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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...
Men And Their Cars
by Mary Jo Shannon
Automobiles are much more than vehicles to transport us from here to there. Like dogs, they are almost part of...
Recipe of the Week: Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup
by Leigh Sackett
I know I have said in this column before but I will say it again - summer is my favorite season! The...
Mother Monkey and Mother Cat by George C. Anderson
In a lecture I heard a couple of years ago, Dr. Margaret Mills contrasted the two main ways Christians understand grace with an...
The Intricate Geometry of Grief
by Lucky Garvin
Just after midnight, the old lady heard her husband in distress. She got up to go to his bedroom, fell at...
Popular Photography: The Immortal Light of Our Age
by Fred First
It is late October. The seasonal cycle governs our lives, indoors and out, as summer and autumn morph into one more...
Recipe of the Week: Slow-Cooked Brisket in Onion Gravy
by Leigh Sackett
I like Halloween because it is simply of the senses. It requires a fun state of mind that is more than a...