Orchid Lady of the Screen

Orchid Lady of the Screen

By P.A. Geddie Corinne Mae Griffith was born November 21, 1894, in Texarkana, to Ambolina Ghio and John Lewis Griffith. She became a popular star of the silent movies beginning in 1916. At the height of her popularity, she was known as the “Orchid Lady of the...

They Won’t Know What to do With Some Things

By Edward H. Garcia On a window sill in my study is a small conch shell.  It’s nice but not particularly colorful or beautiful. It’s a souvenir of last year’s trip to Ireland.  I picked it up on the Bay of Dublin beach, about a block from the house where we stayed. ...

Womack Widens Thread of Soulful Country Music

By Tom Geddie Lee Ann Womack is back. Not with a vengeance but with what may be her best collection of songs ever. The Jacksonville native took six years to make and finally release an album it seems like she always wanted to make: The Way I’m Livin’. The dozen songs...