The Good Ole Summertime
The good ole summertime is here folk and there is not a doubt to be found about that!
Down South: Beautiful But Deadly
I was driving back from a speaking event in Lake City, the town that reinvented itself thanks to art and the vision and financial support of Darla Moore. Lake City was a tobacco town once, but we all know why tobacco fell out of grace. Well, don’t worry about Lake City. What a vibrant town, and when you drive around town you see all these warehouses. Those warehouses make for some fine art galleries now when ArtFields comes to Lake...
The House With Nobody in It
The saddest thing that I’ve ever known,
Is a house, a house that used to be a home.
Down South: Marsha Polier, Portrait Artist
Note: The North Carolina Museum of Art has exhibited Marsha Polier’s work. A fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, she worked with Time Life Music on vintage imagery. For more than 30 years she documented events for the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University. Guest columnist, Nancy Allison, tells Marsha’s story. Like most Southerners, Marsha Polier tells a great story. She also spins tales without saying a word....
The societal value of American Legion Baseball
he American Legion plays a special role in the lives of military veterans.
Down South: A cheap jug of poison A public service column
A deck open to sunlight and the weather surely will lose its pizzazz.