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BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in Gray’s Drug Store, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia, a few miles from the U.S. Naval...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

Breathing With the Trees: Good Health is a Walk in the Woods

by Fred First We hardly need more reasons—as children or adults—to put technology, crowds, and hurry behind us and go more often to the...

What is “Quality Entertainment?”

by Keith McCurdy Just recently on New Year’s Eve, while playing Pictionary and Catch Phrase with family, I remembered a quote that I had...

Why The County Library Stinks

by Lucky Garvin I don’t have much of a sense of smell, but when someone thought they smelled smoke, I really did try to help...

52 Wishes for the New Year

The beginning of a new year always seems to send me into a reflective and thoughtful state of mind.  As part of a...

Spicy Mahi Mahi and Mango Tacos

I have a confession to make. I turn 40 this year. Although I am small and in fairly good shape, I have really let...

“Thinking and Believing” by Dr. George C. Anderson

I once flipped through a notebook of sermons – sermons gathered over the years from fellow preachers I meet with every year.  I started...