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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

Recipe of the Week: Pesto and Prosciutto Breakfast Strata

by Leigh Sackett Our Friends at Second Presbyterian Church are doing wonderful and creative things in our community. They have teamed up with artist...

Easter Distractions by Stuart Revercomb

I am not sure when it started, but at some point along the way I began to really dislike the Easter Bunny. Maybe it was...

A Sunshine Nation: Revisiting Our National Energy Policy

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Years ago, while living in the “Sunshine State” of Florida, I argued with a representative of a regional energy...

“Because I Can’t Touch You…”

by Lucky Garvin He was bald, old, wrinkled, spotted, and deaf; and he could no longer walk - or even stand - without assistance. ...

In the Midst of Our Fear by Gary Robbins

I had watched her, just a few minutes before, as she stood there…crying. “I can’t do, I can’t do it,” she said, tears running down...

Zero To Seventy In Eight Hours

by Robert Adcox For anyone looking for a day vacation, there is no better experience than a spirited jaunt from Roanoke to Mount Airy....