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Happy to be Here: Time for Some Spring Cleaning
Punxsutawney Phil, arguably the world’s most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow last month and predicted an early ...
Punxsutawney Phil, arguably the world’s most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow last month and predicted an early ...
For those who have wondered: Yes, I am still working my way through the dictionary. I started reading ...
We experienced our shortest day and longest night on the winter solstice, Dec. 21. In Farmville, sunrise that ...
According to many different calendars, we’re deep into the season of holidays. Depending on your outlook, the festivities ...
As a young adult, I wasn’t making enough money for ends to meet, but occasionally those ends got ...
Welcome to the time of year when we delight in the mysteries that occupy the boundary of what ...
Some people enjoy watching for celebrities, and Farmville has seen a fair number throughout its history. Generals. Civil ...
Some novels include tales of family members or lovers who will soon be separated. While they are apart, ...
Summer provides an excellent opportunity to hit the road and visit favorite people and places. Some trips span ...
A few weeks ago, I drove past a home where a father, maybe a grandfather, was teaching a child ...
In 1955, Pete Seeger wrote a song asking “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” Additional verses were later ...
When I think of the wind, I usually picture gentle breezes. I hear it whisper secrets about the ...
I hadn’t been to the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) since before COVID became a household word. ...
Many people enjoy winter. Some look forward to skiing. They arrange vacations and plan travel to seek out ...
Some of you have been asking about my progress reading Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. My original, overly ...
As the song says, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Nature sets the stage with starlight ...
A friend recently asked me about buying an inexpensive, fun telescope suitable for taking a first step into ...
Last August, author Salman Rushdie was attacked and seriously injured while onstage for a panel discussion at the ...
Here in Virginia, the opening years of the seventeenth century are probably best remembered for the arrival of ...
Maybe you’ve seen amusing bear videos on the internet. There’s a cute one with a cub climbing onto ...
Among Christians, the prayer commonly known as the Lord’s Prayer or the Our Father is well known. I ...
A few weeks ago, I received a disturbing voice mail message. The recorded announcement claimed that permission to ...
I’ve been watching the world wake up. As the year turns from its winter slumber, it reminds me ...
Many months ago, on page 42 of my reading ramble through Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, I encountered ...
A year ago, when 2021 was brand new, I set myself a challenge. I planned to read through ...
A couple weeks ago, I stepped out of my house on a warm, Indian summer day. A ladybug ...
I’ve recently seen several versions of a funny story about how much garlic should be used in a ...