Wedding bell blues? Possibly, but frayed knot
Column by Jim Bishop
“How the time flies,
When I’m near you …”
- Jerry Wallace ( 1958 )
Time munches on … and sure gives you a lot to chew on.
That reality smacked up against my head again the other week as my good wife and I greeted another milepost on the superhighway of life. Read more
Moore going for double play
Item by Chris Graham
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Fresh off his triumph in the Telluride Troubadour competition in June, Nathan Moore has another Colorado festival title on the agenda.
The Staunton native is one of 10 finalists in the Folks Fest Songwriting Showcase set for Aug. 15. Moore will be competing with talented artists including the legendary Greg Brown and singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan.
Moore is trying to pull off a never-before-accomplished feat. No one has ever won both the Telluride and Folks Fest title in the same year.
Moore’s appearance at Folks Fest will come during his tour of the Southwest that begins next week.
For more on Moore’s doings, go to www.nathanmoore.org on the web.
Harrisonburg adds to marketing arsenal
Item by Chris Graham
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A print brochure and online resource giving tourists information about the Harrisonburg Arts and Cultural District is now available.
The city tourism office and the Harrisonburg-based Arts Council of the Valley cooperated on the marketing effort, which will include the distribution of 10,000 print brochures. Read more
Where do Obama, McCain rank on environmental issues?
Earth Talk
From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What are the major environmental issues that our next president, be it Obama or McCain, will have to confront?
- Melinda Barnes, via e-mail
Global warming is unquestionably the most pressing environmental issue facing whoever ends up in the White House in January 2009. Not only does climate change impact — and in most cases exacerbate — other environmental problems, it has even wider implications for the economy and society at large. Luckily for all of us, both Barack Obama and John McCain are committed to tackling climate change, although their proposed approaches differ in significant ways. Read more
Catching schoolers
Formulas for Fishing Success column by Jay Yelas
It might be summertime, but did you know that bass have already gone back to school? Back to schools of baitfish, that is. That’s because there are huge clouds of baitfish everywhere. The baitfish that hatched earlier in the year are now the ideal size for bass forage. And sometimes during the day, bass will tear through these schools devouring as many as they can. When bass are targeting schools of baitfish like this, they can make easy targets for anglers. Read more
Fallout from Kaine-for-VP talk
Analysis by Chris Graham
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Tim Kaine is vice president, and Scott Sayre is your 24th District state senator.
Think I’m reaching there? Let me take you where I am with this far-reaching scenario that’s been running through my head the past couple of days. Thinking things through, with Kaine as VP, Bill Bolling becomes governor, and as University of Virginia political-science professor Larry Sabato offered in a Crystal Ball column this week, and Christopher Newport University professor Quentin Kidd seconded in a conversation with me on Wednesday, Bolling ends up being the ’09 Republican Party gubernatorial nominee as part of the gentleman’s agreement that Bolling and Attorney General Bob McDonnell entered into earlier this year. Read more
Fa-a-a-a-t
Posted July 31, 2008
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I haven’t been eating out as much lately. Which is to say, I haven’t been eating out for lunch and dinner four or five days a week.
And yes, I realize that this is contributing to the economic downturn that we’ve been dealing with here lately. And I apologize for that.
I had to do it, though. Because I had an epiphany not too long ago.
The epiphany: “I’m getting fa-a-a-a-t.” Read more
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