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The Spark
9:02 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Blues Musician Barbara Martin

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Over a career spanning more than twenty years, Barbara Martin has covered a lot of musical ground, unafraid to explore new territory at each turn.

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The Spark
9:01 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Pat Foreman's Yard-Hens

Pat Foreman with a friend
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Lexington's Pat Foreman talks about chickens.

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The Spark
9:00 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Stonemasonry With Dana Nelson

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Farmville’s Dana Nelson (who is also a musician) spent the last decade in Ireland working stone.

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The Spark
11:54 am
Fri November 30, 2012

Where Are Ted & Lee?

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Ted (left) and (the late) Lee
Ted (left) and (the late) Lee
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Ted
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Ted & Lee: a comedic duo from 1987 until Lee Eshleman killed himself in 2007. Ted Swartz --actor, writer, and now author-- has just published Laughter is Sacred Space: The Not-So-Typical Journey of a Mennonite Actor and premiered a stage show by the same name.  Both are centered on Ted’s long-time theatrical partnership with Lee. 

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The Spark
11:58 am
Fri November 23, 2012

PTSD Therapy: Fixing Old Jeeps

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Neil Conner of Woodstock with a restored Marines truck
Neil Conner of Woodstock with a restored Marines truck
Neil Conner with vintage jeep on flatbed
Historical exhibit
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WMRAs Martha Woodroof, a former (?) hippie, admits to being among those who were judgmental about Vietnam vets as they returned home. She meets Marine vet Neil Conner, who shares stories and also talks about a sort of personal PTSD therapy:  restoring all sorts of vintage military vehicles. 

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The Spark
11:53 am
Fri November 23, 2012

Vegetarian-Turned-Hunter

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On WMRA's The Spark: Charlottesville locovore Jackson Landers, who makes his living advocating hunting for food.  His story involves a "miracle" and a paralyzed pet and the New York Times.

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The Spark
2:45 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

We Had Some Time on Our Hands

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Martha recalls meeting the Grateful Dead's throat-chanting Tibetan warm-up band. In Charlottesville. In a community theatre. With a pizza box. And she rolls her eyes in admiration of the fellow who invited them.

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The Spark
11:40 am
Fri November 16, 2012

Leni Lets her HAIR Down

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Adventurous "foodie" Leni Soresen recalls all sorts of zany times --including nude stage scenes in the 60's production of "Hair". 

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The Spark
9:15 am
Thu November 15, 2012

Lifetime Motorcyclist Wayne Hensley

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Wayne on his yellow beast.
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Motorcycle rally types (Wayne not pictured).
Wayne on a really-"vintage" cycle.
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A motorcyclist (not Wayne).
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What do you do when the Hells Angels* and the Chicago Outlaws break into a bar fight all around you?  Um... leave.

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The Spark
11:23 am
Fri November 9, 2012

John Kovac's Harps

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On The Spark from WMRA: John Kovac plays the harp  and makes them as well --sometimes out of surprising materials.  

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