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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....

Recipe of the Week: The Next Best Bacon Lettuce and Tomato

by Leigh Sackett My tomato plants are not doing well this year and several other people I have talked to are having the same...

Changing of the Carilion Guard

by Hayden Hollingsworth I remember when Nancy Agee, then Nancy Howell, was a first-year student nurse at the erstwhile Roanoke Memorial School of nursing.  She...

The Corvair-Powered Microbus

by John Robinson I loved that bus. It was one of the coolest vehicles I could imagine, and I should know; I was crazy about cars....

Independence Day – A Celebration of Self Reliance

by Keith McCurdy So what does the 4th of July mean to you?  The other day my daughter and I were coming down Grandin...

A Husband’s Diary – Entry #2

by Lucky Garvin We do things differently.  If we're going out, I get dressed once.  She averages 6-8 changes. "Does this match, Gahvin?" "I...

Recipe of the Week – Happy’s Super Hot Salsa

by Leigh Sackett I made this salsa Tuesday night on a whim. It turned out to be really delicious but HOT! I love spicy things...