Linda North, for the Love of the Game
July 10, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
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Linda North steps onto a sunny ball field swarming with exuberant Little Leaguers. It is Little League Baseball and Softball tournament time, and she is there from first pitch ‘til the last. It’s part of her job — a volunteer job to which Linda devotes 40-plus hours a week year-round. But it’s also a job [...]
Read More...Explore Three Georgia Towns
June 30, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Travel
Summer is a great time to get out and explore. Any one of these three Georgia destinations makes a road trip filled with interesting discoveries and experiences that will turn into wonderful summer memories.
Gainesville
Before there was a Gainesville, there was a trading camp called Mule Camp Springs. It grew up at the confluence of two [...]
Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway
June 18, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
I’ve always wanted to travel the length of the Blue Ridge Parkway, but driving any portion affords stunning views and a history lesson in Appalachian culture.
Read More...Discovering Cowpens National Battlefield
June 9, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
Stopping at state welcome centers helps me find interesting side trip gems, such as Cowpens National Battlefield, a Revolutionary War site in South Carolina.
Read More...Maynard Griggs Brown – An Extraordinary Life
June 8, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
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Maynard Griggs Brown is content to spend her days in the sun-filled rooms of the house she has lived in for most of her 101 years. She especially enjoys the warmer months when the flowers in her garden bloom profusely and she can don her bonnet, go outside, and do a little digging around in [...]
Read More...All’s Well at the Georgia Renaissance Festival!
May 26, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
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The King and Queen are back in court at the Georgia Renaissance Festival with its jousting, jugglers, wenches, pirates, artisans, ale and merry ole England fun!
Read More...For 100th issue, Fayette Woman team takes a bow
May 6, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Fayette Woman Backstage
It all started last fall during a routine staff meeting.
Joyce, Heather, Gwen and I were sitting around a conference table, planning upcoming issues of Fayette Woman. As the conversation went along, the subject of how many issues we’ve produced came up, and Joyce mentioned that we were at ninety-something.
The realization came abruptly: Fayette Woman, our [...]
Vintage Movie Poster Art at Atlanta Airport
May 6, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
Herb Bridges’s collection of 1930s and ’40s vintage movie art posters, hanging at the Atlanta Airport Atrium until June 22, once promoted movies coming to the Lowe’s Grand.
Read More...The Circus Comes to Town
February 24, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
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It’s been years since I’ve entered a Big Top, and Big Apple Circus and UniverSoul Circus have pitched their tents in Atlanta and are calling my name.
Read More...Explorations in Antiquity Center
February 15, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
The Explorations in Antiquity Center is a one-of-a-kind museum where everyone can have fun digging around Indiana Jones style and learning ancient history.
Read More...Sledding Down Stone Mountain
January 31, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
At Stone Mountain Park’s Snow Mountain, you can fulfill those urges to hurl a snowball, tube down a thrilling hill, or build your own Frosty the snow person.
Read More...Ice Skating at Centennial Olympic Park
January 19, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Sherri Smith Brown, Travel
Gliding across frozen Lake Sullivan in Indianapolis is a thing of the past for me, but outdoor ice skating fun can be had at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta.
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