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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

Our Dirty Little Secret

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Do you own a new mobile phone?  Perhaps you just replaced your old laptop or handheld device with an...

20 Questions for the Church

I’m glad God called me to be a pastor.  I love the church because it is God’s chosen instrument to advance God’s kingdom...

Breathing With the Trees: Good Health is a Walk in the Woods

by Fred First We hardly need more reasons—as children or adults—to put technology, crowds, and hurry behind us and go more often to the...

What is “Quality Entertainment?”

by Keith McCurdy Just recently on New Year’s Eve, while playing Pictionary and Catch Phrase with family, I remembered a quote that I had...

Why The County Library Stinks

by Lucky Garvin I don’t have much of a sense of smell, but when someone thought they smelled smoke, I really did try to help...

52 Wishes for the New Year

The beginning of a new year always seems to send me into a reflective and thoughtful state of mind.  As part of a...