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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...

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: Distracted By Joy

The title of today's column came from a wonderful man in our little church on Bent Mountain. One Sunday he talked about being distracted...

HAYDEN HOLLINSWORTH: The Tenuous Monarch Migration

It’s that time of the year again.  Species of all varieties are packing up and leaving for their winter quarters.  The whole science of...

Dick Baynton: Fiscal Apocalypse: When?

The word apocalypse has several meanings of severity, one being catastrophe. The answer to the title question is that our great nation is already...

Dick Baynton: Celebrate but Recalibrate

We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. We celebrate holidays. We celebrate victories in sports, business and……in wars. But sometimes, victories are hollow because someone was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Running Roanoke’s Seven Summits; Fun for Fools

Descending the rock-strewn trail from our brief visit to the summit of McAfee's Knob, the light from my headlamp is waning big-time; it's fading...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Diversity Revisited

We hear a lot about diversity these days.  There are even groups here in Roanoke to foster our understanding it.  Having attended one it...