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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...

SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 1)

Many times we're so close to something we have a hard time seeing it, hence the old saying, "you can't see the forest for...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: What The Brain Can Do

Not long ago I wrote about my utter fascination with the art and science of . . . dreams. I mean think about it...

SCOTT DREYER: Letting Go

In what is becoming a Roanoke Star annual tradition around New Year's, here is a poem by unknown authorship, "Letting Go." To let go does...

RANDY HUFF: Christmas at Tinker Creek

“Self-forgetfulness is tremendously invigorating.” If we spend “every waking minute saying hello to ourselves” we'll never learn a thing. I had a goal this year...

BOB BROWN: Why Not Write?

What and how we write tells us about how we think.  Rational thinking sets us apart from creatures who rely alone on instinctual drives...

MELINDA MYERS: Take A Break In Nature

Holidays are filled with lots of food, presents, and busy schedules.  A walk in nature is a great way to burn calories, combat stress,...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason