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FRED FIRST: No Peace With The Winds of Winter
This post revisits a post from 2011 (and originally from maybe 2004) where the wind was the dominant feature of our winter days. This, I might add, was a complaint...
SERWAN ZANGANA: Is There Any Hope For Roanoke City Council?
Roanoke City Council members returned to their old political game in the Municipal building. Perhaps,...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So
“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...”“No, you...
MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
Richmond Marathon A Real Kick
by John Robinson
I’m padding up a fairly long, straight, and in this case rather bleak section of North Boulevard, at mile 19, when...
Old Order Brethren (German Baptists) Still Flourish in Roanoke
If you're new to the Roanoke Valley, or even if you've been here for many years, you've probably wondered about the bearded men...
Our Take: The End Of One Personal Journey … And The Beginning Of Another?
by Gene Marrano
(Star-Sentinel News Editor Gene Marrano reflects on last weekend’s marathon in Richmond and the past year.) I’ve jogged and run road...
Politics: Are We Having Fun Yet?
by Hayden Hollingsworth
If the answer is “Yes,” then we’re really in trouble. I don’t know how much more of this amusement we can...
An Alchemy of Suicide
by H. Bruce Rinker, PhD
The suicide began 300 to 400 million years ago as ancient trees fell into a noxious swamp, tumbling over...
Who Knows What Time It Is In Indiana
by Mike Keeler
This one takes a little explanation, so hold on. In 1916, facing energy shortages during World War I, Germany decided to...