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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...

SCOTT DREYER: Thanksgiving – The All American Holyday

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.                  ...

SCOTT DREYER: A Lying Spirit Among Us?

‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’    --I Kings 22:22 b (NKJV) Do you ever feel...

MELINDA MYERS: Winter Care for Trees, Shrubs and Perennials in Containers

As you prepare your landscape for winter don’t overlook the trees, shrubs and perennials you have growing in containers. These need a bit of...

SCOT BELLAVIA: My Modus Operandi Online

It used to be that I only posted on Facebook for the occasional life update or most recent picture. This was in contrast to...

SCOTT DREYER: Election Truth or Consequences . . . or Both

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.  -- James 1:16 (NASB) Did you see it? Nov. 19 at noon Mayor Rudy Guiliani and other...

Thanksgiving 2020: Three Families, Two hours, Stay Outside and No Chanting

OK – I think we’ve hit the top (or bottom depending on how you look at it) of preposterous government over-reach when it comes...