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Column by Jim Bishop Attending a funeral isn’t all tears and sorrow. I came away from a funeral service for Kenneth Seitz, Sr., 91, of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, with a fresh sense of hope and resolve to seize the moment, recognizing that we won’t pass this way again. The service, held June…
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Are sunscreens safe? Which ones do you recommend that will protect my skin from the sun and not cause other issues? – Bettina E., New York, N.Y. Getting a little sunshine is important for helping our bodies generate Vitamin D, an important supplement for…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is recession-proof. Charlottesville is recession-proof. I’ve heard people say this for years. As the argument goes, the local economies have two big things going for them – major universities and agriculture. Kids still go to school in recessions. And kids and everybody else still eat in recessions….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Aaron McGowan was a computer whiz. “A story that I often tell is when he was 14 years old, I walked into his bedroom, and on the computer screen, it said, Official Site of NASA: Access Granted. And I was like, Aaron, what are you doing? You want the FBI…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The next time we see John Robb, he’ll look … well, we can say a little different, and leave it at that. “I’ll need a belt. I know that much,” said Robb, who is leaving Waynesboro for Georgia this week to begin a seven-month, 2,179-mile journey up the Appalachian Trail….
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Ahhh, the sweet scent of love is in the air! Or did I forget to take the garbage out last week? Whatever, Thursday is that once-a-year event when it’s OK for everybody – even us guys – to be corny and romantic and all aw-shucks. It’s Valentine’s…
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Story by Theresa Curry AGratefulSeason.com Justin Harris lost his battle with childhood cancer last May, after fighting with uncommon courage and grace. Before he got sick, Justin liked nothing better than hanging out with the fast-talking, slow-smoking competition team — Pigs on the Run — from the BBQ Connection, Central Virginia’s own state and national…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I started working on my review of “The Bucket List” on the way to the theater. After all, I’d seen the coming attractions several times. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two quirky old geezers, both dying of cancer, who go off on a toot in a…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Wild animals roam the streets. The chatter of semiautomatic weaponry echoes off the skyscrapers. Blood-crazed zombies, wild-eyed and lusting for human flesh, scream bloody murder as they race through Times Square. There’s not a cop in sight.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen As usual, it’s feast or famine time in Hollywood. The studios wait until the very end of the year to roll out their Academy Award-worthy films, figuring all the Oscar voters suffer from A.D.D.
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