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Columnists

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

Finding Your Voice – Telling Your Story

It’s often the most unexpected experiences that send me reeling. On a whim I found myself at a Sunday afternoon screening of “It Might Get...

Persistence, Passion, and Discipline

It is interesting how words can come to personify an individual.  When you encounter such a person, one is well advised to pay close...

Beware Lest You Google Yourself . . .

Have you ever Googled yourself?  For those of our readers who are not computer savvy, please understand that I am referring to the Internet...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Scary Pirate Pear Heads

My children are seven and eight. What a fun age! I have lots of wonderful friends but these two friends are certainly the...

A Matter of Perspective

Have you ever thought that what you choose to think about can significantly affect your experience of life?  Unemployment is nearing 10 percent,...

A Perspective on Celebrity

While I was not one of the people caught up in the 3 hour  “Balloon Boy” drama that played out on live TV last...