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You Are Special

By SEAN DIETRICH You are special. You are infinitely, unbelievably, absolutely, once-in-a-septillion-years special. That’s right, I’m talking to you, one of the nine-point-two people reading this. You might not realize your specialness. You might not believe you are...

All The Way Down

By WENDY HODGE You may live your whole life without learning this truth, and I hope you do. I’ve learned it, and the truth I’ve learned is this: When you love someone who drowns themselves in a bottle or buries themselves in a mountain of pills, slowly killing the...

Squabbling Or Serving – Your Choice

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — A ttitudes matter. We have choices. In the tenth chapter of his Gospel, Mark describes at one point the attitude of two disciples, James and John, who were brothers. Then immediately he portrays the different attitude of Bartimaeus, a...

Offer Hospitality With Easy, Make-Ahead Dishes

By Ann Cipperly After being home most of two years, we have missed celebrating special occasions, having houseguests and just getting together to savor dinners with family and friends. Now that the virus numbers have remained low, plan a get-together. Whether it is a...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Folks, our primaries are next week! On the Democratic side, the Presidential Preference Primary will be the big show and will be...

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I’ll be waiting

I’ll be waiting

By Wendy Hodge My son is missing. Not in the physical sense. He still lives in the same town, as far as I know, though I haven’t laid eyes on him in...

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Death of a Scrabble player

Death of a Scrabble player

Help me. I am going to die. I’m not sure how exactly I got locked in this bathroom, it all happened so fast. I can’t remember much. All I know is...

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Love Does…

Love Does…

By Bradley Robertson Love is patient, love is kind. - 1 Cor. 13:4 Last week, we celebrated the holiday of love, Valentine’s Day! As per the times...

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