By Brandon Weston First Installment Amelia Pink-Bustles slowly moved down the Grand Hallway of her Chateau fixed high in the Mountains of Bavaria, toward an aging and faded portrait of her Father, Lord Henry Flannery Jermain Pink-Bustles, situated between a china vase holding a bundle of dead tulips and an elderly woman folded-up and asleep…
By Johnny Adkins, M.D. After President Kennedy’s announcement of the Apollo Project, I wanted to be an astronaut and the first one on the moon. As time passed and my career aspirations came into perspective, I wondered what one would take for nutrition on long, distant space travel in order to stay healthy. There was…
Staff Report Michael Crow said the most important thing about his writing is that his books are not about him, but what people can take from the things he’s seen and experienced during his life of adventure. He said he feels both his books, “En Garde” (2011) and “A One Man Guided Tour: Quest for…
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King, Jr. By Terrah Baker “You guys are actually part of something big that’s going on,” said Aron Shelton, co-founder of SpareTime, to a group of students at Holt Middle School in Fayetteville last month. Shelton is a young,…
By Stephanie Conway With the holidays behind us, we now face the long, cold winter months ahead. Prolonged cold weather makes it difficult to get out and have fun, so here are a few ideas to get the family moving and out of the house when everyone starts to get a little stir-crazy. Arkadia Retrocade…
Red Sauce By Chad Pollock For 33 years, Cantaloupe served barbecue and beer in his garage off rural route two-four-four. He ran below the level, having never seen the need to be sanctioned by the State. Every day at the barbecue pit was wild, awash with beer, pulled pork, red sauce and pool. Lot’s of…
By Claire Ala As 2013 approaches, many will still differ in their beliefs. However, some feel Friday marks a day on the Mayan calendar that could bring on a cataclysmic event. Luckily, humanity can be assured ideas of doomsday are not accepted by the scientific realm of NASA. NASA states “one of the most bizarre…
By Quinn Montana ’Tis the season for … food! The winter holidays of every sort are upon us. Did you eat a traditional family meal at Thanksgiving with grandma’s family-legacy stuffing or Auntie Mame’s made-from-scratch chocolate cream pie? Would it just not be the holidays without Uncle Joe’s famous gumbo? If you’re like most Americans,…
Staff Report One of the largest child migrations — more than 250,000 children between 1854 and 1929 — happened right here in the United States. Children boarded trains in New York City and were, literally, given away at train stations across the country. Alison Moore’s fourth novel “Riders on the Orphan Train” chronicles the experience…
By Terrah Baker When 18 local and professionally-trained musicians come together under the Fayetteville Ska Alliance for one holiday album, the result is fun, festive and one well-orchestrated musical production. The album makes remaking classics like “Jingle Bells” into something worth listening to after years of overplay look easy. Until you talk to Chris Harriman,…