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The morning started off beautifully. The sunrise at the " early service" was as usual, stunning.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:59 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Nobody has a "right" to serve in the Military.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:09 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Banjo Penn and his mum, columnist and author Kathy Manos Penn, announce the release of their first work of fiction "Lord Banjo the Royal Pooch."
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:44 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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My plan to end all war has a fatal flaw!
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2017 @ 6:50 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Let's not bother with the coin flip for this here football game. We have decided who the winner is gonna be. Here's the game ball, Coach. Good job!
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 @ 12:32 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Congress ought to get busy working this very important piece of legislation. This could make a real difference to the Folks Back Home.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 10:00 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Bet you did not know that, before you get old, the Federal Government must notify you that you are about to start getting old.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2017 @ 9:37 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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How would you like it if someone took away your bathroom?
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 @ 11:43 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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On Saturday, I made the "early service". It was both beautiful and glorious.
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 2:05 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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It seems a lot longer than four days, since I watched Lyla play by the pink ocean water in the shine of a silver moon.
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 10:25 am
By: Michele Rhem
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What difference does it make?
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 11:01 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Those Deluxe Box Seats at football games are full of crazy people.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2017 @ 7:43 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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I left school on Friday and headed for Elizabeth City. I had not seen Lyla in almost three weeks, and it felt like longer. I had bought a full tank of gas on Thursday, as already some stations were out of it.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 @ 6:21 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Poor little Mohammad is trying to do the right thing but the cards are stacked against him.
Published: Saturday, September 2nd, 2017 @ 10:59 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Schools are closed today due to a tropical storm. I got up early anyway. It was raining at daybreak, as it is now.
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 7:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Oh dear summer, must you go.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 5:15 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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I made the "early service" this morning. I saw for myself, the birth of the day. It was nothing short of grand. . .and it never fails to stir my heart. For me, the sunrise is a holy time.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 2:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I get home at a very reasonable hour. I drive through the countryside, past fields, now gilded in gold- and quiet pastures. I come home to a jolly "welcome wagon".
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2017 @ 8:59 am
By: Michele Rhem
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My summer has officially concluded. I went back to work on Thursday. The children return next week.
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 10:27 am
By: Michele Rhem
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What a difference a year makes. Last summer, Mum wrote a column about a lake adventure with a bunch of guys from Dad's ROMEO group (Retired Old Men Eating Out) plus a few wives.
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 9:36 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Big Oil Has Lost Some Of It's Clout But It Will Be Back
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2017 @ 1:55 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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I am beginning to "sound like a broken record" . . . but, it is raining at the rabbit patch.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 4:03 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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For days, rain has fallen on the rabbit patch. The sun managed to bring a golden glow to the early service, and that was lovely.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 12:24 am
By: Michele Rhem
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It is now the last week of my summer break, For more than a decade, I have spent the last week of summer, putting the rabbit patch in good order.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 11:29 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The sky is brightening as I write this. The "early service" was especially quiet this morning. A mockingbird sang a solo.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 5:30 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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My husband and I have similar interests in many areas, but in others, our preferences diverge. Take music.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 5:44 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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If we could only erase the year 1277 from history, they all would be loving each other to pieces instead of blowing each other to pieces.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 4:58 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Is it hard to find people silly enough to waste their time doing silly things?
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 10:42 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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We don't need an excuse to visit the mountains, especially when the summer heat arrives in Hotlanta, but the excuse for this trip was a book signing in Highlands.
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 3:09 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Are we really required to read Required Reading. If so, is that constitutional?
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 11:19 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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I am still biding time in Elizabeth City, the original "Rabbit Patch", so named because I am certain, there are more rabbits than people, here.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 6:07 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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No matter how hard they try they absolutely cannot hold their heads up!
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 12:56 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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August has been like a breath of fresh air, after Julys' heat and humidity. It is an especially lovely time to stroll by the laughing river or to sit on a rock and watch clouds.
Published: Saturday, August 5th, 2017 @ 3:01 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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