by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
Like many of you, I have been praying that life would have returned to normal by now. Well, at least the way life looked before Covid. As I write this column, I feel as if we are still living in some sort of alternate reality. Masks and social-distancing have become...
by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
The current state of affairs in our country saddens me. I was raised to love and respect everyone. A person’s skin tone was just that, their skin tone. It has nothing to do with who they are as a person. As humans, we all have the same organs, our blood is red and we...
by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
Rumi, a 13th century poet and philosopher, once said, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” A couple of months ago life was different for all of us. Here at Augusta Magazine, we were getting ready for the...
by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
For months now, Augusta area residents and businesses have spent countless hours preparing for the arrival of golf patrons. Every spring our fair city plays host to the world’s most famous golf tournament – the Masters. The first tournament was played in 1934....
by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
If you’ve lived in Augusta for any length of time and have a taste for Southern cuisine, then you know of Vera Stewart. Vera, also known as Very Vera, is an entrepreneur, caterer, Southern cooking show host and most recently, an author. Her cookbook, titled The Very...
by Ashlee Duren | Publisher's Note
Happy New Year! Time for a fresh start and to hit the reset button. If only it were that easy, right? I have never been particularly fond of resolutions, because quite frankly, I can’t keep them longer than a month! And trust me, I have tried. In my much older...
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