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I get down-right giddy with good news. The Associated Press picked up an article of mine today, published in today’s Daily News-Record. That means it could run anywhere. Anywhere. Because it’s a Virginia-focused story, that means mostly likely Virginia. Like, the Daily Press. And a Washington radio station. Or a Hampton Road’s […]

Fall Rail Excursions A Road Less Traveled
By Kelly Jasper

VERONA — Ed Keenan lives every boy’s dream. Keenan, 68, of Waynesboro, is a train conductor.
On Sunday, he and a crew led more than 600 people on backwoods tours of the Shenandoah Valley. Each fall excursion travels the short-line of the historic Shenandoah Valley Railroad, […]

Until today, I couldn’t dream of staying anywhere else than in a one- or two-star hotel or a hostel while I travel. In December, I’ll crash at a place for maybe 17 euros or so (when I’m not in Enschede with the family). It’s nothing fancy. Just six bunks to a room, communals baths and […]

I’m an advocate for satire. I’m an advocate for news. I’m not, however, CNN.com, who in an unbelievably mind-blowing decision posted … um, ahhh … “news,” I guess they called it, from The Onion, the sometimes funny but intentionally satirical pre-Daily Show-type news source. On purpose.
Yesterday CNN.com posted The Onion article, Flustered Bush misses Air […]

I rarely get squeamish. I thought I’d be fine on Sunday when I wandered a Harrisonburg gun show for a few hours. It made for a decent story and I was glad to do it. As it is with any good story — each will teach me something new. This one did, too. Maybe […]

MSNBC.com reporter Martin Wolk published a piece online today about his decision to walk away from 9/11 five years ago. He escaped the south tower, where he was covering a business meeting, just after the first plane hit. The next day he left New York.
I have no idea what I would have done. Some days […]

The Associated Press released this Saturday:
MADRID, Spain - Spain’s top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny — an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.
Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the […]

Aletheia released its new CD tonight at a block party in Harrisonburg. Pretty amazing. They teamed with Du RaG Ministries for a very cool rock/rap fusion show that drew hundreds.
Find more information on the new CD, “Cambiar,” or listen to some clips on the band’s my space page.
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