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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,...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Easter Nest Cake

Oh my GOODNESS! I found this on Delish.com and I had to put it in the Happy Chef right away so that all...

Remembering Hank Hamrick

Twenty-five years ago my father passed way in his bed on Long Island. Last week I lost another father.  Hank Hamrick, my wife Janet's...

Persistence and Passion Help Local Writer Win Honors At Hollins

Thirty years ago Elizabeth Matthews Jones began a journey that will be completed in May when she graduates, Magna Cum Laude, from Hollins University,...

If You Don’t Want to Quack, Don’t Hang Out With the Ducks!

I heard a great joke the other day from a 6 year old.  He asked “What happens when you hang out with a lot of...

The Carilion Questions

Now there’s a title that can lead in many directions!  In the last three decades few hospital systems have undergone the growth spurt that...

Got a Hammer in That Purse?

Like most everyone else, I am longing for spring.  That’s a more diplomatic way of saying we’ve all been about ready to take...