Surry Living Magazine - January 2022

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FEATURED SECTIONS

HOME, FARM, & GARDEN p.8 8 The Vintage Southern

Homemaker: Gloria Brown shares memories and helpful tips

OUT & ABOUT p.16 20 Gin Denton: Resolution for

Up and Coming Musicians

SIMPLY DELICIOUS p.22 22 The Sweet & Savory Life

w/ Rynn Hennings: Focaccia Bread

AREA EVENTS p.26 24 Carmen Long:

Make Time for Fun! 26 Area Event Schedules:

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10 This Little Light of Mine:

They May Forget...

12 Joanna Radford: A New

Year and Fresh Start

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New Year, New Opportunities

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16 Sheri Wren Haymore:

Revolutions 18 Martha Bassett:

Good Music, Good People

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CONTRIBUTORS

Martha Bassett

Gloria Brown

Gin Denton

Sheri Wren Haymore

Martha is a singer/songwriter/guitarist living and working in the Piedmont. She hosts The Martha Bassett Show, a twicemonthly musical variety show at Elkin’s Reeves Theater. Past shows are featured Saturday evenings on NPR station, 88.5 WFDD. On Wednesday nights she leads music at Roots Revival, an Americana worship service at Winston’s Centenary UMC that explores the intersection of faith and secular music. She's also a longtime scholar of the music of the Shakers.

Martha has released 11 records and plays throughout the region and nation. Get more info at marthabassettshow.com.

Gloria is co-owner of The Nest & Hive Shoppe, a home décor business in Fancy Gap, VA, as well as the former host of The Vintage Southern Homemaker television show. Her musings on life growing up and living in the South have appeared in publications and on TV throughout the region. She is an expert antiques collector who grew up in the business and worked many years as a dealer in the Yadkin Valley area, where she currently resides.

Gin is the owner of Ginger Horse Studio. Her focus is lifestyle photography, covering horse shows, weddings, concerts, and doing on location portraits. Gin graduated from the University of Findlay with an Equine Business Management degree, where she also studied music and photography. She is a member of the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion (MAUI) and the Granite City Rock Orchestra (GRO).

Gin resides in Lowgap, NC with her family on their small horse farm.

Sheri grew up in Mt. Airy, NC, and lives thereabouts with her husband. Together they run a couple of small businesses and plan their next vacation. A graduate of High Point University, her first job was as a writer at a marketing firm—and she’s been scribbling ever since. Sheri has several suspense novels in publication and Surry Living was proud to include sequential excerpts from one of her books in each issue from spring 2018 thru early 2021.

Rynn Hennings

Carmen Long

Joanna Radford

Sarah Southard

Rynn is a writer and designer based in the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. She loves to share her ideas for adding simple beauty into hectic lifestyles. More than mere recipes, her mission is to offer practical shortcuts for food preparation along with visual tips for presentation. Rynn began her career in Aiken, SC, as a newspaper reporter writing feature articles about food, living, and the arts. For more about Rynn, even more recipes, decorating tips, and much more, visit thehouseofelynryn.com

Carmen is an NC Cooperative Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Making quick, easy, healthy food that tastes great on a budget is a challenge.

Carmen and her husband have two grown children, both of whom were involved in sports from grade school thru college. With busy careers and lots of time at sporting events, coming up with quick, healthy meals was a necessity.

Carmen shares ideas and recipes to make this tough job a bit easier.

Joanna Radford is the Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension in Surry County with expertise in entomology, gardening, and pesticide education. She began her career with NC Cooperative Extension in Stokes County in 1995 as a 4-H Agent, later switching to Field Crops and Pesticide Education in Surry County. In 2012, she assumed the role of Horticulture Agent for Surry County. She lives on a farm with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Sarah grew up at Crooked Oak in the Pine Ridge community of Surry County. Raised in the agriculture world, she went on to earn degrees in animal science and veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Adam, currently live in Statesville with Oliver the house rabbit, a few cats, Blossom the donkey, and a flock of Katahdin hair sheep.

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CONTRIBUTORS contd.

Larry VanHoose

Vie Herlocker

Larry is the Executive Editor of Surry Living Magazine and Creative Director at Vivid Graphics in Galax, VA. He has 30+ years experience as a writer, graphic designer, and commercial photographer.

Larry and wife, Trina, have four wonderful, grown children, one awesome grandson (so far!), and they reside on a small farm just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Grayson County, VA.

Vie is the Associate Editor of Surry Living Magazine. Her professional affiliations include: Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network. American Christian Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, and more. She is a certified member of the Christian Editor’s Connection (CEC).

Vie has been published in magazines, collections, and co-authored or ghosted several nonfiction books. ~ Vie Herlocker, AKA “The Book Mama”

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A Tough Day to Get Through If you were raised like I was, New Year’s Day was practically a minefield to get through. Make a wrong move and you were destined to a whole year of terrible bad luck. Not just terrible and not just bad. Terrible bad luck. And not just terrible bad luck brought on yourself. You might be responsible for bringing it on the whole family. Now ponder over that. What a mill stone to carry.

I was blessed with both of my grandmothers until I was ten years old. Blessed that each of them knew the pitfalls and warned me aplenty. A few days before the old year would end, the dire warnings would start on both sides. The fun and frivolity of Christmas was over and we better brace ourselves to make sure everything fell into place for a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. If we navigated the day just right, we were set for one more year. That day that could be fortunate or fateful. It was in our hands.

To start with, you had better make sure you had all the food necessary for the New Year’s Day dinner meal. That meal would probably also be repeated at supper. Why risk taking just one shot at the chance for good luck, prosperity, and health. So there you go, black-eyed peas, collard greens, fatback, and cornbread. Twice in one day. Yuck. I could hardly take the peas once, but twice? I struggled. Luckily, no matter which house we were eating at, both Grandmother Brown and Ma Macemore would have other foods to make up for that spoonful of black-eyed peas I had to get down.

Next, you better go ahead and get all of your laundry out of the way. This was the scariest of all to me. If you washed on New Year’s Day you washed someone out of your family. What? It that true? Yessiree Bobtail! Both of them knew someone who had not taken the advice of those who knew the score and washed out a loved one. Their grave stories were told each and every year.

They didn’t have to worry about me ever doing that. I was not going to be the one that was brought up as an example every year from now on. Not to mention losing a family member. There wasn’t a soul amongst us I could bear to lose. Absolutely no laundry for me.

Overall, just don’t even think about doing any type of housework on that day. Sweeping and mopping would do away with whatever prosperity you might have coming your way. Taking out the trash would carry good fortune right out the door. Dusting could swipe out your health. That all worked for me. No housework, no problem.

For good measure we didn’t wash our hair that day. Maybe it wouldn’t wash out a loved one but you would be washing away health and personal happiness. That was not taken lightly by me. That laundry had already gotten me so why take a chance either way? I will add that washing dishes didn’t seem to pose a threat. I would like to know why not.

As for resolutions, I remember one New Year’s Day morning in particular. My cousin Dawn and I had spent the night with Ma and Pa. We were up early getting ready for breakfast. Ma told us that today would set the pace for the rest of the year. What we did, how we acted, and what was in our hearts would follow us the rest of the year. I resolved right then that I was going to do better. I would be more helpful, calm myself down (I was always being told to calm down), and quit acting ugly (I got that one a lot too). True story … I never made it through breakfast. Dawn and I got into it over something. I will take the blame. I don’t remember what went wrong but I know I acted the ugliest and got worked up the most. I eventually apologized. We had to get on with our good times. I don’t have the patience to hold a grudge. For the most part I did try to salvage the last third of my resolution, helpful. I remember helping Pa carry in a turn of wood and traipsed after him that evening to keep him company as he slopped the hogs and milked the cow. With housework being shut down, there wasn’t much I could do to help Ma. I will tell you this, after that pitiful start, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore.

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They may forget...

"They may forget what you said - but they will never forget how you made them feel." —Carl W. Buehner If you’ve done much creative writing, then you probably understand the compulsion behind it. In addition to other benefits, few of which are monetary, there is a healing that takes place when one is able to use a pencil or keyboard to unload burdens, troubles, and perhaps a life lesson or two.

For me, it’s a bit like a “sigh of the heart” that takes place each time I finish a journal entry, short story, or devotion. If I never receive anything else from my efforts, that remarkable sensation of a successful transparent expression of thoughts combined with a longing to be understood is reward in itself.

There is a searching that happens as I write, a recognition of “I’m not yet where I want to be, though I’m moving on from where I’ve been” type of journey. That journey should not be bogged down by fear, frustration, or deadline, but it all too frequently is. What breaks that roadblock for me is often pretty simple — the love of my fellow man. I hope I’m not coming across as trite in this, because love really is the ultimate inspiration for me. You see, when I allow God’s love to move me to pray, to seek out his will, and to use me, then the words rush out in such volume and haste, that usually my trusty editor, Vie Herlocker, has to cut through the unintended chaff and confusion to help me express myself well. It’s not that my source of inspiration is imperfect, how can he be? Rather, I am the one who is imperfect, and I need help – lots of help – to communicate clearly and effectively.

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by Larry VanHoose So, my New Year’s Resolution is to do better at the one thing that occasionally rewards on both sides of the equation.

If I do my job right, if I allow God to speak to me, about me, then I might just learn something useful and then, by putting it into words, be a help to others. God has spoken the selfless ideal, “It’s not about you,” to me many times in my life, but that hasn’t stopped me from making it about me far too often. It’s my hope this coming year that I can get more out of the way and let God’s love flow in, through, and out of me. By doing so, I pray that the appropriate use of words and transparent thoughts from the heart shared in this quaint little regional lifestyle magazine will encourage you. After all, you may forget what I say and that's okay, but what I desperately hope you don't forget is how I—and all the writers of Surry Living—make you feel.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7 NIV).”

"... there is a healing that takes place when one is able to use a pencil or keyboard to unload burdens, troubles, and perhaps a life lesson or two."

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by Joanna Radford

A New Year and Fresh Start “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?”

Auld Lang Syne (“good old times”), written by Robert Burns in 1788, was based on an even older Scottish folk song. Traditionally sung to bring in the New Year, it sets a nostalgic mood, prompting memories of the past year and the excitement of a fresh start.

New beginnings give us something to look forward to. For a gardener, January is a time to set new goals for the upcoming growing season. It’s the month to collect seed catalogs from the many seed companies – a month to look and dream.

Spend some time requesting seed catalogs. They have beautiful color pictures and helpful information on plant varieties, and most of them are free. This will help you plan the upcoming spring garden. Why not resolve to look for a new vegetable or flower cultivar to try for the first time?

Many of the catalogs are available online. Making a gardening plan and ordering seeds early can save a lot of headaches in the future months. Often seed companies have a limited quantity and the more popular seeds sell out quickly. It is much like what we see during the holidays. If you do not shop for decorations in early November, two months before the Christmas holiday, you may find short supplies or even nothing available at all. Seed companies will sometimes offer early bird specials or a freebie to tempt gardeners to fill their order early and not wait until the last hour. This is also the best way to get a variety of plants that are not available locally.

Gardeners seldom have time to do everything they would like to do in the garden. Start setting some goals for the upcoming year.

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What would you like to do that you haven’t had time to do in the past? Or maybe, you’re new to gardening and would like to make it your hobby for the upcoming year. Here are some ideas to get you started: •

Compost. Use yard and food waste to create a compost pile or purchase a ready-made bin.

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Reduce water usage. Plant drought-tolerant plants. Install a drip irrigation system and set on a timer. Mulch around plants to conserve water. Purchase or make a rain barrel.

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Learn how to prune the plants in your landscape.

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Mow yard at a minimum height of 3.5 inches.

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Plant flowers for pollinators.

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Weed wisely. Do not wait until weeds overtake the flowerbed to start weeding. Spend time each day pulling a few weeds.

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Grow two new plants. The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox through NC State university is a great resource for plant selection. It can be found at https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/

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Plant horseradish.

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Build a raised bed and plant vegetables in it.

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Plant more native plants.

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Attend a Horticulture Lunch and Learn webinar. NC Cooperative Extension, Surry County hosts a Lunch and Learn webinar every first Thursday of the month at noon. Go to https://surry.ces.ncsu.edu/ for details.

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Leave grass clippings and leaves as a natural mulch.

This list is just the beginning of the possibilities. I am headed off to look through a few more seed catalogs. Enjoy your fresh, new year with gardening!

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NEW YEAR,

NEW OPPORTUNITIES When we think about creating New Year’s resolutions, we typically think of making a list of things we're going to commit to doing with the goal of improving ourselves. This year, I encourage you to add your animals to the priority list as well. When making your resolutions, consider how to add your pets or horses to each one. Here are possibilities: Institute or maintain a regular exercise program. Consistent activity is good for all of us, two-legged and four-legged alike.

If your pet is not accustomed to physical activity, begin slowly and consult your veterinarian for recommendations. If you already exercise your pets regularly, consider intensifying your routine. Turn your walk into a jog or your jog into a run.

Reevaluate your animal’s dietary needs. Be sure that you’re feeding a diet appropriate for the life stage and health status of your pet. Accurately measure the amount fed at every meal and double check that the volume is correct for the specific diet formulation. Recommended daily amounts can be found on each package of dog, cat, or small animal food.

Be mindful also of the treats and consumable chew toys your pets receive. These categories should make up less than 10 percent of your pet’s calorie intake each day. If your pet needs to lose a few pounds to feel their best, ask your veterinarian for guidelines regarding diet changes and exercise programs to facilitate healthy weight loss.

Conduct regular preventive healthcare audits. Ensure that your pet is fully protected against preventable diseases by

maintaining wellness check-ups and vaccine schedules. Set a schedule for monthly flea, tick, and heartworm prevention administration year-round. Large and giant breed dogs should receive joint supplements daily, even if arthritis is not yet a problem. Do you have a newly-geriatric pet that should be seeing its veterinarian twice-yearly rather than once? Be mindful of your pet’s age and health status. Time passes quickly and it is easy to lose track.

Do a regular toy inspection. Confirm that all of your pet’s toys are safe and age or size appropriate. Discard any damaged toys to avoid possible injury to your dog, cat, or pocket pet. Update identification for all animals. Check microchip registrations and tag information. Make any necessary changes so that a lost pet may be reunited with you quickly. Start or beef up an emergency savings account (for you and your pet.) With animal ownership, unexpected problems will arise. Set funds aside to cover those expenses so that you can focus fully on your pet’s best interests rather than worrying about how to pay for the necessary care. Research pet insurance and determine whether purchasing a policy is right for your situation. Start grooming your pets regularly. This will help maintain healthy coats and skin as well as make it more likely that you'll notice problems sooner. Start a training or enrichment program.

Maintain any training you’ve already completed. This will help engage your pet mentally while also making them a more likable animal to be around. Animals with good manners are much appreciated by anyone they encounter.

Oftentimes we find it difficult to maintain New Year’s resolutions much beyond the first few months of the year.

Maybe adding your animals into the priority list will make it more likely that you’ll be successful at turning your resolutions into habits. After all, we generally care for others better than we care for ourselves. In prioritizing your pets this year, you’ll receive the added benefit of improved habits for yourself as well.

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by Sheri Wren Haymore

REVOLUTIONS Picture a live bat, flopping about the living room ceiling, and my elderly mother, home alone. I imagine a bit of screaming ensued before she concluded that the thing couldn’t be ignored until morning. Mother had good neighbors who gladly would have come to her rescue, but it was late, and she didn’t want to bother them (so she said). Besides, she was already in her nightgown (another excuse). She would triumph over the bat all on her own, thank you very much. As the intruder swooped past her head, Mother gamely swatted it down with a dish cloth. Luckily, the stunned and peeved bat clung to the cloth on the floor long enough for Mother to grab a bath towel and throw over it. Then she flung the whole situation out the front door into the night and had quite a story to tell the next day, with much laughter and embellishment.

And what, you may wonder, does this story have to do with New Year’s revolutions? Yes, you read that correctly—revolutions, not resolutions. You see, to have a resolution, we first must come up with something that we truly, deeply think we want to do. Or change. And then we must RESOLVE, in other words, firmly decide, that we will indeed do the thing.

How many of us remain firmly determined to continue doing the thing—let’s say, exercise—much past February? Or do we even remember come Valentine’s that we were going to change our ways—like, for example, eating chocolate cake?

Even when our intentions are truly heartfelt, our very human flesh can smother our resolve. For several years, my New Year’s musings have led me to ponder a verse of Scripture that spoke to me, with the intention of meditating and following the path of that Word wherever it led. Have you ever tried to ponder something for a year? I might, if I’m in a particularly spiritual frame of mind, make it until April.

Do you see what I’m saying? New Year’s resolutions are inherently flawed. Our minds are easily distracted, our hearts stray to easier paths, and our bodies readily concede defeat and flop on the sofa. And could the timing be any worse than January first? Who doesn’t have winter days when the most sane thing to do is curl up with a fluffy blanket and cup of hot chocolate? Not to mention the tiny problem that a New Year’s resolution implies we must reresolve 364 more times.

Consider the fact that the bulk of popular resolutions involve our well-being. Exercise more, eat healthier, save money. One would assume that taking care of our one-and-only selves would be our default mode, not requiring an annual reboot.

Which brings us back to my mother’s battle with the bat flying

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about her living room. It would seem we really need a New Year’s revolution instead. A revolution, by definition, is a “forcible overthrow” or “a dramatic, sudden, extreme change,” and, get this, a revolution means “a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.” In other words, if we want to change, we need to fling something out the door, like Mama did the bat.

Aware that I’m in no way qualified to advise you on how to revolutionize your thinking, I queried nine friends and family members on their New Year’s practices. Five said they stink at keeping resolutions. As my sister, Meg, said, “I never can seem to get into the mindset to do them.” So there’s the mental hurdle.

Niece Amy adopts a word at the beginning of each year. Oddly, her word for 2020 was “uncommon.” As she says, “The word always makes sense in the rear-view mirror as to why that was my word.” Amy’s an example of remaining focused for a year.

My friend Mel begins each year with a Bible verse that informs her decisions for the year, a practice that has been invaluable to her since 2005. By following through for an entire year, making sure her decisions align with the verse she was given, Mel brings her mind, heart, and body into her resolutions.

My sister Pat, who retired as a mental health professional, observes, “A resolution is a statement of an intention to make a change toward more positive behavior or thinking. In reality, we are usually pretty comfortable with our current choices. Leaving those choices requires stepping out of our comfort zone long enough to create a new comfort zone. … Any resolution to change must be more compelling than your current situation or continuing to remain in your comfort zone.”

And finally, wise daughter Carrie Wren writes regarding her return to the good, enjoyable habit of cooking, “This is how it is with habits: we reinforce them over and over through our thoughts, actions/inactions, and behaviors, and they stick, until we reinforce a different habit. … Habits don’t get formed or changed by happenstance; they get formed by consistent, intentional action.”

Carrie’s action includes a subscription to New York Times Cooking as well as grocery delivery to her home. She continues, “Assigning rewards to new actions can be extremely helpful for reinforcing those behaviors.”

The sum of what I’ve learned from these ladies is that to change, we must be willing to get uncomfortable, like Mama swatting down a live bat. And then we must take proactive steps, like Carrie’s magazine subscription, toward a new way of thinking and living.

My friend, Gay, calls year-long resolutions self-defeating, and she suggests mini resolutions throughout the year. Truly, for those of us who lack the focus and discipline to stick with a plan for an entire year, I think Gay may have hit upon something.

For my 2022 revolution, I plan to divide the year into manageable chunks and reward myself for progress. Happy New Beginnings to us all!

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by Martha Bassett

format and blowing their minds with how smoothly such chaos can be improvised in front of a live audience. I’m proud of the musical muscles that our house band has developed, working up a whole new two hour show and backing up new artists every two weeks. And I especially love meeting new artists and welcoming back old friends, fostering an evergrowing musical family.

The new year is here and I have big expectations of it! The past two years have been challenging for the music scene, to say the least, and I’m ready for a clean slate, a new beginning.

It’s true that sometimes I miss the simplicity of just playing gigs with my band, doing our own music show after show.

But once we got a taste of never doing the same show twice, we let go of preciousness and inward gazing in our approach to the music and instead looked at each other for support and collaboration. It’s a beautiful shift. By taking the “work harder, not smarter” approach we’re creating an experience that I believe is worthy of wide syndication. If you haven’t seen one of our shows live, or listened on the radio, please join us. We’re doing this for you!

This year will mark Season 5 for the Martha Bassett Show, and we’re increasing our number of live shows from 12 to 20.

Why would we make such a big leap, you might ask? Because our radio show is starting to syndicate. We need new material for the fifty-two weeks of the year that our radio audience tunes in to hear music from North Carolina and beyond, good music for good people.

I love the groove of it, having the flow of a show every other week. We start up in February and end the season in October, hosting a new group of artists every first and third Thursday at our home, the beautiful historic Reeves Theater in Elkin. Our team of musicians, engineers, videographers, and theater staff have become a well-oiled machine and a functional family during the past two years of pandemic weirdness. We pride ourselves on welcoming artists into our crazy variety show

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Instead of making New Year’s resolutions to be a better me (which rarely last past January), I’m dedicating myself in 2022 to taking the Martha Bassett Show to new radio markets.

If you can help me by sharing our show with your friends, I will be eternally grateful. You can see our line-up, listen to our podcasts, and watch our YouTube station by visiting www.marthabassettshow.com. Best of luck to all of you in the new year. I hope your resolutions stick and that you do big things in 2022.

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UP AND COMING MUSICIANS

The New Year is a time for a fresh start. If you are a musician dreaming of performing for an audience, I want to invite you to make a New Year’s resolution to share your music skills on stage. Open mic venues are the perfect way to do that! They provide a fantastic learning environment on a stage in a room meant for sound – and with an encouraging audience.

I went to many open mics but never participated until three years ago. I started performing regularly then because I needed to get some miles under my belt playing solo. In addition to giving me confidence in performance, open mic has also allowed me to meet some of the nicest people around. I have met professional musicians, local legends, and aspiring songwriters. Many of those opportunities provided material for this column.

Recently, I was invited to become the host for open mic at the Reeves Theater in Elkin. I’m there every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and I invite you to come and take the stage for your 15 minutes of fame. We have room for everyone from amateur to professional. So, are you ready to make open mic a goal for you or your band in 2022?

If I haven’t convinced you that performing at open mic is a great New Year’s resolution, let me share what a few regular open mic musicians have to say:

Krista Atwood, a marvelous singer who also plays piano while she performs, says, “I love open mic night at the Reeves Theater and café. Getting to sing and play in the gorgeous Reeves Theater with amazing sound and lighting is a highlight of my week! It also offers the opportunity to connect with a kind and supportive group of friends, audience and musical alike, and to enjoy some great food too. What more could one ask for?”

Ben Burton is a talented singer-songwriter who performs playing his guitar. He is also a fellow I have gigged with since meeting each other at open mic at the Reeves. Ben feels that open mic opens doors and that there are many reasons to attend, including learning to work the stage, to share, and to interact. His advice for those considering open mic: “What do you have to lose? You’re only gonna gain knowledge. You will learn and won’t stop learning.”

Brian and Cheryl Shepherd are a wonderful, jolly couple in the music community. Brian says, “I had just retired and had always wanted to come [to open mic]. Cheryl inspired me to attend. You can learn so much about performing in a professional setting. You gain confidence from the nurturing audience. We have learned that music is joy and love. We also learn from the performances of others.”

Open mic at the Reeves Theater is special for many reasons, one is because the room is designed for music. The acoustics are lovely, and the listening room style of seating allows for plenty of visitors. The owners – Debbie Carson, Chris Groner, and Erik Dalagher – are some of the most welcoming people I have met in the music world. They greet guests every night at their establishment. Erik is a man of many skills and one such skill is running sound at open mic. Erik dials you in and tends to special requests. He is one of the biggest reasons open mic is so special at the Reeves. Each person who signs up to perform truly gets their 15 minutes of fame. The Reeves Theater is bringing musicians together every Wednesday evening at 6:30.

There are other places to attend open mic in the surrounding area as well.

At 7:00 Thursday evenings, Muddy Creek Cafe in Sparta, NC, holds open mic. And at 9:00 on Wednesday evenings, you can attend open mic at Earls in Winston-Salem, NC. I hope to see you at 6:30 p.m. at the Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC every Wednesday, but whatever venue you chose, I hope you make open mic your New Year’s resolution!

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have made a New Year's resolution to try something new – and creating focaccia bread art is my new thing. Some people find kneading bread relaxing, but my favorite part is decorating the bread with cut vegetables. It is a great way to use up leftover vegetables. All you need are a pair of kitchen shears and a knife to create unique designs.

Besides the beautifully decorated bread you end up with, focaccia has another advantage­—it is an easy bread to make.

If you are not familiar with focaccia (pronounced fuh-KAAchuh), it is an Italian flatbread made with olive oil. Its signature look is its dimpled texture made with your fingertips just before you bake it. It has a crusty exterior and a soft interior. You can make it in a smaller pan for thicker bread, or in a large, rimmed baking sheet for thinner, crispy bread. You can knead the dough by hand or use a mixer. I admit that I do not find kneading bread as therapeutic as some people do, so I like to use a mixer when I can. I have tried making it both ways, and it came out the same whether kneaded by hand or mixer.

This focaccia recipe uses a short rising time, whereas some recipes let the focaccia rise for 24-48 hours. Focaccia is best eaten right after baking it but can be kept for eating later if it is stored in an airtight container to keep it from drying out. It is delicious dipped in a mixture of balsamic vinegar and olive oil or olive oil with dried herbs.

Ingredients for Bread • • • • • • • • • •

1 1/2 cups lukewarm water (105-115 degrees F) 1 package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons) 2 teaspoons granulated sugar 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 4 1/3 cups (520 g) unbleached all-purpose flour (or can use bread flour) Coarse sea salt Vegetables for decorations (optional) Fresh rosemary leaves (optional) Extra olive oil

Directions 1. Place the water, yeast, and sugar into a mixing bowl and whisk. Then let it sit for 5 minutes. The yeast will become foamy. After 5 minutes, whisk in the olive oil.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the teaspoon of salt and the flour and then add to the yeast mixture. Stir until a dough forms. Use a mixer with a dough hook and knead the bread on low for 3 minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic. (If kneading by hand, place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 6 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.)

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3. Make a ball out of the dough and place it into a bowl greased with olive oil. Turn the dough ball over in the bowl so that the olive oil coats it on all sides, adding more olive oil if necessary. Place plastic wrap over the dough and let it rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

4. After the dough has risen, move it into a 9 x 13-inch pan greased with olive oil. Stretch the dough to fit the pan. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Then stretch it again (if needed) to cover the pan and fit into the corners. Brush olive oil over the top of the dough and cover the pan with plastic wrap.

Let the dough rise for 30 minutes.

simply delicious 5. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Use your fingers to dot the bread with holes. At this point, add any vegetable decorations or rosemary leaves to the dough. Then sprinkle it with coarse sea salt. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, or until the bread is lightly golden brown. Serve warm.

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MAKE TIME FOR FUN! Children play every day. Think about some of the things you liked to do for fun as a child. You may have enjoyed playing outside with the neighborhood kids. Maybe you rode bikes, climbed trees, or enjoyed board games. Perhaps you played organized team sports or enjoyed more individual activities like crafts, putting together puzzles, playing an instrument or with a pet. Play was a priority during our youth, but somewhere along the way we grew up. We became responsible adults, often too busy for play.

Playing with our own children or grandchildren is a second chance at childhood. I sometimes hear parents complain that their children won’t leave them alone or want them to play all the time. As a parent of grown children, you realize how quickly those years pass and may one day miss those opportunities for fun.

As adults, many of us spend our “playtime” mindlessly watching the television. TV can be entertaining, but it does not provide the same benefits as play. Play takes a little more effort than watching TV, but the benefits are worth it.

Research shows play in adults can have these positive benefits: 1. Relieve stress.

2. Improve brain function.

3. Help with depression.

4. Stimulate the mind, your imagination, and boosts creativity.

5. Help you adapt and solve problems.

6. Improve relationships and your connection to others.

7. Keep you feeling young and energetic A pill that with all those benefits would be a top seller. George Bernard Shaw said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Take up a hobby, get out your board games, play cards, host a game night, dance, be creative, go to a park, sign up for a class, take a walk, or play with a pet.

The kitchen is a great place for some family fun. Cooking together is a perfect opportunity to teach children many life skills. Let them practice reading recipes and labels, measure, mix, cut and pour. Even small children can be involved by helping set the table, putting napkins at each place, and taking drink orders.

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if your young chefs make it themselves. Children are much more likely to eat their own creations which may be a help for picky eaters.

Soup makes a perfect meal on a cold day. This recipe uses ravioli, a favorite with most children, so should be a hit with your young chefs. Let your children help with the measuring.

Slice the zucchini into long sticks and let your little ones practice cutting it into small pieces with a plastic knife. They will be so proud of their accomplishments and you and your family will have a delicious pot of soup. Soup is one of those foods that actually tastes better after it has been made for a day or two and the flavors have a chance to blend. Remember to cool soup in a shallow container and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to enjoy another bowl.

This year make more time for play. Not only will you have fun, your mind and body will thank you.

RAVIOLI VEGETABLE SOUP Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil • 1-2 cups frozen bell pepper and onion mix thawed and diced (Found in the frozen food section. This is a great way to keep peppers and onions on hand without any going to waste.)

• 2 cloves garlic, minced or ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper, or to taste (optional) • (1) 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes, preferably fireroasted • (1) 15-ounce can vegetable broth or reduced-sodium chicken broth • 1½ cups hot water • 1 teaspoon dried basil or marjoram • (1) 6- to 9-ounce package fresh or frozen cheese (or meat) ravioli, preferably whole-wheat • 2 cups diced zucchini, (about 2 medium) • Freshly ground pepper to taste Directions: 1. H eat oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat.

2. A dd pepper-onion mix, garlic and crushed red pepper (if using) and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

3. A dd tomatoes, broth, water, and basil (or marjoram); bring to a rolling boil over high heat.

4. A dd ravioli and cook for 3 minutes less than the package directions.

5. A dd zucchini; return to a boil. Cook until the zucchini is crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Season with pepper.

Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate for up to three days.

Thin with broth before reheating, if desired.

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Prevent vision loss by finding and treating problems early.

Medicare covers a glaucoma test once every 12 months for people at high risk for the disease. You’re at high risk if you have diabetes, are African Americans age 50 and older, everyone over age 60, and anyone with a family history of glaucoma.

The Medicare Part B deductible and coinsurance apply.

Ask your SHIIP counselor for more information.

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MOUNT AIRY EVENTS For more information on Mount Airy, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/mount-airy SATURDAYS IN JANUARY: WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND at the Historic Earle Theatre, 142 N Main St, Mt Airy. 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM; Admission $8 (includes admission to Andy Griffith Museum) or Surry Arts Council Annual Pass. Please call 336.786.7998 for more details.

JAN. 1, 7, 8, 14: MAYBERRY SPIRITS WHISKEY DISTILLERY TOURS, 431 N. South St., Mt. Airy. Open Fridays & Saturdays from 12pm until 6pm. Tours available at 12:30pm, 2:30pm & 4:30pm. Reservations recommended. Mayberry Spirits Whiskey Distillery makes whiskey in the Appalachian tradition. $10 per person for an approximately 45-min. tour, which includes a souvenir shot glass and 5 tastings (3 whiskies plus two mixed versions). Retail gift shop open as well, and on-site bottle purchases now allowed! Call 336-719-6860 for more information; located at 431 N. South Street in Mount Airy.

Tours available on other days by appointment.

JAN. 7, 14, 21, 28: ROUND PEAK VINEYARDS GRILLFEST 765 Round Peak Church Rd., Mt. Airy; Every Friday from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. This event is offered weekly at Round Peak Vineyards. Every Friday with live music on the patio. We supply the grills and you supply the food. Hope to see you there!

JAN. 2: LOBSTER DOGS FOOD TRUCK AND LIVE MUSIC BY JAMES VINCENT CARROLL 1:00

PM Serre Vineyards; 364 Beast Trail, Mount Airy

JAN. 8: LIVE MUSIC BY SUSANNA MACFARLANE 2:00

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ELKIN EVENTS For more area info, visit www.elkinnc.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE REEVES THEATER & CAFE 129 West Main Street, Elkin. Call (336) 2588240 or visit https://www.reevestheater.com/ for more Information

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JAN. 5, 12, 19, 26: OPEN MIC NIGHT AT REEVES THEATER Sign-up: 6:30 PM, Show: 7:00 PM. JAN. 5: ACRYLIC OPEN PAINTING STUDIO W/ DAN BUTNER; Foothills Arts Center at

5:00 PM; 321 E. Main St

JAN. 15: WINE CLUB PICK-UP PARTY WITH JAMES VINCENT CARROLL AND GUNNY SOUL FOOD FUSION 12:00 PM at

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JANUARY (GALAX, VA): LIVE MUSIC ON FRIDAY & SATURDAYS AT CREEK BOTTOM BREWERY All events are from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM and FREE unless otherwise noted: Jan. 7 – Jonah Carden Jan. 8 – Jimothy Band Jan. 14 – Phillip Caudell Jan. 15 – Mckenzie Phipps Band Jan. 21 – Colby Elswick Jan. 22 – Wesley Mullins Jan. 28 – Forrest Taylor Jan. 29 – Christian Quesenberry Pet friendly! Creek Bottom Brewery, 307 N Meadow Street, Galax, VA THURSDAYS IN JANUARY: PICKIN’ IN THE PATCH (GALAX, VA): 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the Briar Patch Market Place.

The Downtown Galax Thursday night Jam returns in its new location at the Briar Patch Cafe at 117 S. Main Street. The Cafe will remain open all day until the end of the Jam. Music, Food, Ice Cream, and Rook will highlight these Thursday night events.

FRIDAYS IN JANUARY: BLUE RIDGE BACKROADS SHOW (GALAX, VA) Join WBRF and Galax City every Friday night for the live broadcast of our Blue Ridge Backroads show! The showtimes always start at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 at the door.

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