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Wayne Hinshaw column: Personality is for the birds
Birds have personalities. What an opening statement. Has old Wayne’s brain taken flight over to the “bird brain” side of the norm? Recently during the ...
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News
Wayne Hinshaw column: China Grove, Texas?
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Listening to Salisbury’s Memories 1280 radio a few days ago, I was surprised when the DJ said, “Now ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw column: Sexiest forms of creativity
There is a quote from an unknown source that says, “Penguins mate for life. That doesn’t surprise me much because they all look alike. It’s ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, February 7, 2016 12:00 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw: The many uses of a megaphone
The age old invention of the megaphone can be used in many ways other than just the amplification of sound. Six-year-old August Spencer demonstrated some ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, January 13, 2016 12:00 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw: Kids of the Baby Boom
I heard a great song titled “Kids of the Baby Boom” on the car radio today. I have to share my thoughts with you about ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Friday, January 8, 2016 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw column: Christmas spirit?
This week while shopping for a few Christmas gifts, I found myself standing in a long line at the cash register in a department store. ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Friday, December 25, 2015 12:00 am
Entertainment
Phoenix Readers spice up the season
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post The newest theater group in town is the Phoenix Readers. Well, they are not brand new, since they ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Saturday, December 12, 2015 12:05 am
Business
Old Nick Whiskey gets new life
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post LEWISVILLE — With the recent relaxing of restrictions on distillery sales in North Carolina, new craft distilleries are cropping ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:00 am
Local
James Allan Dunn was an adventurer, photographer
By Wayne Hinshaw for the Salisbury Post Come ride with me down a flowing stream of my words and look through my camera at the ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, November 22, 2015 12:05 am
Local
Hinshaw column: Home photo project
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post On days when the weather is rainy, on days when it is easier to curl up and take ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, November 9, 2015 12:05 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: Our love-hate relationship with candy corn
Recently, while my grandchildren were spending the day, they had an unsatisfied taste for jelly beans from the Candy Shoppe on Main. Entering the shop, ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Friday, October 30, 2015 12:00 am
News
Toe-tappin’ tunes at Fiddlers Convention
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post The sounds of rhythmic guitars, banjos and fiddles filled the air in the East Rowan High auditorium on ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, October 12, 2015 12:05 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: Only a few images are seen
In photography, I have shot hundreds, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of images in my career. Although you have seen thousands of photos that came from ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: Remembering the Mud Bowl of 1960
Last Saturday the Livingstone College Blue Bears played Elizabeth City State University in a football game that had, almost, the worst playing conditions I have ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: Is our love of the smartphone based in nostalgia?
A few weeks ago, I wrote columns about the use of smartphones and the future of straight photography. With those subjects on my mind, I ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, October 4, 2015 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: The trouble with aging
I have thought about writing a column on aging for ages, but aging is not one of those things that we want to face. Most ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: Is the future of photography not photography?
Stephen Mayes recently wrote an article for the Lightbox feature on time.com that rocks the mental state of most traditional photographers. Two of my favorite ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, September 6, 2015 12:05 am
Columns
What are words worth? A question of communication
We go through life trying to communicate with each other. We spend most of our days communicating either by speaking, reading or writing. We try ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, August 30, 2015 12:00 am
Guest columns
Wayne Hinshaw: A question of communication
We go through life trying to communicate with each other. We spend most of our days communicating either by speaking, reading or writing. We try ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, August 30, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Wayne Hinshaw: The best and worst jobs
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post I sure am confused about what are the worst jobs and the best jobs this year. First of ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:10 am
Columnists
Wayne Hinshaw: Are smartphones getting between you and life?
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post More people than ever are taking photos because their smartphones are always with them. There are more photos ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, August 10, 2015 12:00 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: When football physicals were a team effort
Well, it is that time of the year again, when athletes and sports fans start thinking about football. After the July 4 break, my mind ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:20 am
News
Hinshaw column: Brownie cameras offer a snapshot of history
By Wayne Hinshaw for the Salisbury Post While digging around in the back of your closet or the bottom of your sock drawer or even ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, July 27, 2015 12:05 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw column: The Band-Aid that covered Adam
RANDLEMAN — I’m sure that you have heard of the Sistine Chapel and the artist Michelangelo, who painstakingly painted the Biblical frescos in the chapel. ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, July 19, 2015 12:10 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw: Exploring the ordinary and finding the extraordinary
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. — I suppose it was my curiosity and having a free afternoon that brought me to Shem Creek Marina in Mt. Pleasant. ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:00 am
Lifestyle
Wayne Hinshaw: Eco Tour to Capers Island
Isle of Palms, S.C. — Let me invite you, by way of this column, to take an eco naturalist guided nature tour to the beach of ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, July 6, 2015 12:05 am
Local
Hottest June ever?
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Tuesday marked the end of the hottest June in local history. The month was so hot that Tuesday’s 91 degrees ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 12:05 am
Columns
Wayne Hinshaw column: Clues to your personality? The eyes have it
I have written columns about beards, being left handed, and basswood trees covered with honeybees. Now you are going to get my take on the ...