by Shari Dragovich | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the things I love about traveling to other parts of the country in fall and spring is seeing the way the seasons roll across the land east to west—like the sun, only slower. A few weekends ago I attended an arts conference in Colorado. I left Southwest...
by Shari Dragovich | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
“It. Is. Finished.” The final set of lights in the sanctuary went black. The Book slammed shut. The congregation filed out of the sanctuary and left the church in complete silence. This is how my childhood church participated in Good Friday. I’m sure this is how they...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I can see it. For the past couple weeks, I’ve noticed the pointed shoots of green poking through last year’s decayed flowers, that littering my garden beds and back porch pots. I look out my windows and see the beginnings of rusty purple gauze lacing the bare branches...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week (Wednesday, the 13th to be exact) marks the 89th birthday of a very special place in my community: The Texas Tavern. The Texas Tavern is a matchbox-sized, shotgun-style diner situated in the heart of downtown Roanoke (depending on where you consider...
by Shari Dragovich | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today the landscape out my front window is still and an icy shade of blue. The light coating of snow on the mountains has finally gone by the way (though, clearly not when I took the above picture, last week). According to my local news station’s weather app, by...
by Shari Dragovich | Dec 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
The pink candle was always my favorite. It also was most confusing to me. Pink for Shepherds? For Joy? Shouldn’t pink be for Angels and Love? Still I wonder about it. But, maybe pink for Joy makes sense. With Joy comes light that shines out—just as the pink...
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