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MELINDA MYERS: Heat-Tolerant Beauties for Gardens and Containers

Boost the summer-long beauty and heat tolerance in your gardens and containers with new varieties of annual vinca (Catharanthus). The unique Soireeâ vinca varieties provide added appeal with their...

SERWAN ZANGANA: May God’s Will ALWAYS Overpower My Will

Between God’s will and our free will, our lives continue on earth. The outcome of...

DEVOTIONAL: Eclipses Show God’s Handiwork…And Sense Of Humor?

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. ...

RANDY HUFF: Strolling, Stones and A Better Way

The stroll I often took in my growing up years recently came to mind. We...

BOB BROWN: My Mother’s Bed

Prowling memories creep into my awareness. Intuitively, these memory fragments seem significant but they remain...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Easter Island – Into the Mystic

The huge waves roll in relentlessly. They rear up in anticipation of their violent meeting with the unyielding rock of the coast, spray blown...

DENNIS GARVIN: Forgive – The Impossible Verb

Online Merriam Webster dictionary definition #1 of ‘forgive’: to cease to feel resentment against (an offender). Let’s be honest: this is impossible, unless you are...

DICK BAYNTON: A Coalition of Conspirators

Although many people have not recognized the transformation in our politics, there is no longer a ‘Democratic Party.’ What was once a political party...

DICK BAYNTON: Prevarication Politics

Prevarication is a word that means equivocation, fabrication, evasion of the truth, lying. Yes, it’s true in almost all political discourse and is often...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: It’s Time To Grow Up

Lord Martin Rees, one of the world's most eminent astronomers, is an emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the University of Cambridge and...

DICK BAYNTON: Freedom of Speech

When I read an op-ed of medium length recently in the WSJ, I objected to the title that was a suggestion for Republicans to...