Crafting the Simple Life

Crafting the Simple Life

SITTING IN A WINGBACK CHAIR TO THE FIREPLACE,  Billy Thurmond says, “You don’t understand until you get there. When it’s time to do it, you feel it.” Beverly Thurmond reclines in the other wingback in front of the built-in bookcases on the opposite side of the...
2015 Arts Council Award Winners

2015 Arts Council Award Winners

Each year, the Greater Augusta Arts Council recognizes outstanding members of the Augusta community for their support and contributions to the arts. Artist Award Wycliffe Gordon OVER A FEW DAYS, a telephone conversation with Wycliffe Gordon might start in Augusta,...
Two Simple Words. Thanks Coach!

Two Simple Words. Thanks Coach!

He was born in Alabama,  but after 50 years here he’s as Georgia as Jimmy Carter, peaches and peanuts. People across the state, across the nation and across generations recognize his distinct voice with its gravelly South Alabama accent. The sound of it transports a...
Bike, Skate, Play

Bike, Skate, Play

Parents dream of their child someday competing in the big leagues, as an MLB pitcher, an NFL quarterback or an NBA center. For most kids, the journey begins on fields and courts at the local recreation department, where their skills improve and the level of...
Good As Gold

Good As Gold

Ahm the long-anticipated rewards of retirement. It’s considered the age of fulfillment, the age when you take that class in watercolors, sail a translucent blue ocean, embark on a highway adventure along the California coast or plant the garden you have always wanted....
Miracles in the Making

Miracles in the Making

THE SHORT DRIVE  down Battle Row is a vivid trip through history and economics. At the top of the hill on Milledge Road lived the captains of industry, the mill owners, the bankers and lawyers in the mansions that still peer down on the city at their feet. As you...