Bloviations

It’s a new year. And that means new goals. Many of my goals are the same as last year…Goals that I’ve failed at achieving. But, we never let failure stop us from trying to succeed. We’d really never get anything done if we did! There’s a number of things I want to do this year. [...]

January 1st, 2010 | Category: 2010 Elections, 2010 Goals, Activism, Arts, Bicycling, BrockNet, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Day Trip, Fat Challenge, Fitness, Food Blogging, Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina, Onslow County, NC, Photography, Photos, Recreation and Parks Commission, Trails and Greenways Commission | Comments (4)

The following is a message (stolen from the Onslow Outdoor Painters Society blog) regarding an opportunity for artists from the  Jacksonville/Onslow Habitat for Humanity. There are approximately 1600 homeless people living in Onslow County. As of August 26, 2008, there are 166 homeless children enrolled in the Onslow County School system (statistics from Onslow County [...]

November 1st, 2008 | Tags: Jacksonville, Jacksonville/Onslow Habitat for Humanity, NC, Onslow County, Onslow Outdoors Painters Society | Category: Activism, Arts, Jacksonville, NC, Onslow County, NC | Leave a comment

Since it didn’t take the first time… Dear Jacksonville Daily News, Your blurb (at left and “blurb” is an overstatement) about the OOPS reception and art show at the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts was pretty sad. Not only was it poorly written and only a sentence (and a fragment) long, but the photograph of [...]

June 2nd, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Mainstream Media, Open Letters | Comments (2)

Dear Jacksonville Daily News, Shame on you for only sending a photographer to the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts‘ Soup in a Bowl event yesterday. And an even bigger shame on you for having a photograph and a slightly over-run sentence for your coverage in today’s newspaper. With a staff of over 30 professional journalists, [...]

March 16th, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC, Open Letters | Comments (4)

As I’ve mentioned, the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts held their 6th annual Soup in a Bowl fundraiser today (photos available here). I’d say it was a pretty rousing success, especially in the “Darned Good Soups” category. I had five hot soups plus one cold soup and two breads (there was a total of about [...]

March 15th, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Food Blogging, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC | Comments (1)

911 Restoration (in Cedar Point) is hosting a collection of Patrick Keough‘s Ireland Photographs tonight from 5pm to 7pm. There will also be a beer tasting. Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts will be hosting the 6th annual Soup in a Bowl event on Saturday from 11am to 1pm. The cost is a $10 handmade pottery [...]

March 13th, 2008 | Category: Activism, Arts, Entertainment, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC, Photography | Comments (1)