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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,...

“You Can’t Go Home Again . . .” Or Can You?

by Lucky GarvinI paid a visit five days ago. From ages ten through seventeen, my home was in Stephentown, a little hamlet founded...

Paying Back the Debt . . . a Personal Priority

by Hayden HollingsworthAs President Obama unfurled his thoughts in the State of the Union message it was obvious there is much we need...

Meet Your Friendly Neighborhood Automotive Assassin

by Jon KaufmanHi. My name is Jon and I am a killer of cars. Recently, when returning from Lynchburg, I became stranded when my...

Okay, It’s Time to Play “How Stupid Can Marketers Get?”

by Mike KeelerLet's say you work for a shoe store chain, and you want to tell people how great your shoes are.  Here's...

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 – By Rev. Dr....

One of the challenges on Sunday morning is determining the healthy line between holiness and false piety, between warmly welcoming the brethren and...

Music: Binding Our Lives Together

by Fred FirstA friend of mine is writing a book about people and places along the Crooked Road. On one of his interview...