by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 18, 2013 | Opinion
It’s the time of the year when things pile up. At Campbell, students walk around like zombies as they complete papers and study for exams. The library is open 24 hours. In homes all around, to-do lists for the Christmas season get written far faster than they...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
This image from www.groveparkinn.com.Guests at Asheville’s Grove Park Inn get lots of company on Sundays through Thursdays during the Christmas season, when the public is invited to view a display of top choices from the National Gingerbread House Competition....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 30, 2013 | Opinion
Thanksgiving came about as late in the month as it can this year, leaving shoppers with fewer shopping days before Christmas. Even so, the only frantic shopping seems to be among those in search of the few deeply cut Black Friday specials whose limited quantities...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 25, 2013 | Opinion
These folks really like their coffee — there’s a Starbucks at the front of the line. Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) always intimidate me a bit. The crowds, for one thing. Members of SBL and the American Academy of Religion (AAR)...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 23, 2013 | Opinion
On Monday I posted a few photos taken around sunrise at Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, but the morning was filled with a ghostly fog, leaving the deadfall stark, though no less beautiful, as if drawn in black and white. Tuesday morning the skies were mostly clear...