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BOB BROWN: Good Teachers

My Mother and Dad were Good Teachers My mother (1898-1971) had six children. I’m the youngest. She was 14 when she married my father (1892-1985); he was 21. She left...

DENNIS GARVIN: Somewhere Between Beowulf and John Wayne

I have been seeing the Rev. Henry for some years now. Twice a year, the...

FRED FIRST: Until I See What I Say

“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” *E.M Forster? First thing...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Adolf Eichmann Would Have Been Proud Of Mahmoud Khalil

I read a sad and depressing article in the New York Post on March 15 about the...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Ode to the Mattaponi

It’s springtime, and shad are making their way back to the Mattaponi River in Virginia...

And Yet It Moves . . .

In the late 19th-century, Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov wrote a frantic orchestral interlude, “Flight of the Bumblebee,” for his four-act opera called The Tale...

Backwards Babel – by Tupper Garden

Do you ever wonder at the power and gift of language? We used to think that language is what set us apart from...

Recipe of the Week: Mint Pear Summer Delight

This week for breakfast, lunch and a snack I am exclusively drinking smoothies.  I am going to try out all different combinations that...

Say What?

How is your communication?  What do your unscripted, daily, in the moment communications sound like?  As my wife reminded me recently when I...

Ten Ways To Be Miserable In Church – By Pastor Quigg Lawrence

Explain this to me.  Every Sunday we have people who come to worship at our church and they leave uplifted, encouraged in the...

Out of the Wild, a Snake Story

“Let’s try to take it home.” Hmmmm, I contemplate Eric’s suggestion and quickly come to the conclusion that yes it’s an excellent plan....