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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...
Support Your Local Teacher
by Keith McCurdy
Ahh! School has started. The children are occupied for the day. Bedtimes are in force again and all is right with...
Facing Conflict Opens Possibilities by Donna Hopkins Britt
Late last fall, when it was time to take the pumpkins off the front stoop, we composted them in our garden. Over the...
History Always Has A Soundtrack
by Mike Keeler
9/11 will be forever bracketed by two songs by the poet laureate of New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen was born in Long Branch,...
New World Trade Center Has Special Interest for One Group of Workers
by Mike Keeler
In 1886, a steel bridge was built across St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The site of the bridge happened to be...
Why I Quit My Bleepin Job
by Robert Adcox
Great things happened in 2006. The Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl. My credit score improved a lot. I finally had...
Late Summer on the Gaspe Peninsula
by John Robinson
Twenty-two hours of driving from Virginia will get you well into Quebec. Of course, we had that problem with the blown...