Editor’s Note

Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography

Editor’s Note In this seventh month of COVID-19 restrictions, it’s time to review the meaning of stamina: the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity. Of course, Evince is here to help. Read the chart below for suggestions provided by the Virginia Department of Health and then check out the pages you are holding for ways to implement them.

Want to eat healthy food? Find a recipe on page 13. Need an idea on how to spend time in nature? Read page 11 “Dust Storm Over Danville” and “Photo Finish” on page 14. Calm your mind by reading a good book as suggested in “Book Clubbing” on page 12 or by following the advice in “The Wine Spot” on page 9. After that, read “Reflecting Forward” on page 12. Appreciate time with family and friends by participating in the Ghosts & Gravestones tour pictured on the cover. Details are on page 5. Seek out reputable news sources...well, you’ve got that covered. For an update on local COVID numbers check out danvillepittsylvaniacovidtracker. com created by a former local resident, Justin Hendrix.

This is going to be the best month ever. We’ve got the stamina. We can do this.

Sincerely,

October Contents

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Josh Lucia

Introducing Ghosts to the Community by Joyce Wilburn

Renovation Reality

by Carla Minosh

Grit

Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

The Wine Spot

Stay Calm, Drink Wine and Carry On by Dave Slayton

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Trivia Night Desert Dust Over Danville

by Mack Williams

Book Clubbing / review by Diane Adkins Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Pipher

Reflecting Forward

Hiking Through Your Personal Wilderness by Linda Lemery

Around the Table

Build Up Your Stamina by Annelle Williams

Photo Finish

On the Cover: Ava Emerson (portraying Annie Lapham) and Ashlyn Rising (portraying Flora Lapham) sit in the family burial space at Grove Street Cemetery. They will interpret the characters of Flora and Annie Lapham, sisters of Middleton Page Lapham, who died at the age of eighteen from wounds sustained at the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff in Chesterfield County, Virginia, in 1864. He used his first paycheck to purchase dolls for his sisters. Pictured in the background is Felice McWilliams, who will be performing Tribute to Enslaved People honoring the many unmarked graves of enslaved people buried in Grove Street Cemetery. Story on page 5. (photo by Michelle Dalton Photography)

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