouds make for a more “normal” dimming of the day than that seen back on April 8th: the eclipse of the sun.... Read More

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June 7, 2024

Bluets

Now that we’ve reached the month in which spring departs and summer debuts, let me tell you my thoughts of a little flower which began this spring season. This flower is an annual, but giving lasting, perennial pleasure in its sighting. In contrast to the slow, green rise of the daffodil stalks above the ground,... Read More

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May 14, 2024

Singing Again for Wake Forest

Well, not long ago, I sang the National Anthem again for the Demon Deacons, specifically the Wake Forest/Syracuse game. It seems that each time I sing at the Lawrence Joel Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum is unique (I don’t mean some swell-headed uniqueness, but rather, the uniqueness of the day, just as every day of life is... Read More

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May 10, 2024

An Unpalatable Truth

We think we know the people with whom we forge deep friendships. However, we only know what our friends choose to reveal. We might discover a greater truth later or even after they die. Then we have a choice: whether to let it shape how we feel about the person. I’ll call my friend Janet. ... Read More

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