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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....

Want to Be a Doctor?

On August 2, forty-two young women and men will set about of the next leg of that journey.  It’s the inaugural day of...

How Do You Measure Your Success? by Gary Robbins

Sometimes, we all find ourselves wondering:  What kind of impact has my life had?  Have I really made a difference in the lives...

Children Need to Get Their Hands “Dirty”

The aroma of fresh bread baking and the thrill of watching seeds morph into radishes, lettuce or spinach are experiences every child should...

Air Conditioning Not All Its Cracked / Cranked Up To Be

Growing up in the Deep South meant dealing with the heat in summer (well actually, from March through October in Alabama.) When we...

Of Mice and . . . Rats

If you live in the Raleigh Court you have doubtlessly noticed the pitter-patter of little feet on your hardwood floors this summer.  No,...

From the Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington

“It just happened.”  You ever heard those words?  You ever said those words?  What about, “It was fate that brought us together.”  Sometimes...