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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...

My One Moment of Praise

Whenever Louie leaned into the ball, all his 240# transmitted to his bat. But he never learned to get “under” the ball, to...

Fright vs. Terror: What’s the difference?

Everyone has known the feeling of fright but few of us have ever known true terror.  The differences between the two are vast. When...

“The Ring of Old Silver Lightly Dropped”

As a newcomer to the Roanoke Valley, I will not be convinced that winter is finally behind us until I hear the wood...

Presenting Environmental DUH vs. FACT

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it's becoming clear that the waters of the world are being destroyed by...water. DUH:  Sometime in the...

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...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason