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MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes, and...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings
Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...
DAWN CUSTALOW: “It’s Not Complicated – Just Love The One In Front of You . . .”
As a nation, we have been in shock and disbelief as we grieve the recent...
SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 2)
Part 1, for January-July, is here.AUGUSTDemocrats had their convention in Chicago. They took the grotesque,...
Preacher’s Corner – From the Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington
As a pastor, I am supposed to be a fan of grace, unmerited favor, and I am. There is a synonym to grace...
For Those Troubled with Plenitude: The Reign of Quackery in a Modern World
by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.As some of my readers know, I’m a founding member of The Curiosity Society: a small group of collectors...
New World View: Flying Over the Smoky Mountains
by Fred First
She couldn't have known how essential a window seat is for me on my rare air travels. But then again, since...
The Death of Osama bin Laden by Reverend Barkley Thompson
The first thing you notice is the whiteness of the nurse’s uniform. Against the grey of the background, it’s as vivid as fresh...
Digging for Memories
by John RobinsonWow, I can hardly believe my eyes ... an old inkwell sitting right on top of a mound of earth next...
Recipe of the Week: The Extraordinary Gift of Homemade Bread
by Leigh SackettI recently ran into an old friend who is going through a very difficult time. In the short time we visited I...