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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....

STUART REVERCOMB: Eternity Is What We Make It

Yesterday wife Caroline departed South Korea at 9:45 AM on Tuesday Dec 17th 2019 and touched down at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport at exactly...

JAMES FINCK: Historical Christmas II

Christmas is the time of year when everyone seems a little happier and are a little nicer to each other. It is when we...

KEVIN O’SHEA: The Weight of Duty

Today “I heard his voice”, so here it is. Not like literally, but you know, you hear it. Because when you come to the reality...

BARBARA LEACH: What Do You Mean I Have To Water In The Winter? 

Winter watering is something that stumps many people.  If you think about it, most of us put the hose away in late October or...

STUART REVERCOMB: Take Nothing For Granted

My wife is traveling to Seoul South Korea today to visit son Will who serves there as a Tank Commander / Lieutenant in the...

STUART REVERCOMB: Merry Vesuvius Christmas

We felt the rumblings months ago – the volcanologists were out on the slopes with stethoscopes and magnetometers listening carefully into the depths, and...