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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...

Living Up To Expectations

I was recently spent an amazing day in San Tomas, Guatemala. Yes, the Caribbean was spectacularly blue and the sand was soft.  The...

A Mountain of Butts and One “What If”

Today I’m angry. During my 10-minute drive to work this morning, I watched no less than three individuals flick their still-smoking cigarette butts out...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Easter Nest Cake

Oh my GOODNESS! I found this on Delish.com and I had to put it in the Happy Chef right away so that all...

Remembering Hank Hamrick

Twenty-five years ago my father passed way in his bed on Long Island. Last week I lost another father.  Hank Hamrick, my wife Janet's...

Persistence and Passion Help Local Writer Win Honors At Hollins

Thirty years ago Elizabeth Matthews Jones began a journey that will be completed in May when she graduates, Magna Cum Laude, from Hollins University,...

If You Don’t Want to Quack, Don’t Hang Out With the Ducks!

I heard a great joke the other day from a 6 year old.  He asked “What happens when you hang out with a lot of...