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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...

ALISHA NELSON: More To The Story

When my father died from leukemia over a decade ago at the age of 62, my two sisters and I were devastated. He was...

MIKE KEELER: It’s Spring – We’ve Gone To A Bevy of Birds

We can’t conceal the fact that every spring here in Joisey, we always have a DISSIMULATION of birds. We get all the usual suspects. First...

SCOTT DREYER: Be Discriminating When Describing Discrimination

For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned.               ...

MELINDA MYERS: Post Winter Care for Your Lawn

As winter gives way to spring take a walk around the yard. Check the lawn for damage and provide a bit of early season...

SCOTT DREYER: Saint Patrick Was Irish, Right?

For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.  -- Psalm 91:11 (NLT) “March 17th is Saint Patrick’s Day, and everyone knows...

ALISHA BREWER NELSON: Wind In Our Wings

When you are raised in a home by people who are not Christians, who are not living by Biblical principles - who are broken,...