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FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with a partial definition below from WikiWand). I live having survived the challenges of the past...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part II

In my opinion, Mamdani’s charisma, savvy, and eloquence are highly overrated compared to his bona...

Apple Chutney

It won’t be long now until I can eat cheese. Just that statement alone says a lot about how my Lenten exercise in...

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,...