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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] October 27, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 43 BATS AND BROOMS[2] Halloween’s origins come from the most significant of four ancient Celtic fire festivals, the festival of Samhain celebrated from October 31 to November 1. Marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, ancient Celtics associated winter with death. Believing that bonfires…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] October 20, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 42 DUNE BUNNIES Yes, the title is meant to be Dune Bunnies rather than Dune Buggies. Ever since I can remember, I have been obsessed with bunnies. Certain the brass bunnies my beloved great grandparents brought back from India had magical powers, hours were spent on the…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] October 13, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 41 GIVING HOPE Whether responding to a disaster, assisting non-profits in their daily work, or lending a hand at events, Emily Andrew said, “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart.” If you need inspiration or want to involve a child, niece, or other…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] October 6, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 40 WHAT WAS One of my favorite college trips was to Western North Carolina. Words cannot fully describe the beauty, the food, and the people. From the elderly man bent over the oven in the small bakery outside of Asheville to the history within the mountains, villages,…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] September 29, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 39 PESTO THE PENGUIN I recalled one of my favorite questions from a kindergartner when reading a recent article about the baby penguin, Pesto: “Why are penguins always dressed up?”[2] As with most questions posed by kindergartners, I was at a loss for an answer. I instead…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] September 22, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 38 FABULOUS FALL The first day of fall is known as the autumnal equinox, meaning that day and night are of equal length because the sun is directly above the Equator. Although it always occurs in September, the day varies each year because it takes the Earth…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] September 15, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 37 MAGICAL The phrase from best-selling author Wade Rouse, “To finding your own magic!” resonates with me. I attended Drury College, now Drury University, with Wade in the late 1980’s. As with many former classmates, we lost touch over the years. We reconnected a couple of years…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] September 8, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 36 TRANSITION “Everything has an end” is the original 1374 proverb by Geoffrey Chaucer. It has morphed into “All good things must come to an end,” a phrase I have used far too often. Struggling with the difficult realization of needing to transition from Bayles and Bruce,…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] September 1, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 35 LABOR DAY LESSONS From the 1882 march in Manhattan by more than 10,000 workers, to the Pullman Strike in the summer of 1884, to the Haymarket Square deaths in Chicago in 1886, there are many lessons to be learned from the events that led to Labor…
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WINSTON WEEKLY[1] August 25, 2024 Vol. 2, No. 34 BABOON LESSONS One of my earliest childhood memories was watching and listening to baboons with my mother. The small zoo near our first home had a few baboons, all of whom seemed to have their language and connections. Baboons are social animals, living in groups from…
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