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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...

82 Percent of Lightning Strikes Are Males (Imagine that.)

According to the National Weather Service, fishing is dangerous. A recent study examined the 238 lightning deaths in America over the past seven years...

A Grand Rebounding of Nature

Years ago, I lived for a brief time in Steubenville, Ohio, a city steeped in history and tradition. At the time, it was also...

Do We Want to be Happy or Angry?

The July 8-15 issue of Time magazine had a cover story about Happiness.  An extraordinarily convoluted maze of hurdles one must clear in order...

The Success and Waste of Student Loans and Grants

During an interview, David Farr, CEO of Emerson Electric commented, “We’ve got a whole thrust in this country of “Everyone goes to college. Wrong –...

Life Is So Beautiful, It Hurts (“My Messy Beautiful”)

I am ever grateful for my job which is part-time at the moment. My income is far from impressive but what it gives me...

Holding Hands Forever More

I am in awe of my in-laws, Sonny and Verlon. I followed behind them the other day; they were holding hands.  They began holding...