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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...

Recipe of the Week: Habanaro Mango Grilled Shrimp

I have been told I make the best fried shrimp. But I also have been told I make the best fried chicken, fried...

A Letter To My Heavenly Father

by Lucky Garvin ABBA, I know it makes no sense to write to You who already knows what I think and feel  better than I...

Beauty and Grace in the Barrios

by John Robinson The girl and her little brother look through the bars of the gate, their big brown eyes full of wonder and curiosity....

“Kids of Today?”

by Keith McCurdy I had to laugh the other day when I read this title; “Parenting the Kids of Today.”  In five words it...

A True Friend Always Keeps You Thinking

by Joe Kennedy My friend Rita called me many months ago. "I've been thinking about things you said when we had lunch the other...

It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good

by Mike Keeler Camellia sinensis came down to humans from high above.  Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...