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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...

STUART REVERCOMB: Eternity Is What We Make It

Yesterday wife Caroline departed South Korea at 9:45 AM on Tuesday Dec 17th 2019 and touched down at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport at exactly...

JAMES FINCK: Historical Christmas II

Christmas is the time of year when everyone seems a little happier and are a little nicer to each other. It is when we...

KEVIN O’SHEA: The Weight of Duty

Today “I heard his voice”, so here it is. Not like literally, but you know, you hear it. Because when you come to the reality...

BARBARA LEACH: What Do You Mean I Have To Water In The Winter? 

Winter watering is something that stumps many people.  If you think about it, most of us put the hose away in late October or...

STUART REVERCOMB: Take Nothing For Granted

My wife is traveling to Seoul South Korea today to visit son Will who serves there as a Tank Commander / Lieutenant in the...

STUART REVERCOMB: Merry Vesuvius Christmas

We felt the rumblings months ago – the volcanologists were out on the slopes with stethoscopes and magnetometers listening carefully into the depths, and...