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MARCH 4, FRIDAY

RIVER ARTS DISTRICT This week, in the middle of winter, the temperature has gotten up to 70 in the middle of the day. When the polar vortex sweeps down from the North Pole the temperature goes below freezing, but when

MARCH 4, FRIDAY

RIVER ARTS DISTRICT This week, in the middle of winter, the temperature has gotten up to 70 in the middle of the day. When the polar vortex sweeps down from the North Pole the temperature goes below freezing, but when

MARCH 3, THURSDAY

MOTHERHOOD 2 And this brings me to the other reason that Motherhood touches me intensely. In the journals of young women the central factor is almost always relationships: relationships with parents, relationships with friends, relationships with lovers, relationships leading to

MARCH 3, THURSDAY

MOTHERHOOD 2 And this brings me to the other reason that Motherhood touches me intensely. In the journals of young women the central factor is almost always relationships: relationships with parents, relationships with friends, relationships with lovers, relationships leading to

MARCH 2, WEDNESDAY

MOTHERHOOD I‘ve read two of three novels by Sheila Heti that I plan to read. I‘m reading them in reverse order. Pure Colour, Motherhood, and How Should a Person Be. She has written other books as well. I got started

MARCH 2, WEDNESDAY

MOTHERHOOD I‘ve read two of three novels by Sheila Heti that I plan to read. I‘m reading them in reverse order. Pure Colour, Motherhood, and How Should a Person Be. She has written other books as well. I got started

MARCH 1, TUESDAY

MARSHALL MARDI GRAS Marshall is the county seat of rural Madison County. As I‘ve mentioned before, Madison County is home to traditional Appalachian mountain people who grew tobacco and lived a close communal life. But into these mountains came city

MARCH 1, TUESDAY

MARSHALL MARDI GRAS Marshall is the county seat of rural Madison County. As I‘ve mentioned before, Madison County is home to traditional Appalachian mountain people who grew tobacco and lived a close communal life. But into these mountains came city

FEBRUARY 28, MONDAY

STILL PARADING IN ASHEVILLE , STILL BOMBING IN KYIV

FEBRUARY 28, MONDAY

STILL PARADING IN ASHEVILLE , STILL BOMBING IN KYIV

FEBRUARY 27, SUNDAY

ASHEVILLE’S MARDI GRAS AND MALANKA. Malanka is the Ukrainian equivalent of Mardi Gras celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Christian eastern part of Ukraine. It was celebrated a month ago on January 12-13. Kharkiv hosted the largest Malanka event in eastern

FEBRUARY 27, SUNDAY

ASHEVILLE’S MARDI GRAS AND MALANKA. Malanka is the Ukrainian equivalent of Mardi Gras celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Christian eastern part of Ukraine. It was celebrated a month ago on January 12-13. Kharkiv hosted the largest Malanka event in eastern

FEBRUARY 26, SATURDAY

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS Celebrating life in Paris one more time as Kyiv burns. A reminder that as Ukraine is being shelled that Paris survived the Second World War more or less intact and that it took a long time for much

FEBRUARY 26, SATURDAY

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS Celebrating life in Paris one more time as Kyiv burns. A reminder that as Ukraine is being shelled that Paris survived the Second World War more or less intact and that it took a long time for much

FEBRUARY 25, FRIDAY

LOVE NOT WAR At the center is love is food shared by people who care about each other. Our most alive holidays—Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, 4th of July—bring us together to celebrate by sitting around the table and eating together. All

FEBRUARY 25, FRIDAY

LOVE NOT WAR At the center is love is food shared by people who care about each other. Our most alive holidays—Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, 4th of July—bring us together to celebrate by sitting around the table and eating together. All

FEBRUARY 24, THURSDAY

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE The ordinary people of Paris doing their ordinary everyday beautiful routine, just like the people of Kyiv until yesterday.

FEBRUARY 24, THURSDAY

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE The ordinary people of Paris doing their ordinary everyday beautiful routine, just like the people of Kyiv until yesterday.