Evince Magazine

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Mack Williams
February 13, 2024

The Stink Bug Having Crawled, Crawls On

While walking down one hallway of Danville’s First Presbyterian Church on a Sunday a while back, I saw something small and shadowy which stood out against the wall’s white paint. I dared not touch it, squash it, or even try to find some container in which to safely transport it back outside (as I am... Read More
Essays
January 11, 2024

It’s OK to Play in Your Good Clothes

The other day, on my way to my car, in Danville’s Westover Drive Food Lion parking lot, I saw something which “jumped out at me” (not literally, though). It began with something we all do (or should do) with our grocery carts when we’re through with them, but morphed into a sort of game. A... Read More
Essays
December 12, 2023

Thoughts on a Good, Rural Man

We recently lost a truly good “rural man,” whose country upbringing centered him in the tradition of hard work, particularly in working with wood. His name: Joe Hammack. He and his family were “one of a kind,” harkening back to simpler, “frill-less” times, and denoted by dedication to the basics of hard work and the... Read More
Essays
November 15, 2023

Pyramid of Values

A few days ago, I felt as if I had suddenly entered a security-camera film in which someone is caught stealing at a store. But It wasn’t me! If this video had existed, it would have been made at ALDI, with me in the background and the “purloining star” in the foreground (well, an “extended... Read More
Essays
October 12, 2023

Graveside Commission

The other day, I attended a graveside funeral service for the brother of a fellow choir member and friend at Danville’s Highland Burial Park. Years ago, Lester Flatt recorded “Won’t You Give Me My Flowers While I’m Living.” So, in that respect, you can also give me my friends while I’m living, too. At a... Read More
Essays
September 12, 2023

Chain-fishing and the “Greater D”

I’m sure you’ve seen parents with their kids on a leash and kids who “need to be on a leash” (not the same meaning). The nicer term for “leash” is “tether” (however, I don’t think there’s a nicer term for “need to be on a leash”). But this article isn’t about the behavior. It’s about... Read More
Essays
August 15, 2023

   Bubbles in a “Straw”

The extreme “fizziness”(carbonation) within a bottle of Cheerwine soft drink recently took me back to my early childhood in my old hometown of Salisbury, N.C. (still the home of Cheerwine). In the hottest part of summer, the meteorologist warns us of thunderstorms popping up in the sky. But the above-ground, adult immersion pool pops up... Read More
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July 19, 2023

Auf Wiedersehen Erma’s

Back in the April edition of Evince, I wrote about a house that is no more. This month, I write about a restaurant that is no more: “Erma’s Restaurant.” My writing about these two demolitions within a specific range of time only reflects the specific range of time in which they occurred. It doesn’t mean... Read More
Essays
June 9, 2023

Dine-In

I recently went straight from one grocery store to another one in order to complete my shopping. This, of course, is not unusual; as many shoppers include the food “bargains” available at the “dollar” stores in order to save some money. But in this case, it was the sight of only one item which made... Read More
Essays
May 12, 2023

  Everywhere, Like Life, but not Alive

I recently thought back to the old 1980 Carl Sagan Cosmos series on Public TV and his conversations about the possibility of life on other worlds looking different from on earth. He added that such life could be based on other elements than what all life on earth is based on: carbon. Remember, to the... Read More
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