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JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that? I was suitably enamored with the vehicle to buy it anyway, though. I guess...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

BOB BROWN: FITNESS AND DEMENTIA

We focus today on the role of fitness in the prevention and management of dementia....

A Nonagenarian Remembers …

by Mary Jo Shannon In October I discovered that Raleigh Court Presbyterian church had over 30 members aged ninety or above. Our Writers Group...

In The Dream Factory, One Story Had A Sad Ending

byMike Keeler The Kodak Theater in Los Angeles was built with the express purpose of hosting the world's most noteworthy movie and TV celebrations....

I Have A Hang-Up

by Robert Adcox Each of us is often tasked with doing business over the phone. Whether enrolling for college courses, enquiring about layaway policies,...

Receiving The Greatest Gift by Tupper Garden

We walk through this life, many of us, perhaps all of us in a way, wounded.  Whether imagined or real, we all feel...

A Father’s Life – It Is to Weep

by Lucky Garvin Cailan tries to avoid practicing the saxophone.  This is the same child who, for weeks, threatened a hunger strike if he...

Recipe of the Week: Lamb Barley Soup

by Leigh Sackett Life can be so unpredictable! Have you ever felt that you have no idea AT ALL what the VERY next day...