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JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that? I was suitably enamored with the vehicle to buy it anyway, though. I guess...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

BOB BROWN: FITNESS AND DEMENTIA

We focus today on the role of fitness in the prevention and management of dementia....

A Sunshine Nation: Revisiting Our National Energy Policy

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Years ago, while living in the “Sunshine State” of Florida, I argued with a representative of a regional energy...

“Because I Can’t Touch You…”

by Lucky Garvin He was bald, old, wrinkled, spotted, and deaf; and he could no longer walk - or even stand - without assistance. ...

In the Midst of Our Fear by Gary Robbins

I had watched her, just a few minutes before, as she stood there…crying. “I can’t do, I can’t do it,” she said, tears running down...

Zero To Seventy In Eight Hours

by Robert Adcox For anyone looking for a day vacation, there is no better experience than a spirited jaunt from Roanoke to Mount Airy....

More Notes from the ER

by Lucky Garvin I’m the sort of person who makes all kinds of notes so I don’t forget stuff; then I forget where I...

Something That Has Been Around So Long We’ve Forgotten All About It

byMike Keeler First of all, we don't even know how this Thing got its name. Some folks think it's just the Greek word for...