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JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that? I was suitably enamored with the vehicle to buy it anyway, though. I guess...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

BOB BROWN: FITNESS AND DEMENTIA

We focus today on the role of fitness in the prevention and management of dementia....

MELINDA MYERS: Get a Jump Start on Managing Plant Pests This Winter

Just like us, insects spend their winters in different locations. Unlike us, they spend their winters in different stages of development. Some may overwinter...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Keep Virginia’s Robert E. Lee License Plate

January 19 was the 217th anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee in Stratford, Virginia. January 15 was also the 95th anniversary of...

FRED FIRST: Many Hope To Age in Place . . .

But Maybe Not the Place You Thought The phrase "Age-in-Place" is kind of the Holy Grail of late-in-life housing ambitions for many of our local...

DEVOTIONAL: Who Was That Hitchhiker?

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?  --Hebrews 1:14 (NIV) At 89, Chuck Swindoll is in his seventh...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Our Relationship With God And Belief In His Power Can Bring True Satisfaction

I often hear that life has become more complicated and difficult. And I often hear complaints about the outrageous and increasingly unaffordable prices of...

SERWAN ZANGANA: There Has Been No Peace Under Biden – May God Bless America in 2024

Now that 2023 is over, Americans and many people across the world will always remember the wounds that were left in their souls. The...