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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

Who Succeeds and Who Doesn’t

by Hayden Hollingsworth Ah, commencement time!  A bright moment at whatever level it occurs.  What follows in the next decades will run the gamut...

Summer Fun…and Service

by Keith McCurdy “It is summer and I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to”…..I was told by a ten year old...

Adventures in Bush Dentistry

by John Robinson My dad Fuller and I are both dentists and we have just arrived in Chintatinga, a small bush village in the...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

“Bird Feathers, A Book for Those Who Love Birds” A guide book that I had always felt needed to be written was one to help...

It’s Summertime and . . .

byMike Keeler The livin’ is  . . . (WAIT, hold that thought!  The senior prom is tonight and number-one-son's limo just fell through.  Quick,...

Creating a Racket on the Tennis Court

by Nick Thomas Fans of professional tennis have been glued to their TV sets over the last week watching the French Open. But if...

DEVOTIONAL: The Road of Life