Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Nature Forms and Energy of Life
Elizabeth Knowles creates from experience and observation Text by Michael CobbPhoto courtesy of Elizabeth Knowles Multimedia artist Elizabeth Knowles is intrigued by the beauty found in natural forms. Her work invites viewers to consider the connections between the macro and micro. For Knowles, the patterns of the Milky Way are just as interesting as the […]
Socktober is Back
Botelle students are making a difference this month During these first few weeks of school, Botelle School fifth graders have been learning about citizenship and how it can be applied in their everyday lives. They learned that part of citizenship is being engaged and considering the needs of others in the community, whether in big or small […]
Ambulance Awareness: Volunteers Needed
What does it take for them to always be there? by Jude Mead Nineteen years ago, Jon Riedeman moved to Norfolk and was attending a local venue when his friend collapsed to the floor. He had had a cardiac arrest. A bystander who was a member of the ambulance began CPR immediately. Then 911 was called and within […]
Elizabeth Barlow (1937-2021)
Elizabeth “Betty” Ann (Olsen) Barlow passed from those who loved her to those who were waiting for her on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. She was born in East Hartford, Conn. in 1937, daughter of the late Florence Bertha (Whitehead) Olsen and Oscar Leroy Olsen. Betty is survived by two sons, David (Michelle) […]
New Space Telescope Made in America
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in December. The concept for the telescope was conceived in 1995, and construction started a decade later. Many of the components have been built using multiple technologies, with the work done by hundreds of engineering corporations in America, Canada and […]
Community News
Intuitive Painting Workshop Explore, express and elevate the world within with Viktoria Seavey, healing life coach. Intuitive artmaking is a gentle and effortless approach to partner with the artist and the healer within us to utilize our life-fulfilling gifts. Join one or all classes. Dates and times: Saturdays, Oct. 16, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11, from […]
Norfolk Then…
It is time to harvest the hay on the Thomas Carroll farm. With a view toward Haystack Mountain, this photograph was taken on Crissey Hill above the Carroll hayfields about 1895. The house known as Crissey Place at the south end of the Village Green is clearly visible from the rear, and peeking up from […]
