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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Semi-Singular Praise Of Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)

There are many aspects of California, which I strongly dislike: exorbitant state and local taxes, perennial devastating wildfires, the Democratic monopolist majority in Sacramento, drought, a proposed gasoline-powered car...

FRED FIRST: Nature Notes: Early May

Finally I am getting out a bit onto the trails before spring is fully gone...

BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

A Letter To My Heavenly Father

by Lucky Garvin ABBA, I know it makes no sense to write to You who already knows what I think and feel  better than I...

Beauty and Grace in the Barrios

by John Robinson The girl and her little brother look through the bars of the gate, their big brown eyes full of wonder and curiosity....

“Kids of Today?”

by Keith McCurdy I had to laugh the other day when I read this title; “Parenting the Kids of Today.”  In five words it...

A True Friend Always Keeps You Thinking

by Joe Kennedy My friend Rita called me many months ago. "I've been thinking about things you said when we had lunch the other...

It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good

by Mike Keeler Camellia sinensis came down to humans from high above.  Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...

“Time in A Tapestry: The Power of Looking Back”

by Fred First I don’t think I ever seriously considered not driving eight hours to my forty-fifth high school reunion in Alabama this month....