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Community Worth Cultivating

OPINION — Having hosted our local community podcast here at The Observer, The Lee County Listener, over the last eight months, I’ve had many fascinating conversations with people doing amazing things in our county. I had the pleasure of sitting down a couple weeks ago...

Everyone Is a Genius

By SAM DICHIARA OPINION — There is a famous quote that goes, “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by how well it can climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it’s an idiot.” The quote is almost always attributed to Albert Einstein. But he didn’t...

A Spy Balloon and Iceberg

By SAM DICHIARA It’s been major national news for weeks now: On Jan. 28, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was spotted in North American airspace. On Feb. 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina....

Heroes in Our Midst

I talked in last week’s column about having done some photography in my college years. On one excursion, I found myself in Enterprise, Alabama, at Big Bend Wildlife Sanctuary. Big Bend was a volunteer organization that rehabilitated injured wildlife. First, I met the...

Lessons Worth Learning

Feb 1, 2023

By SAM DICHIARA When I was a student at Auburn, sometimes after class, I’d drive to the Lee County Humane Society and take photos of the pets there....

Sam Dichiara Articles

Community Worth Cultivating

Everyone Is a Genius

A Spy Balloon and Iceberg

Heroes in Our Midst

Lessons Worth Learning

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