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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

Want to Be a Doctor?

On August 2, forty-two young women and men will set about of the next leg of that journey.  It’s the inaugural day of...

How Do You Measure Your Success? by Gary Robbins

Sometimes, we all find ourselves wondering:  What kind of impact has my life had?  Have I really made a difference in the lives...

Children Need to Get Their Hands “Dirty”

The aroma of fresh bread baking and the thrill of watching seeds morph into radishes, lettuce or spinach are experiences every child should...

Air Conditioning Not All Its Cracked / Cranked Up To Be

Growing up in the Deep South meant dealing with the heat in summer (well actually, from March through October in Alabama.) When we...

Of Mice and . . . Rats

If you live in the Raleigh Court you have doubtlessly noticed the pitter-patter of little feet on your hardwood floors this summer.  No,...

From the Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington

“It just happened.”  You ever heard those words?  You ever said those words?  What about, “It was fate that brought us together.”  Sometimes...