Read the October 2020 edition of Voice of the River Valley magazine in a convenient flipbook digital format.
There are some few precious things —love, justice, kindness, peace, understanding And they save our souls in the infinite waters of divine love. These are the last words of wisdom Vincent Kavaloski,…
“A good half of the art of living is resilience.” — Alain de Botton In our current world it can be a challenge to navigate and stay positive, and building resilience will…
Together with the Mineral Point Public Library and Mineral Point School District libraries, Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts invites the public to come together during the rescheduled NEA Big Read…
There are some few precious things that Death cannot destroy Lies cannot corrupt Violence cannot defeat Suffering cannot overwhelm Money cannot buy There are, and always have been, and always…
By Jennifer Moore-Kerr When I first started thinking about this feature it was pre-pandemic time. I envisioned going to third places in the towns of the Voice of the River Valley readership…
Artists from coast to coast are brought together by curator Mary Bergs in a dynamic show titled “Connecting Distances” running through Oct. 24 at the Rountree Gallery, 120 W. Main St., in…
In 2019, I wrote about three Japanese maples I planted the fall before the polar vortex. That winter of unrelenting subzero temperatures was hard on Japanese maples, which are not reliably hardy…
While black sheep remain a popular Halloween costume, black sheep ancestor searches are popular at any time. Sometimes genealogists learn of a black sheep ancestor through family stories, or they may stumble…
I stood atop a hill, rolling countryside all around me, gorging on juicy, sweet edelweiss grapes, feeling the late afternoon sun, and wherever I looked, I saw nothing but metaphors for miles. A…