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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

BRUCE RINKER: A Pearl in The Brain

I am a cancer survivor. Every night for more than two restless years, I faced a nagging possibility of not waking to see another sunrise. In...

DICK BAYNTON: The Sucker Punch

A sucker punch is when a person is struck with a blow when it was least expected. Right now, today and for the past...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: When The Flood Comes

My grandson was at school when he heard there was a chance of flooding. He called his mother in a panic, “Mom, go down...

LUCKY GARVIN: What Matters

It is 9:30 in the morning. I look out the window at the counterpane of snow that fell through-out the night; at the long...

MELINDA MYERS: Five Steps this Fall to a More Beautiful Landscape

Don’t let a busy schedule stop you from creating a beautiful landscape. Incorporate a few of these changes into your fall landscape care. You’ll...

DICK BAYNTON: Equality

It is a truism that every baby born into the world is equal to every other person in the world at the instant of...