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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...

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...

From Taubman to T.T. – Art is in the Eye . . .

Cartoonist Al Capp once described abstract art as “a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”  While Mr. Capp...

Life with Mr. Fix- It

Our first trip to Europe occurred in 1983 when our son was studying law at the University of Munich.  On the day of our...

Slippery Slope of Winter ~ Part Two

As you may recall, when the first part of this tale ended, the author lay sprawled spread-eagle on the icy brink of disaster.  A...