RIP

hook hallway
last edition of the Hook

Spencer and McNair
Goodle days. The long goodbye.


out of chaos, a product that you could hold in your hand


recognized by peers


where will they resurface, what will they write?


Enduring thanks to journalists Lisa Provence, Courteney Stuart, Dave McNair and Hawes Spencer

Backwards into Fall

posed
long ago Helen and Emma came up with photo illustration ideas for C-Ville.

Hook Xmas party in the Bayly
Hook Christmas party at the Bayly (Fralin)

south street
Three papers, two papers, one paper, no paper?


We need. News hounds. Journalists. Writers digging deep. Publishers willing to bear the burden of delivering news to a community.

Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.–Thomas Carlyle

last picture show

vinegar hill theater exterior
Sunday 2100 hrs. Moviegoers approach Vinegar Hill Theater, one last time. A very different experience than the multi-screen, acres of asphalt Movieplex.

vinegar hill theater blackboard
Not the place you go to see Wolverine. Human scale. Vinegar Hill Theater manager James Ford thanked long time supporters in advance of Frances Ha, the final movie.

audience watches final credits roll
Credits roll. The lights go out on independent cinema in CHO.

closing in

UVA chiller
I briefly worked at UVA hospital. I loved the view. After a 14 hour shift, what was left of me would emerge onto Lee Street. I could look down Lee Street, 120 degrees SE and see Monticello Mountain 3 miles away.

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos. 
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help? 
2 My help cometh even from the LORD, who hath made heaven and earth.

Now, looking down Lee is the 36.5 million dollar chiller approved by UVA’s Board of Visitors three years ago, currently under construction.


This is a work in progress. Once it is all finished the landscape and architecture magicians on UVA’s staff will possibly render it beautiful.