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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...

Life Evolves / Revolves in Seconds and Minutes

Somewhere in my library, God knoweth not where, is a book of pictures which intends to show the expanse of our physical universe from...

Prime Time For Buck Viewing

By October, White-tailed Deer in Virginia have changed from their beautiful summer coats of reddish brown to drab winter coats of brownish gray.  By...

The Ship That Should Not Sink

A FABLE Once upon a time there were four couples who jointly bought a lottery ticket and they won!  Given the problem of what to...

The Price of Deer

Back in the good old days, folks used to congregate at the home of someone with a deer hanging in their yard. Getting a...

Government Under Stress: Close up, Shut up and Give up

Prior to 1976, the federal government began the fiscal year on July 1 and ended it on the following June 30. A Congressional Act...

Protect Your Winter Landscape From Hungry Wildlife

There's no doubt that managing critters in the landscape can be a challenge especially as food supplies start to dwindle. If you are battling...