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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

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...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

MELINDA MYERS: Maximize Seed Starting Success with a Seed Starting Chart

Now is the time when many of us are busy ordering seeds. We often end up with many seeds, some new ones we needed...

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: Goodbye Alcohol, My Old Friend

In December of 2023 I decided to go alcohol free for the following year. It was most decidedly not a New Year's Resolution.  Rather,...

BOB BROWN: Living Against Conscience

In April 1968, he was awakened at 6 AM by the Headmaster of a Georgetown Catholic boarding school and told a car was waiting...

MELINDA: 2025 Is The Year of The Monstera

Kick-off 2025 with the addition of a monstera plant to your indoor garden. You’ll join other gardeners observing 2025 as the Year of the...

FRED FIRST: Bones, Bits and Bytes – Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya 2024 . . .

And so it comes around once again: the passing of the winter solstice, after which, for reasons I don’t understand and with effects I...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The World is Watching Trump to End The War

While millions of Christians around the world on Christmas Day joyfully celebrated Jesus’ birthday and remembered his love, compassion, and peace for human beings,...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason