February

Body Language

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Front Porch Magazine
February 2015 (pg. 28)

One of Fredericksburg’s most endearing characteristics is that it is a city that embraces positivity, innovation, and ingenuity.  Whether through the arts, through education, through business, or through medicine, Fredericksburg attracts people who foster community engagement, health, and wholeness.   One such group is located off Lafayette Boulevard at Alison Sullivan & Associates.  The brainchild of therapist Alison Sullivan, a licensed clinical social worker with fifteen years experience in the field, is comprised of a team of professionals including Sullivan, certified massage therapist Janet Bradshaw, certified nutritional specialist Beth Austin, and certified yoga instructor Holly Ryan.  

Photo by A.E. Bayne - Beth Austin, Alison Sullivan, Janet Bradshaw


Natalie and Ray Davis: Love, True Love

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Front Porch Magazine
February 2015 (pg. 8)

When we hear the word love, a plethora of clichés comes to mind.  It’s many-splendored, everlasting, and eternal.  Love ignites, consumes, inspires, heals, and breaks.   It lifts us up and sometimes aches.  At times, it even bites; but through all its many personifications, love – the kind you find in partnerships, in friendships, in marriages, and in familial relationships – relies on a basic foundation to endure and thrive.  Natalie and Ray Davis’ 51 years as a couple exemplifies this foundation.  They’ve been traveling the road of love together for longer than many have been alive, learning that in its simplest form love has few rules, but many opportunities for growth and wisdom. 

Photo by A.E. Bayne - Natalie and Ray Davis at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fredericksburg

Katie Horung: Mentoring Young Journalists in a Virtual World

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Front Porch Magazine
February 2014 (pg. 1)

How does one teach a subject that, in its traditional form, is slowly becoming obsolete?  Or engage students who are more likely to consult Facebook for news than to pick up a reputable newspaper?  Facing the immediacy of today’s world, how does a teacher make journalism relevant?  These are questions that Katie Hornung, an English and journalism teacher at James Monroe High School, considers with more frequency each year, and she has discovered some cutting edge solutions along the way.  

Ellie Brown: Inspiration in the Void

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Front Porch Magazine
February 2013 (pg. 9)

The Internet often takes a beating in conversations centered on today’s teenagers. We read report after negative report about vital hours that teens waste aimlessly surfing the Web. Enter Ellie Brown: vibrant, vivacious, and fully integrated into the video culture of online communities. As it turns out, that’s not so terrible after all.