2022 Vol 1 – Spring

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Saying “I Do” with A Little Help

March 7, 2022

Story by Deelynn Leigh Photographs by Benjamin Allen Photography Spring 2022 Most weddings and special events take months to years of preparation. To suffer an abrupt stop in those preparations is both shocking and devastating for the wedding planner, vendors, the bride and groom, and their friends and families. This leaves everyone asking, “So, what …

River City Baseball – Danville Otterbots

March 26, 2022

Story by Brian Carlton Photos provided by Danville Otterbots Spring 2022 The manager was disappointed when he saw Sparky Adams. At a half inch under 5 feet 5, Adams was by far the smallest player who showed up for Danville’s spring training on that March day in 1920. “He asked if I’d brought my nursing …

Red Robin

March 25, 2022

By Deelynn Leigh Spring 2022 Winter season of no snow, Bare limbs and surviving willowed leaves, Brisk air in opening doors, Burning sun through frosted glass, Smoking chimneys swirl above, A red robin perched nearby, Scanning the earth for its next home, Picking up debris after windy nights. From the frosted window we see, Stopping …

art after

March 17, 2022

by phillip gillis I. Painting The ephemeral colors dancing on the horizon in a daring ballet of lavenders, not purple, and rust, like metal weathered in many storms, and periwinkle blue, like “mother’s dress,” lost in a mystic confusion even if Bob and Vincent did it better. II. Music The rhythms and lyrics bouncing around- …

Some Places Just Speak for Themselves

March 7, 2022

B&H Market on the Dan Story by Norwood Walker Photos by Vivian Hammock Spring 2022   In the study of literature, there is something called “a sense of place,” referring to emotional bonds and attachments people develop or experience in particular locations. In recent times, this idea has expanded into the fields of geography, health, …

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