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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....

When Things Turn South, Turn to Family

by Jon Kaufman Unemployment brings out different things in different people.  I was always told that one’s true character emerges only when disaster awaits, a...

Daddy, Is That You?

by Lucky Garvin "DADDY" "Daddy? What are we doing here?" "Uhhhh ...," the man cleared his throat, somewhat startled, wondering how to answer. "We... are here......

Honoring the Small Connections

by Stephanie Koehler As I awoke in my Blue Ridge Mountain home this morning after a long night or torrential rains and violent storms,...

Tragedies and Victories by Joe Lehman

Meteorologists and reporters have called the outbreak of tornadoes last week one of the deadliest in US history.  Scenes and reports of the...

Fit to Be Tied: Doggone Storm’s A’Coming!

by Fred First Even though, growing up in Alabama, I have had plenty of exposure to and an inordinate fascination with thunderstorms, today I...

Recipe of the Week: Cream Cheese-Poppy Seed Pound Cake

by Leigh Sackett Love your mom and the moms you love by baking and giving the gift of  this scrumptious cake. It is one...