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BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

DICK BAYNTON: Life and Death In Idlib Province, Syria

Syria, about the size of North Dakota with a population of about 17 million people has been in deadly turmoil since late January 2011...

MIKE KEELER: All We Need Are 5 “KBC” Golden Egg Knobs

For this, the penultimate email about the Asa Hunt House renovation, we present an installment of, "You Can't Make This Up." The renovation that predated...

BARBARA LEACH: Spotlight on Winter Jasmine

At the Master Gardener Help Desk we have received quite a few calls about the crazy forsythia blooming early.  While it HAS been a...

DENNIS GARVIN: Empress Pelosi Explained

I must confess to some confusion about the behavior of Nancy Pelosi in her role as Speaker of the House, essentially the Majority leader...

SAMANTHA SNELLINGS: Sick Children Trade in Hospital Visits for Princesses

Hannah Pieper locks herself in the McDonald’s bathroom, staring at her reflection in the mirror and adjusting the purple wig on her head until...

STUART REVERCOMB: Every Dog Has His Day

Sometimes a picture really does speak a thousand words – and then some. Such is the one posted with this column taken by my...