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Columnists

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...

The Things They Carried

I was reminded of this book about a platoon of American soldiers during the Vietnam War by a dear friend with whom I...

Lessons From The West Coast

A couple of weeks ago my children and I reunited for a few days on the West Coast. We gathered in San Francisco.  There...

What Will Really Make You Happy?

Research Reveals 4 Common Misconceptions The idea of a happy and meaningful life has become unnecessarily complicated in some circles, says author and certified...

The Fixer-Upper – By Liza Field

It’s spring cleaning time and the house is a wreck. That’s an embarrassing admission to make. ”Home” is now considered an extension of oneself, after...

On Borrowed But Heavenly Time

Brandi is our bird dog. We inherited her some years back from a friend who, after owning her for a year, made the...

When War Was Understandable

In reading the history of war over the centuries there have been huge changes.  When the long bow was invented it was widely...