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In my last blog, I wrote about resolutions and how to keep them. I’ll admit that I’ve never really been one for New Year’s resolutions though. I just don’t think of them that way. Instead, I try to think of them as lifestyle changes because I come up with them throughout the entire year, not […]

Each week, the Volante will feature a review of a local restaurant. If you want us to review somewhere special, tweet us at @VolanteVerve. Vermillion has a lot to offer. On Main Street alone, there are quaint shops, movie theaters and bars which offer a variety of quality products, even if the prices are slightly […]

  Poems touch a part of us that prose simply cannot. Poetry is a purer form of communication — a heart-to-heart, silent melody reaching recesses of ourselves normally left untouched and in want. A William Davies poem, in particular, has for some reason, which I assume you will understand as you continue to read, stuck […]

Heads or tails? Call it. That’s what Anton Chigurh would do. You know, the awkward and merciless hitman from Cormac McCarthy’s “classic” 2005 novel, No Country for Old Men. A character later embodied by Javier Bardem sporting a frightening Dutch boy haircut in the 2007 film adaptation. Haven’t read or seen it? Where have you […]

Heads or tails? Call it. That’s what Anton Chigurh would do. You know, the awkward and merciless hitman from Cormac McCarthy’s “classic” 2005 novel, No Country for Old Men. A character later embodied by Javier Bardem sporting a frightening Dutch boy haircut in the 2007 film adaptation. Haven’t read or seen it? Where have you […]

I’m not sure if it’s the letdown of returning to normal life after the holidays or the generally cold and gloomy weather, but the month of January tends to find me at my most cantankerous. Maybe it’s because of this phenomenon that I was particularly put out by something I witnessed in one of my […]

I’m not sure if it’s the letdown of returning to normal life after the holidays or the generally cold and gloomy weather, but the month of January tends to find me at my most cantankerous. Maybe it’s because of this phenomenon that I was particularly put out by something I witnessed in one of my […]

It’s that time of year again. Most people have started a new diet, are hitting the gym more often, and giving up something or all of the above. The thing about resolutions though, is all you ever hear about them is how long they don’t last, so if your resolution makes it to February, give […]

  It’s that time of year again. Most people have started a new diet, are hitting the gym more often, and giving up something or all of the above. The thing about resolutions though, is all you ever hear about them is how long they don’t last, so if your resolution makes it to February, […]