Posts by Janine
The Quarantined Country Musician
Undaunted by masks, social distancing, and sheltering-in-place orders, North Carolina’s Jonathan Byrd continues to draw large audiences to his virtual performances. For more than 20 years, Jonathan Byrd has written and performed country and old-timey, flat-picking folk and rock ‘n roll, most recently at The Kraken, one of the diviest of North Carolina’s dive bars.…
Read MoreWhy the city of Staunton is an overlooked Victorian marvel in the Blue Ridge
Back when Virginia was vast, before West Virginia split off during the unpleasantness between the states, there was a bustling town at a curve on the rail line. Settlers would cross the Blue Ridge Mountains and there it was – Staunton, the seat of Augusta County, a hubbub of commerce and culture. It had colleges, finishing…
Read MoreEngineering success, from Beyonce to Little Richard
Download Janine’s article about Patchwerk Studios in Atlanta as originally published in the Monarch Magazine from Old Dominion University (Winter 2019)
Read MoreWhy I Write
People ask me why I write and I ask how can you not? How do you make sense of the world, hang it on a pegboard with outlines, turn it over in your hands or pin it to the wall to examine later, without the writing of words? Words are my tools and my toys.…
Read MoreDistinction Travel: Washington D.C. more than the National Mall
Long the destination of school field trips and historic tours, D.C. is now a place of art, music, food and surprise. Photo credit: Mike Morgan WASHINGTON | There is no music, yet people are dancing, some in sync and others not, their headphones lit up red or purple, blue or yellow, as they tune in…
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