Editor’s Note

How do you feel? A little offbalance today? Elsabe Dixon, pictured on the cover, offers insights into how to keep things on an even keel. Her experience of balancing art exhibits, history displays, and community life at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History provides insights that can be applied to daily life. See page 5. Maybe your mind and body aren’t in sync with each other. For advice on how to find equilibrium, read “Meditation Moment” on page 6. Editor ’ s Note Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography

Calming your mind is difficult if your environment is a mess. For help with that read “Throw Out the Mess & Organize the Rest” on page 11. Do you need a more balanced diet? There’s a great recipe for Chicken Marabella on page 13. Want to develop better physical balance? Try standing on a BOSU ball pictured on page 13. If all else fails, maybe sipping a well-balanced glass of wine will help. See what that means on page 8. Finally, balance your screen time with an equal amount of reading time. Start with The Warmth of Other Suns reviewed on page 12. Even Mother Nature is getting into the act by giving us equal hours of day and night on March 19.

There will be days this month when your spirits are as high as the sky; other times you might hit rock bottom. My wish for you is that most days will be in perfect balance.

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5 Elsabe Dixon Balancing History, Art and Life by Joyce Wilburn

6 Blessings Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

7 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Courtney Dodson

8 The Wine Spot / Sipping the Balance by Dave Slayton Meditation Moment by Casey Molloy Davis

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11 Throw Out the Mess & Organize the Rest by The Recycling Queen

12 Book Clubbing The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson / review by Diane Adkins

13 Reflecting Forward Balancing on Life’s BOSU Ball by Linda Lemery Around the Table / Chicken Marabella by Annelle Williams

14 Tips for Filing Tax Returns by Sam Jackson

On the Cover: Elsabe Dixon stands beside the costume worn by Camilla Williams in Madame Butterfly on exhibit at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. See Calendar on page 10. Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.

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