Virginia Creeper Fest: The Award-Winning Festival Returns
The Virginia Creeper Fest returns to Abingdon for a second year, celebrating all things outdoors. This free, family-friendly festival takes place Saturday April 28, 2018, from noon to 5:00pm at A Street Park, near the trailhead of the Virginia Creeper Trail. Virginia Creeper Fest celebrates the creation of the famous Virginia Creeper Trail, and highlights […]
Pop Life
A Quiet Place
I‘ve always considered the “Alien” movies to be some of the best sci-fi/horror films ever produced. Now along comes “A Quiet Place”, giving the “Alien” series a run for its frights. The film is directed by John Krasinski, who stars in the film with his real-life wife Emily Blunt, and is the tale of a […]
Batteries Not Included
The Awful Truth
Other than Film Noir, Screwball Comedy is perhaps the most revered form of film made during Hollywood’s golden era. Director Leo McCarey’s 1937 screwball comedy “The Awful Truth” is one of the high watermarks of the genre. This charming, delightful film stars Cary Grant (swoon), Irene Dunne (swoon) and was a big hit upon its […]
The Nerd's Corner
Nano Metalfigs
Simplicity, portability, affordability and the chase. Just a few of the words that come to mind when thinking of this new line currently flying off the shelves at stores! These collectors recently found themselves in the toy (searching for the latest Funko POP! and Marvel Legends) and something caught our attention that we hadn’t seen […]
The Casual Word
Gargoyle
Carefully perched The watchman Keeping an eye From high atop his nest Proper vantage point Those below Unsuspecting Carrying on the routine Mundane Ordinary Lifeless All the while He records these movements Keeping a fixed gaze A steady mind This silent sentinel Casting a stare Without ever casting stones On his marble observatory Apr 17, […]
Stargazer
Astronomy Day this Saturday: Time to Look Up!
At some time, we all look up and wonder about a bright star or marvel at the Milky Way when away from city lights. In that way everyone has a connection with astronomy, the oldest of the sciences. The spirit of stargazers is as old as the cave drawings of the Moon and stars etched […]
The Loafer
Skies This Week
Celestial events in the skies for the week of Apr. 17-23, 2018 as compiled for The Loafer by Mark D. Marquette. Astronomy Day on Saturday puts the focus on the hobby that begs you to look up. Started in 1973, the celebration of stargazing if filled with family fun activities at science centers around America. […]
Kelly's Place
English 101: Out With THE OLD, In With THE NEW?
Language is a very malleable, and very human thing. As Tom Wolfe writes in his thought-provoking new book, THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH, language is the thing that defines our humanity. Looks like we humans evolved as creatures that speak in order to compensate for our very poor sensory skills (i.e. dogs smell, hear, and see […]
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