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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,...

Predator, Prey and An Egg A Day

Between April showers, the warm, calm dusk deepened toward dark. Lightning flashed soundlessly in the far distance as I slipped on my boots,...

Owing So Much to One Who Doesn’t Remember

I entered his room. I saw a faded tattoo, a shadow of its former pride, on his forearm. “U. S. Army.” I shook...

The Picture of Dorian Gray—In Reverse!

Oscar Wilde’s only novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray.  The title character is a young man who becomes enamored with a hedonistic...

Celebrating Parkway Memories

It’s just a trickle really. But it free falls for about 15 feet in a delicate and inviting stream. I’m lucky to notice...

Recipe of the Week: BLT Pasta Salad

The arrival of spring makes me want to cook and eat crisp, cool and light foods like fresh veggies and pasta salad. Of...

A Perspective On Regrets and Legacy

My grandfather died last week – a few days after his 95th birthday.  Perhaps it should not have been a shocking event….but it...