15
Feb
Earlier this week I broke out my rusty alto voice to sing with the office
choir. In a cold church round the corner, it struck me what a precious gift
two teachers gave me all those years ago %26ndash; the ability to read a score and
(more or less) hit the notes.
So thank you, Miss Leney and Mr [...]
10
Feb
SCIENCE FICTION
My creative-writing professor at Old Dominion University once claimed that there was no such thing as a perfect novel . . . except for %26quot;The Great Gatsby.%26quot; I agree with the first clause of the statement. But I must add a caveat that is also, perhaps, the greatest commandment in the realm of [...]
8
Feb
Ms. Rhodes was in town from Memphis with her family to catch a touring production of %26#8220;Wicked,%26#8221; and the museum, in the downtown loft district, was only a side attraction. But her family had embraced its dare-to-explore ethos with gusto, so much so that right then they were nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps [...]
8
Feb
Ms. Rhodes was in town from Memphis with her family to catch a touring production of %26#8220;Wicked,%26#8221; and the museum, in the downtown loft district, was only a side attraction. But her family had embraced its dare-to-explore ethos with gusto, so much so that right then they were nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps [...]
8
Feb
Ms. Rhodes was in town from Memphis with her family to catch a touring production of %26#8220;Wicked,%26#8221; and the museum, in the downtown loft district, was only a side attraction. But her family had embraced its dare-to-explore ethos with gusto, so much so that right then they were nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps [...]
3
Feb
Consider the Stephen King kitchen, where the ingredients in the pantry are like comfort food: They’re always ready for another recipe.
There’s the damaged and creative protagonist (”The Dark Half,” “Misery,” “Lisey’s Story”), the menacing residence (”Bag of Bones,” “The Shining”), the vaguely cryptic friend with unusual abilities (”The Green Mile,” “Hearts in Atlantis,” “Dreamcatcher”), [...]
2
Feb
Some believe the snapping of photographs snatches away a part of the soul. Chad Braithwaite, owner of Faces Photography in Draper, believes good photography should at least preserve it on paper.
Whether he is shooting a commercial catalog, a rock concert or band poster, or a family’s photo, the creative 27-year-old says, “Anyone can smile. [...]
2
Feb
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Here’s good news for all of us who are still collecting birthdays.
You can be 36 years old and as cool as you were at 18 or 20.
Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort proves it.
One of the two Disney hotels that opened with the park in 1971 (the Polynesian Resort was the [...]
31
Jan
Mother Nature is dumping mountains of snow on the roads and trails of Utah, and the temperature is flirting with zero, but athletes of all sorts aren’t waiting for spring to begin their training %26#151; or even competition.
For many there is no offseason, only a [...]
27
Jan
Writers working in English have at their disposal 26 letters of the alphabet and a handful of punctuation marks with which to communicate infinite ideas. When it comes to creative writing, two schools of thought square off. One staunchly insists writing cannot be taught. The other, conceding that certain aspects of creativity evade pedagogy, maintains [...]
