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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

Moving Beyond the Fortress by Tim Harvey

The common complaint about the news media is that the news is always bad.  Oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.  A...

Just a Taste of Ticino

South of the great Alpine passes in eastern Switzerland the feel is decidedly Italian. Emerging from the Gotthard tunnel, which lies under the...

Natural Resource Preservation Plea: Preserve Our Dark Night Skies

A favorite phrase reminds me that “in wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” And I would suggest that, in the darkness of the...

Can You Put A Price Tag On Your Heritage?

Take, for example, the case of the Old Barracks.  The Colony of New Jersey built five military barracks in 1758; the one in...

Bernard, 4 Levels of Love by George C. Anderson

I found the greatest love of all Inside of me. The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve. Learning to love yourself. It is the greatest love...

“Who’s Jack Anyway?”

Who’s “Jack” in the name of that wonderful spring wildflower throughout our region called Jack-in-the-pulpit? Jack-in-the-pulpit has long fascinated naturalists, herbalists, botanists, and even...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason