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MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH

Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day back in April 2020, when the world was completely shut down, the Earth...

FRED FIRST: My Wee Musical Man-Cave

Digital Tones and Frets and Reeds: Oh My!A month ago this small room behind me...

SERWAN ZANGANA: FISA Continues to Allow Spying on American / Foreign Citizens

The U.S House and Senate voted to reauthorize the surveillance program, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

RANDY HUFF: Estate Sales, Letting Go, and Hope

I see the yard and trees and driveway through the window and I wonder if...

Roanoke Voters Will Need to Let The Current Council Out and A New Council In

What a surprise, another shooting on Sunday morning in Roanoke City! Indeed no, it is...

MELINDA MYERS: Summer Harvest and Care of Raspberries

Easy care raspberries are high in fiber and Vitamin C, making them a healthy snack as well as delicious in jams, jellies, and desserts. Enjoy...

SCOTT DREYER: A Ugandan Pastor’s Message to America (II)

From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. -Acts 17:26a  In Part 1, we met East African pastor Peter J. Wamono who...

SCOTT DREYER: A Ugandan Pastor’s Message to America (I)

In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, but one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth. Join hands,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: I Got a New Job, Part 2

In my previous article, I didn’t give the seniors quite a fair shake. I read into their bittersweet well-wishes and drew something out of...

H. Bruce Rinker: Oneing with the Lotus

As a scientist, I am intrigued by seemingly archaic words that regain a contemporary relevance at a much later date with newfound discovery and...

SCOTT DREYER: Questionophobia (II)

The person who tells one side of a story seems right, until someone else comes and asks questions. --Proverbs 18:17 (EXB)   The important thing is not...