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Columnists

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

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

Dick Baynton: A Little Tolerance For Christmas

Christmas is a holiday. All around our country and the wider world vast sums of money are spent on ‘Christmas’ trees and other decorations....

JEFF ELL: Relocated Wildlife

It’s illegal to relocate wildlife in Virginia. So if you have a nuisance raccoon or feral cat problem, and decide to use a live...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Seasons and The Spirit

Almost everyone will be asked, “Have you got the Christmas spirit yet?”  Indefinable with precision, we know what it is. If we were lucky...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Robin Hood’s Evil Twin

Collectively, the GOP is the personification of Robin Hood’s Evil Twin with Trump as the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. With each threat, lie, fake...

DICK BAYNTON: The Age and Rage of Resistance

During the years of WWII, there were groups in European countries that established ‘resistance’ units. Some groups engaged in sabotage by destroying railroad rails...

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: “Help, Thanks, Wow”

This is a title of a book by Anne Lamott, the subtitle of which is “The Three Essential Prayers.”  I recalled this wonderful book...