Applications are being accepted for the Ms. North Carolina Senior America 2015 Pageant. Women who have reached the “Age of Elegance” 60 years and older, and have resided in North Carolina for the past three months are eligible to enter. Contestants will compete in the following categories: Interview (5 minutes), Philosophy of Life (35 seconds or less), Talent (2:45 Min. [...]
Are you at a point in your life where you are asking, “What’s next?” You have finished one chapter, and you have yet to write the next one. Many seniors face these transitions at midlife, but they can happen to anyone at any stage. It’s a time of great potential, defining a whole new phase of life. It˙s called Life [...]
Don McKinney Three years ago in an interview with The Retirement Resource Guide, Don McKinney mentioned he would like to work on a mystery novel he had begun many years ago. As a resident of Raleigh’s Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community, he was continuing to write, but monthly book reviews and editing Springmoor’s newsletter might leave time to finish his [...]
Dr. Burns Jones Dr. Burns Jones, a resident of Croasdaile Village with his wife, Marcia, is a prime example of A Life Reimagined. Born in Alabama, he grew up in Beaufort, SC, where he developed an early love of history. Feeling a need, endemic to many Americans,to serve a wider purpose, he postponed the pursuit of history for a medical [...]
A recent article in the Journal of Archaeological Science reports the discovery of the world’s earliest known wine-making operation by a joint Armenian-American-Irish expedition in Armenia. The well-preserved remains were found in an Armenian cave about 60 miles from Mount Ararat, the traditional site of the Biblical Ark. A dry, consistent temperature and a layer of sheep dung in the [...]
The life of Father Thomas Berry, cultural historian, passionate priest, and renowned scholar, will be celebrated during a Thomas Berry Centennial in Greensboro in October and November. A public performance citing his words will be presented Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Historical Museum. Andrew Levitt will deliver the recitation, titled “The Meadow across the Creek,” with [...]
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” — Socrates Seniors used to dream of retiring to a mountaintop aerie or beach bungalow, usually near a golf course. It’s a different retirement today as many are seeking to spend their later years in a college or university town, a trend the Wall Street Journal noted [...]
Why has there been so much controversy over the question of Shakespearean authorship over the last two centuries? It’s because the more that has been discovered about William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, the less he seems to fit the measure of the author revealed to us in his plays and poetry. As a result, more and more people have begun to [...]
The Bookman’s TaleA Novel of ObsessionBy: Charles Lovett Available in paperback in May What could be better than art history, interwoven with literary history, coupled with the mystery of Shakespeare’s true identity? This enticing combination may be one reason The Bookman’s Tale by Winston-Salem’s Charles Lovett has created such a stir in the book world. It contains all of the [...]
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” — Socrates Seniors used to dream of retiring to a mountaintop aerie or beach bungalow, usually near a golf course. It’s a different retirement today as many are seeking to spend their later years in a college or university town, a trend the Wall Street Journal noted [...]
