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Answers to your questions
Last month, when I confessed my love of Groundhog Day, I did not include details on Punxsutawney Phil’s ...
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Sunshine and shadows
Groundhog Day is my favorite holiday. It marks the halfway point of winter and the turning toward spring, ...
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Ho, ho, ho, it’s a new year
I’m not sure whether 2016 was especially challenging or if its press agent simply chose to portray it ...
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Instant messaging
On a Sunday afternoon not long ago, my daughter called to chat. My phone provides the option of ...
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Rolling at last
I haven’t had many opportunities to ride my bike this year. One early obstacle was the bike itself. ...
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What comes next?
As I type these words, the vice presidential debate is still in Farmville’s future. By the time you ...
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Planning things out
I’m the type of person who likes to plan things out. I want to know what’s going to ...
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Feeding the hungry
I think I’m a reasonably generous person. My husband and I contribute to several worthy causes, and we ...
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Summertime tasks
I use to-do lists to help me remember things. My list of routine household chores (make the bed, ...
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bug
Light fascinates me. It comes in so many different forms. Fireworks, sparklers, Christmas displays. Flames that lap the ...
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Into the future
Congratulations to this year’s graduates. Longwood University, Hampden-Sydney College, and Southside Virginia Community College are hosting ceremonies this ...
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I’m rooting for the ravens
Let me begin with a note to sports fans: The ravens I’m rooting for don’t wear football helmets. ...
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Beloved bees
I’ve been reading information from the Xerces Society, an organization formed to promote the conservation of insects and ...
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Winter reading recommendations from local libraries
For a few more weeks, cold days will linger and the hours of nighttime darkness will outnumber the ...
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What a colorful world — where we all shine
Isn’t the world supposed to be drab and monochromatic this time of year? Trees stretch out bare branches. ...
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Still Happy to Be Here — and grateful too
This column appears monthly under the title “Happy to Be Here.” Such a public declaration leads people to ...
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Collecting art
I have a small sculpture in my office. It stands about four inches tall and consists of a ...
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Happy to be here: Farmville, that’s where I live
When my husband and I tell people from other places that we live in Farmville, their reactions are ...
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Be a Superhero
Usually it’s only superheroes who get an opportunity to save the planet, but last month I had my ...
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Getting the Worm
Everyone knows the early bird gets the worm. And people who know me, know that I am not ...