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Come Check out Craig Damron's Unique Style Art at the Bedford Art GalleryPosted Monday, November 14, at 5:01 PM Craig Damron, a native of Bedford County since moving here from Michigan at the tender age of four, started drawing pictures in pencil when he was just eight years old...and has never stopped. With the love and support of his wife Regina, who is busy making beautiful gift baskets and wreaths this time of year, Craig has been able to broaden his artistic scope and try his hand at air brushing, water colors and oil paintings...
Homeschooling Gripes Here is a great insert from "The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List" by Deborah Markus, from Secular Homeschooling, Issue #1, Fall 2007 (with a few additions by me) which mimics much of what I've written in past blogs about my feelings on the topic of homeschooling (although I differ on a few points, as I am not nearly as "unpleasant" in my approach to the subject). Those of you who homeschool will also relate to this I'm sure:...
Twice as Nice Tonight--Monday, August 8th--at The Bedford Art Gallery (inside The Fly) This month art lovers are in for a special treat...2 for 1. The Bedford Art Gallery will host a reception on Monday, August 8th at 7:00pm located in the Art Gallery inside The Fly Art Center, to honor two very unique and talented women as the featured artist(s) for the month of August--Eva Berg of Christiana, TN and Clover Burton of Shelbyville...
Oops, Your FLY is OPEN I'd like to first thank Veita Jo Hampton--a well known author and contributing artist at The Fly--for loaning me the catchy title. Now, it has come to my attention recently that many people are still not sure that The Fly Art Center is open to the general public, even the locals. We had two people in the gallery last week, both from the area, who said they were hesitant about coming in because they weren't sure it was open [to the public]...
It seems that with all the talk about budgets and reform, we inevitably encounter the debate of welfare reform. The original purpose of welfare was to help stop poverty. Our current system, in some ways, can actually do the opposite. I posted something similar to this a few years ago, but it's a subject that needs to be addressed again and again until someone takes notice and fixes the flaws in the current system. ...
The Lessons We Are Teaching Our Children... I'm sure by now someone has raised an eyebrow and wondered why both my blog and Jimmy's blog regarding the subject of the Bedford County Board of Education's decision NOT to allow home school students the right to participate in school sports are no longer posted online...
Bedford Art Gallery Artist of the Month: Zephy Art--Reception Monday, June 13th at 7pm (a must see) Zephyr ArtJulie Barrett CataldoEppie Cataldo Bailey The Bedford Art Gallery will host a reception on Monday, June 13th at 7:00pm located in the Art Gallery inside The Fly Art Center to honor the artist of the month. This month's featured artist is kind of a "what" rather than "Who." The Bedford Art Gallery's featured artist for the month of June is Zephyr Art, which was created in 2001 by Julie Barrett Cataldo and Eppie Cataldo Bailey--sisters in-law who also term themselves sisters in art. ...
Bedford Art Gallery to feature TWO local artists in April...Stop by The Fly to see their display before it's gone The Bedford Art Gallery hosted a reception on Monday, April 11th to honor the featured artist of the month. Guests were in for an added treat this month, as April features not one but two local artists, Sammie Baker and local celebrity Veita Jo Blevins Hampton--both residents of Bedford County--whose talent and magnificent works are only best described through visual observation. ...
Rediscovering Christmas US Each year Christmasseems to come and go before I've even had time to "get into the Spirit."It's a constant cycle...we spend months in advance working overtime to buy a mounds of presents, only to have them ripped open in seconds, played with for a few days, then tossed aside and forgotten. ...
"WHY DO WE CHOOSE TO HOMESCHOOL?" Why do we home school? "According to the National Home Education Research Institute, the number of homeschoolers rose from 1.2 million in 2003 to an astounding 2.4 million in 2006. With this staggering increase in those receiving an education from home we have to wonder why people are choosing this form of education."...
Bedford County Homeschool Enrichment Program (HEP) SPRING CLASS REGISTRATION The Bedford County Homeschool Enrichment Program [HEP] will be holding registration for the Spring season classes on Tuesday, January 12th from 10:00am-12:00pm at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville. Classes are offered from birth through 12th grade. If you cannot attend registration, please email me at homeschooltrend@aol.com and I will refer you to the HEP coordinator, Paula Tignor...
I'm not quite "over-the-hill," yet I am facing my mortality as though I were over 60. At the insistence and encouragement of one of my faithful blog readers, I have decided to talk about my recent health issues. On the eve of Thursday, October 8th I began experiencing an excruciating headache, ringing in my ears, and blurred vision. ...
PHOTO WALL SUBMISSIONS - DEDICATED to INVISIBLE ILLNESS FMS PHOTO WALL - DEDICATED TO ALL SUFFERERS OF INVISIBLE ILLNESS...
What's New in Fibro Land--Photo Challenge & A Little Humor to Brighten Your Day... As a target of FMS, CFS, and degenerative disk disease of the spine, I battle depression almost daily. Over the years I've discovered thatthe best medicine/therapy for me is in my outlet and passion for photography and digital graphic design. I can't always pick up the camera and shoot, but when I am able I make the most of it. ...
Continuation of Bo Melson's "Warning Signal or Violating Rights?" Bo Melson recently wrote a blog asking whether requiring habitual DUI offenders to display a sticker labeling them a bad driver would be violating the rights of those required to display such tapes more than violating the rights of safe drivers who are their victims...
Meet Me "ON GOLDEN POND" I had the rare pleasure of watching a theatrical production this past Saturday evening, as my husband escorted me to a performance of "On Golden Pond"by Ernest Thompsonat The Fly Arts Center here in Shelbyville...and without one of our six children accompanying us!...
For those of you just joining in, I am starting a new weekly blog support group for those--like myself--who have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome and/or other "invisible chronic illnesses," and their friends and family, to come together and share their stories, suggestions, advice, successes (and failures), humor, and whatever feels "right."...
Fibromyalgia - I've Learned to Live Each Day One at a Time I'll never forget the day I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) in April of 2003. My neurologist, who had been treating me for several weeks for head and neck injuries resulting from a rear-end collision, conducted an 18-point trigger test [pressure-point test of the soft tissue area]. As he had suspected, I appeared to be suffering from FMS...
Government Funded Abortions--Will You Allow Your Tax Dollars to Be Used to "Terminate Life"? Congressman Chris Smith, a senior member of the House of Representatives and long-time opponent of abortion announced during a July press conference "Despite the fact that large majorities of Americans don't want to fund abortion, the Obama-Kennedy-Dingle bill will nevertheless force every taxpayer and every premium payer in the United States to pay for and facilitate every abortion in the country."...
Convicts Cash In on Government "Screw-up" The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people in prisons or jails across the US. 1,700 of those checks have been determined to be a bureaucratic blunder. The other 2,200 inmates who received checks were verified to be eligible for the one-time stimulus payment...
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A once self-proclaimed entrepreneur with a strong background in photography, computer assembly, and digital arts/graphic design, Shawna is a dual-major graduate who was forced to leave a middle-management position after a serious accident and illness left her unable to work. As a mother of six and former teacher, she is now homeschooling her two youngest children and volunteers her time as an educator for the Bedford County Enrichment Homeschool Program. She is also the other half to T-G sports writer Jimmy Jones.
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Come Check out Craig Damron's Unique Style Art at the Bedford Art Gallery
Homeschooling Gripes
Twice as Nice Tonight--Monday, August 8th--at The Bedford Art Gallery (inside The Fly)
Budget cuts should focus on Welfare Reform, not Social Security Elimination
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