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SCOT BELLAVIA: They’re Not Dumb, They’re Nonverbal
They say if you’ve met one person with autism…then you’ve met one person with autism. It turns out that when they also have apraxia, you didn’t meet them the...
RANDY HUFF: You Don’t Know What’s There Until You Do
I am reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this year, the 50th year of its publishing....
FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change
First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...
MELINDA MYERS: Dig, Divide and Boost Your Garden’s Beauty
Overcrowded, poor flowering, and floppy perennials can be invigorated with a shovel and a bit...
ROBERT L. MARONIC: Let Prime Minister Netanyahu Defeat Hamas In The Gaza Strip
In January 2014 former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2006-11) bluntly stated that Joe Biden had...
DEVOTIONAL: Seeking Shelter
And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. Romans...
City Council Needs to Turn Down The Volume and Listen to Roanoke’s City Schools
The recent Roanoke City Council funding proposal for the City’s Schools raised a serious concern for the School board and the educators in Roanoke...
Within Our Grasp – Learning To Live With What We Have
We are coming to the end of many familiar and comfortable ways of life in the next few months, and the beginnings of the...
MELINDA MYERS: Evoke Positive Emotions by Adding the Pantone Color of the Year to Your Garden
Add a warm, cozy feel to this year’s gardens with the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz. It was selected for generating...
RANDY HUFF: Hinterlands, Divided Electorate, and Love
Most Americans make up an “exhausted majority” whose views aren’t represented either by the orthodox left or the far right.
So surmised Ben Kawaller in...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Our Radius of Attention
In Roanoke, the arteries out of town point you to Buchanan and Lexington, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, and Blacksburg. When I moved to Knoxville, the gigantic...
