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BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing results, known for immodesty about how formerly and regularly I ran the Virginia 10...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Helplessly Hoping

When we had two consecutive years of testing to compare in June of 2022, Ann...

RANDY HUFF: Know When to Hold Your Peace

“Why don't you say your piece?” I asked my friend. “It need not be public....

The Beauty of The Trout Hajj

We just got back from our family vacation in Wyoming. A nearly five thousand mile road trip to a place where the continent divides...

Home With The Kids

From very many moons ago . . . After two weeks at Fork Union Military Academy, son Chester did the unthinkable. He sent his mother...

I Am A Hypocrite

I am a hypocrite.  If you are not a space alien and are using opposable thumbs to grip your newspaper or ipad, then you,...

One Balm Can Fix It All: Money

Thought that would grab your attention! Last week I mentioned that I have reflected a great deal about the intersection of passion and gifting as...

Through the Roof Rain

From the outset of our acquisition of it, the small, eighty-year-old, Botetourt County farmhouse needed attention. I mean, the electrical system was faulty and...

Let’s Be Honest About Racism

It has been a month since the George Zimmerman verdict came down.  I suppose it was impossible for everyone to feel that justice was...