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Chuffed with the sheer pleasure of words

As far as cheap thrills go, I’d rank words — the way they’re spoken, twisted or manipulated — right up there with a good custard pie or egg salad sandwich any day. I’m constantly amazed how quickly new expressions can weasel their way into our speech patterns, sometimes when you least expect it. Just out…

City Notebook

SAINTS WENT MARCHIN’ IN On Nov. 1, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School held a unique celebration of the annual religious feast of All Saints Day. Children in grades Pre-K through 4 dressed in homemade saint costumes and paraded past other church communicants to celebrate the Catholic Mass in honor of all the Christian saints. “This is…

What’s your flava?

Whether your taste in poetry leans towards imports or domestics, Savannah’s spoken word scene is offering an array of top shelf performers during two very different events this weekend.   SPEAKING BEAN SLAM FAREWELL EVENT The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, presenting its final monthly Speaking Bean Slam on Thursday night, offers two featured out of town…

News of the Weird

Government in Action All four of the Seminole County, Fla. (suburban Orlando), judges who hear drunk-driving cases have routinely tossed out all challenged breath-alcohol readings since January (a total of more than 700), according to a September Orlando Sentinel story, because the judges believe the defendants should be given access to the machines’ computer code.…

Music Menu

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Bountiful harvest

There are few things more old-fashioned than a cane grinding. At Oatland Island Education Center, cane grinding is lifted to an art form every fall with an annual annual cane grinding festival. But this year’s festival comes with a new spin — it’s now the Cane Grinding and Harvest Festival. The festival will be held…


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