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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....

DENNIS GARVIN: Banking On The Afterlife – Or Not

I have spent many years in thought about what I write below. I anticipate scoffers. Thus, I must present my credentials. Not as a...

MIKE KEELER: Out of The Darkness Came A Pretty Bright Idea

Hamburg is one tough town. Since it was established by Charlemagne in 808 as the northern outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg has...

BOB BROWN: At Last . . .

Few people experience within themselves a burst of quiet illumination.  It unites the cognitive, sacred, and deeply emotional realization of awareness that something entirely...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Threat of BRICS Currency to The U.S Dollar

 In April 2023, in an event in Roanoke, I asked Senator Mark Warner, D, VA, about the threat of BRICS on the American dollar...

MELINDA MYERS: Holiday Creations From Indoor and Garden Plants

Don’t let winter stop you from bringing a bit of the outdoors inside. Take a break from the holiday rush for a bit of...

BOB BROWN: Loneliness

I fell in love with Dottie when I was 16.  We lived only 3 city blocks apart, but we shared our love using a...