ColumnsLC in history: snow daysIf watching the Weather Channel is a sign of middle-age, then I qualify-but only in the winter months. The dire predictions that have filled recent broadcasts send me to the store on a regular basis to buy bread and milk, and I really do not care for milk. These gloomy days have also set me thinking-what did the Lynchburg College community of a century ago do when Old Man Winter turned nasty without warning? The perils of being a mermaidMy daughter sometimes watches this show called H2O: Just Add Water on Nickelodeon. The show is about these Australian girls that can turn into mermaids. I can't honestly say I've paid a whole lot of attention to it. One morning over winter vacation, I was flipping through the channels in that weird "hunter" way that men tend to do. Convinced there was something good to watch, I was slowly stalking my prey one channel at a time up the dial. As I did so, I passed by an episode of H2O. | |
