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FRED FIRST: Nature Notes: Early May

Finally I am getting out a bit onto the trails before spring is fully gone by. So I thought I’d share a few images, mostly from the iPhone, with...

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,...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Helplessly Hoping

When we had two consecutive years of testing to compare in June of 2022, Ann...

What a Difference Freedom Makes

In a recent column I recounted the mixed messages that snow can deliver.  I wrote of the hardship some of my high school classmates...

The Life Giving Power of The Stray Dog

This is not a pleasant story; but it’s one which needs to be told. What I am about to tell you happened nearly forty...

Bridges, Barriers, or Bombs: Three Metaphors for Church / Community Relations

One of the critical questions the faith community needs to answer in this generation is “how will we define our relationship to those...

Silver Buckshot on the Orient Express: A 21st Century Solution for Conservation

Back a few years ago, I was invited to participate in two national conferences: a speaker at a conference hosted by George Mason University...

Recipe of the Week: Green Bean Vinaigrette

WOW! I am sitting right now in the backyard with the warm sun on my face and my little hound dog at my feet...

The Muskrat Skin Jacket

I guess my Dad thought it would serve as a great anatomy lesson, of sorts, and he was right. I don’t remember what...