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Columns

June 3, 2024

Inside the Method of Acting with Jamie Gilbert

Jamie Gilbert has not always been the bold and outgoing human being she is today. She was quite shy in her youth. It was her mother who encouraged her to step out of her shell and try something new when signing up for her middle school electives. Her mom told her she should sign... Read More

Action

May 16, 2024

Movies You Missed From 20 Years Ago: Troy

Troy (7/10 Rating) Released May 14, 2004 For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Drama, War, Adventure R: Graphic violence and some sexuality/nudity 2h 43m Based on Homer’s poem “The Iliad ”, Troy is one of Wolfgang Peterson’s last movies as a director and is likely the best telling of this Greek mythological tale.... Read More

Movies You Missed

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

Essays

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

Essays

May 8, 2024

A different beat…

Distance, measured in heart beats rather than miles, loses significance when, pressed against my chest, my cell messages you, you in the dark where your bed saves my space after your sleep comes. My heart seems content, its brief broadcast complete.

Poet's Corner

May 6, 2024

May I Have a Glass of Versatility, Please?

May I Have a Glass of Versatility, Please? At a recent wine tasting, I was asked what one wine could be offered to guests being served a wide variety of appetizers at a social gathering. Here is my “two cents worth”. A sparkling Rosé based on Pinot Noir that has the “Brut” (middle grade) sweetness classification. Why?... Read More

The Wine Spot

May 3, 2024

Inside the Method of Acting With Jane Reid

Jane Reid can still recite every line from her first production in grade school. She shared. “The production was a tribute to mothers. My role consisted of a recitation of a poem on a basket of pansies. It wasn’t until many years later that the stars aligned, and I stepped on the Bonner school... Read More

Action

April 13, 2024

My Promise

I will not harm you, will not, won’t knock on your door to unravel your well-woven cocoon, its layers so tightly wrapped I know they’re not mine to unwind, only yours for undoing reluctantly until you trust my love, then welcome my caring, embrace our connection.

Poet's Corner

April 11, 2024

In Plain Sight

On a recent Sunday, I parked next to the grounds of the Danville Museum, as I usually do, and walked along the white picket fence surrounding that museum to a point where I crossed the road and entered Danville’s First Presbyterian Church, to which I belong, and sing in the choir. Standing out against the... Read More

Essays

April 10, 2024

Movies You Missed From 20 Years Ago: Mean Girls

Mean Girls (6/10 Rating) Released July 25, 2004 Stream on Fubo, Paramount+, and Showtime. For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Comedy PG-13: Sexual content, language, and some teen partying 1h 37m “Get in loser, we’re going shopping.” A couple years ago, I noticed my now fifteen-year-old son, Jude, checking out a Mean Girls... Read More

Movies You Missed