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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

SCOT BELLAVIA: We Are Not the Exception

Cancer patients or parents of a child with cancer attest to never expecting it to happen to them. The same goes for car accidents...

SCOTT DREYER: An Election Warning From South America

(...) but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. --Matthew 6:23 (GNT) I write this on Dec. 4. It is exactly one...

MELINDA MYERS: Grow Your Own Herbal Centerpiece for the Holidays

Dress up the table and your holiday meals with a centerpiece of fresh herbs. You and your family will enjoy snipping a few fresh...

SCOTT DREYER: Arizona Election Hearings Raise Bigger Question

The Lord hates dishonest scales, but he is pleased with honest weights.  -Proverbs 11:1  I don’t remember the context, but once while teaching my advanced...

SCOTT DREYER: Why I Kissed Twitter Good-bye

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.  -  Proverbs 18:17 (CSB) Let us dare to read, think, speak...

MELINDA MYERS: Grow Frilly, Bold and Unique Amaryllis Indoors This Winter

When squirrels are busy storing nuts for winter, it’s time for gardeners to start gathering amaryllis bulbs to sustain them through the dreary months...