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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won the Nathan‘s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, which was located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

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...

Radical Gratitude

I coined this term in my head after yoga yesterday- or so I thought. Feeling rather pleased with myself yet cautiously optimistic, I Googled...

March Is Here and Nesting Season is Just Beginning!

This is a good time to clean out any of your bird houses. You will probably find remains (poop!) from birds using the boxes...

Beware The Handedness of Things

Most folks, when asked what ‘hand’ they are, answer that they are either left-handed or right-handed. I, however, am not sure. I played golf (once...

The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat

We have certainly seen enough of that in these last two weeks of the Olympics. We can be grateful that the incidents of social...

From Mayors to Monarchs to Maniacs

A news item this past week didn’t fit the narratives of the liberal press and ended up on one of the back pages. Ray...

The Prediction: Spring Beyond The Storm

To be a meteorologist in the Roanoke Valley is not a profession I would care for. There’s something about our mountains, our topography, which...