VOICES OF DAVIDSON
Planning Ahead: Dropping In On 2022 – Davidson Style
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Planning ahead: What should Davidson “Drop” to ring in 2022? On New Year’s Eve (in non-pandemic times), many people ’round the globe gather for a final party to mark the end of the holiday season and the beginning of a new year. The largest...
2020 In Hindsight
VOICES OF DAVIDSON By Chris Davis I have been searching to make sense of 2020. I know that its trademarks are suffering and heartache. But in hindsight searching history, statistics and philosophy, I recognize that the pandemic has made the dangers faster and...
80th Birthday Parade for Donna Frazier, Everyone’s “Maw Maw”
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Donna Frazier has a superpower — she gets kids excited about doing chores. Frazier, affectionately known as Maw Maw, is the head custodian at Community School of Davidson (CSD), a North Carolina public charter school in Davidson, North...
First Haircut
VOICES OF DAVIDSON More times than we care to think about, we are confronted by how things are different in the midst of COVID. However, there are still time-honored traditions taking place. And it turns out, one of our best-known local businesses is...
Our Danish Neighbors
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Freja and Rasmus Bjorholm and their two daughters (Sophie and Elise, ages 7 and 4) moved from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Davidson two years ago. We spoke with Freja to learn about her family’s life here and how it compares to their life in Denmark....
HOMETOWN HERO: Patty MacManamy, BSN, RN
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Patty MacManamy has been a registered nurse since 2016. (In addition to her RN designation, Patty holds BSN, ACLS, PALS, ASLC, TNCC and ENPC certifications.) In 2020 she received the Remarkable Nurse Award. She was also appointed a Preceptor,...
It Is Because of Visiting Forces that We Suffer
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Editors Note: we welcome Suzanne Churchill to our Voices of Davidson and look forward to hearing more from her in the coming months. This piece was originally published on https://suzannechurchill.com/category/blog/ Sharon Salzberg, a meditation...
Christmas by Hand
VOICES OF DAVIDSON Decking the halls is pure shopping bliss for those with bursting pocketbooks, but often agonizing for those on a budget. Such was the case during my very first Christmas season as a young married, where our pay checks were earmarked for...
Local, Virtual Ironman Triathlon – Special Report
SPORTS Special report by Dave Munger - who blogs at Mungerruns Three weeks ago, I had to cut my 16-mile run down to 10 miles due to excruciating pain from Morton's Neuroma (a nerve irritation between the 3rd and 4th toes. WAY more painful than it sounds!). Two...
Very Big and Very Small
VOICES OF DAVIDSON The day after COVID took root back in February, I planted some seeds. They were a favorite, zinnias. Not only had I always loved their riotous color, but they were a flower my mother and I had grown when she was a new mom, in her first garden, and...