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Columns

The Magic of the Movies

The pictures may look the same on screen, but we can no longer legitimately call them “films.”

by Elizabeth Hudson
Columns

And Dance by the Light of the Moon

From the living room, which faces east, they’ll see it rise. I’ll bet it’ll be bright. I’ll bet it’ll be beautiful.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Columns

How Lovely It Was

Before I was old enough for midnight movies or grown-up parties or Champagne dinners, I spent every New Year’s Eve at my grandmother’s house.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Columns

What You Can’t See

It’s becoming so clear to me that real gifts aren’t the ones under the tree.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Veterans
Columns

A Silent Salute

I thought about all the people who carry scars others can’t see. About how we go on anyway, with courage, with strength, with our heads held high.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Columns

No Ocean in the Mountains

In 1988, I slapped an Appalachian State University sticker on the rear window of my car and headed west to . . .

by Elizabeth Hudson
Columns

Hey, Good Lookin’

On the places where the colorless veil of memory lifts, and the past stares back at us, all dressed up and looking every bit as beautiful as we remember.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Elizabeth Hudson
November 2012

The blessing of memory

Editor Elizabeth Hudson remembers Thanksgiving.

by Our State Staff
Elizabeth Hudson
Editor’s Column

A place to walk

Where I grew up, there wasn’t anywhere to go for a walk. I didn’t live in a neighborhood; I lived . . .

by Our State Staff
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