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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

What Love Can Do…

The mutt lay motionless in our front yard, snow matted in his coarse brown hair, eyes half-closed and mucous running from both nostrils....

LWH—Living While Hispanic

It’s sometimes daunting how much times have changed.  As the change occurs, it seems scarcely noticeable at first--then it becomes so monumental it...

The Recipe of the Week: Bean & Salmon Salad with Anchovy-Arugula Dressing

In my own life, when I am not eating right it is simply because I have not planned out our meals well. It...

From The Older Brother’s Room

In the past I have referred to Jesus as our elder brother.  That is a wonderful familial description but it begs the question,...

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...