And Sometimes Tea Helps by Greg Vineyard My time in Asheville, including four-plus years of monthly columns for Rapid River Magazine, has marked a new creative era in my little…
The Poets Voice: September 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist See If You Can Stop A poet thrust his poems into Robert Frost’s hands. “Mr. Frost, should I go on writing?” Frost…
Spinning Discs September 2013
by James Cassara I’m back again with a varied mix of bands and artists I’d not been previously exposed to, finding myself, once again, amazed by the quality of music…
Caffeine – Friend or Foe?
by DeWayne Butcher, MD Nine out of 10 North Americans take a psychotropic (mind-altering) drug daily. The culprit? Everyday, ordinary, over-the-counter caffeine. How can that be? Do you know many…
Collective Memories
by Peter Loewer It was one of those late August days of this year beginning with mist in the morning, rain at noon, then at 4 p.m. a heat-and-humidity-storm. Weather…
Creating a Textural Landscape
A Visit with Joel Cole in Weaverville by Greg Vineyard Jane Austen has overtaken my world. I know, you’re so used to me referencing science-fiction that this is a total…
Relationship
by Bill Walz Unless and until you access the consciousness frequency of presence, all relationships, and particularly intimate relationships, are deeply flawed and ultimately dysfunctional. ~ Eckhart Tolle The…
Spinning Discs August 2013
by James Cassara As with last month there’s been an unusually broad sampling of new music on my desk. This time around I am focusing on a few long time…
Can Kids Get Healthy and Delicious Food at School?
by Max Hammonds, MD The United States struggles with childhood obesity from the second grade upwards. Part of the problem identified is unhealthy food, served at home, at food outlets,…