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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....

The Season of Spiders Draws Nigh

It is now officially the middle of summer—not the weatherman official but the Goose Creek local-native official middle of the summer. And so...

Recipe of the Week: Shrimp Tacos

We should not define ourselves by our profession or by our children or by where we live or by how much money we have...

Processed Foods Found to Be as Addictive as Drugs

Hey Mister, can you help me out?  I need a fix.  Can you lend me for a Big Mac? In a newly released...

The Sanctuary Tree

Were you to walk through Sabrina’s and my home to its end, you would find yourself in our ‘animal room.’ This is where...

Deprivation Builds Appreciation

Have you ever noticed how much you miss something once you have lost it?  Recently, my eleven year old laptop bit the dust. ...

Leaving Our Sister Behind

It’s a stifling hot summer day and the ’63 Volkswagon Microbus rumbles and clatters through the hills of central Pennsylvania, the breeze blowing...