Books

The sign marking the location of the old Freetown community, which will be the site of the new historic marker and part of the Edna Lewis Menu Trail.
Books

The Edna Lewis Menu Trail

Orange County, Virginia, honors the Southern cooking legend

By Annie Tobey | October 27, 2022
book cover of "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkah. For a list of recommended LGBTQ+ books for your reading list
Books

LGBTQ+ Books for Your Reading List

For comfort, insight, empathy, and enjoyment

By Lucy Sanders | October 21, 2022
Hot Honey S'mores Brownies from the "Hot Honey Cookbook" by Ames Russell of AR's Hot Honey
Books

‘Hot Honey Cookbook’ Presents Hot New Recipes

‘60 Recipes to Infuse Sweet Heat into Your Favorite Foods’

By Annie Tobey | August 29, 2022
woman looking out of window Luna4 Dreamstime. In an excerpt from “The Kitchen Is Closed: And Other Benefits of Being Old,” Sandra Butler reflects upon what has changed, inside and out.
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‘Keeping Up’

As life changes, so do our desires

By Sandra Butler | August 24, 2022
Book cover: Journalist Paula C. Squires shares the backstory of her new book, "A Different Kind of Courage: One Man’s Story of Triumph Over Paralysis."
Books

“A Different Kind of Courage”

An inspirational new book about one man’s triumph over paralysis

By Paula C. Squires | August 23, 2022
Author of the new Beatles book, Laurie Jacobson, surrounded by some of her Beatles memorablia - photo credit Jon Provost
Books

A New Beatles Book: ‘Top of the Mountain’

Laurie Jacobson compiles a new Beatles book, with a little help from her friends

August 1, 2022
old comic books photo by Joseph Perone Dreamstime. Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan fondly recalls a youthful pastime: “On warm days I would climb into the bed of the [Studebaker pickup] truck and surround myself with model horses and my comic books.” She notes stories and favorites among those classic comics, her companions for years.
Books

My Comic Books

Memories from long ago

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | June 27, 2022
HOLLYWOOD, CA, USA, APRIL 13 2015: I Love Lucy mural by Jerry Ragg. Photo by Meunierd, Dreamstime. I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. Intro image to article on The Little Book of Bela’isms, by Stephen Billias and Bela Breslau.
Books

Excerpts from ‘The Little Book of Bela’isms’

Yogi Berra would be proud

By Stephen Billias | June 22, 2022
cover of the book, 'Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons' by Fred Grandinetti
Books

Those ‘Quickie’ Popeye Television Cartoons

Behind the variability of 1960s ‘Popeye’ on TV

By Fred Grandinetti | May 24, 2022
Better than New book cover from Patagonia Books
Annie Tobey

‘Better Than New: A Recycle Tale’

Patagonia’s first children’s book encourages hope for improving our world

By Annie Tobey | May 18, 2022

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