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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...

In Praise of the “Wolf Peach”

by Fred First It is, in fact, a giant berry, technically a fruit. And it has been variously misunderstood, feared, loathed and praised during...

Skateboarding in the Olden Days

by John Robinson Barry and I, both 12, had hiked the path of the old incline railway straight up Mill Mountain, skateboards hanging from...

Consequences Need to Matter!

by Keith McCurdy Quite often my conversations with parents focus on consequences.  This can be a tricky topic.  There are so many different strategies...

Recipe of the Week: Earth Bound Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs

by Leigh Sackett I  have never tired of seafood . . . Until Wed. July 27th. I was at the beach and my daughter and...

My Charger: Not Just Another Dodge

by Robert Adcox The other day while going through old photographs, I came across a 1971 Dodge Charger I once owned. The car had...

Remind Me Again, in Whom Do We Trust? by Gary Robbins

Put your hand down into your pockets, your purse, or your wallet.  Take out a penny, a nickel, a dime.  And there, engraved...