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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Jan 14, 20182 min read
Cooking With Soul Is the Spice of Life
The tempting aroma that wafted above the boulevard could be traced to the hot kitchen of Adelle’s Bar B Q Soul Food where Adelle...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Jan 13, 20184 min read
Black Barbershop Stands at Hub
The barber’s scissors clicked in time with the quick rhythm of the jazz tune on the radio. The music bounced from a wooden console,...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Jan 7, 20182 min read
Out Is In for Dull Men
Tired of being interesting? Is keeping abreast of the latest fashions, books and self-improvement schemes becoming an increasing...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 31, 20171 min read
2018: Think, Dream, Trust
IN AN 11-YEAR THE IDEALIST Matters of religion come to the fore. Teachers of psychology spring up like mushrooms and all their classes...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 18, 20171 min read
With a Little Help From My Friends
My car is in the shop, Christmas is a week away, and I live in the Portuguese countryside 17 kilometers from the nearest town....
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 15, 20174 min read
Marchers Unite Against Sexual Violence
The night belongs to men, but women are demanding it, a feminist writer said Saturday night at a rally protesting sexual violence against...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 11, 20175 min read
Remembrance of Christmas Things Past in Virginia
These photographs of the City Market, built in 1923, are from the collection of Carroll H. Walker. Vendors (above) sell cheeses, fine...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 5, 20175 min read
Chinese Culture Binds Families in Virginia
Linda Mah Ark sat in the restaurant holding Tiffany, her youngest daughter. The child was unusually cranky, Mrs. Ark explained to nearby...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 3, 20171 min read
Perfect Marriage of Science and Beauty: The Red Violin
“I guess I never thought I would find it. The ultimate thing, as I see it. The perfect marriage of science and beauty. An impossible...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Dec 1, 20175 min read
Violin Art: Rhapsody in Wood
Shoulders, necks, backs and bellies were strewn on workbenches in the violin maker’s shop. Wood chips made a carpet of spruce and maple....
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Dec 1, 20170 min read
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 26, 20171 min read
Utopia in Belize
“The Mosquito Coast” film tells the story of an obsessive inventor who, fed up with consumerism and the American Dream, takes his family...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 25, 20171 min read
"We Keep A-Coming"
"I ain't never gonna be scared no more. I was though. For a while, it looked as though we was beat. Good and beat. Looked like we didn't...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Harvesting My Olives
I whacked half of my 42 trees with a chestnut stick, I combed some branches with a plastic fork nailed to the end of a stick, and I spent...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 10, 20173 min read
British Blacks Don't Exchange "the Look"
"The Problem We All Live With," a Norman Rockwell painting, depicts Ruby Bridges, 6, on her way to an all-white school in New Orleans on...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 5, 20174 min read
Exorcise the Oppressive Fear of Crime
This piece was first published in the Western Daily Press of Bristol, U.K. on July 6, 2000. CBS news had labelled Britain a battleground...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Nov 1, 20174 min read
Village on Wheels: the Country Bus
This piece first appeared in the Western Daily Press in Bristol in the U.K. on August 1, 2000. I needed milk . . . and an escape from the...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 30, 20174 min read
Call Centers Put Humanity on Hold
This article was first published in the Western Daily Press in Bristol in the U.K. on the 14th of February 2001. “They’re playing this...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 24, 20175 min read
Please Give to Portuguese Fire Victims
A solidarity bank account has been created for the victims of the fires in Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal, managed by the municipal...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Oct 23, 20171 min read
Temos Amanha - We Have Tomorrow
Una semana depois as chamas devoram 520 milhoes de hectares em Portugal, as pessoas ainda estão em estado de choque. Todos perderam algo...
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