More than a year into this pandemic, it still feels like we are adjusting to a new normal. Many of us have set up new areas to work from home,…
As much as we might consider ourselves trail experts, there will always be new trails to blaze or hidden trails nearby that we have not yet di…
Spring has sprung, according to the old cliché used by every unimaginative writer who ever penned a story that referenced spring.
Dear Annie: I am 57 years old and autistic. Due to my inability to read people and my own bad choices, I am the single mother of three adult c…
This past Sunday we celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the single most important event in human history…
For sports lovers, pausing athletic competition during the COVID-19 pandemic has been as unwelcome as the coronavirus itself. Professional and…
In the afterlife of art and literature, in the sweet by and by, I imagine retired Texas Ranger Gus McRae on the porch of the celestial ranch h…
Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with “Stuart” for almost three years now. In that time I’ve grown a lot, working to become healthier p…
I have written about my daughter’s cat, Chester, before. He keeps life interesting around the house. He is always tearing furniture up or chas…
Virginians are currently facing the critical question of whether to allow another pipeline in our backyard. While pipelines tend to get a bad …
Lawmakers in the great state of North Carolina are taking up the divisive issue of mandated grape juice in schools.
Dear Annie: When I was in my early 50s, I became very ill and eventually found out I had severe rheumatoid arthritis. During that time I was i…
This month marks one year since the pandemic was declared a national emergency. Perhaps the emotion that has marked this year more than any ot…
When your family’s electric rates, taxes, and online privacy have been decided in Richmond the last 8 years, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe and G…
Dear Annie: My whole life, I’ve been a worrywart, and my worries always seem to make their way into my stomach. While I’ve always experienced …
Each year at this time, our church invites a representative from Gideon International. Their sole purpose is to distribute Bibles all over the…
Should Americans depend on medical advice from Richard Petty?
Nothing announces the coming of spring quite like the explosion on social media of hiking posts, and this past weekend was a prime example. Hi…
And now, for a Potato Head update.
Dear Annie: My wife has a lover. When we married, I was promised that she was done with her lover. But she isn’t.
Without fail, like snow coming to the Blue Ridge Mountains in January, when the General Assembly convenes every year some Republican delegate …
Hope is a powerful word. It conjures images of warm sunny days. Hope energies the weary. Hope renews confidence in the future and empowers the…
Mr. Potato Head is back in the news — wait, was Mr. Potato Head ever previously in the news? I seem to remember unsubstantiated reports of a h…
Some might understandably consider rather impossible that an old white guy like me, from New York, has the best contemporary record for fighti…
Dear Annie: I own a bar with my best friend. We work great together. I’ve been married for five years, and yesterday, my business partner show…
Author’s note: A version of this column was first published in the 1990s, but I believe its mediocrity has stood the test of time. Enjoy!
Dear Annie: I am blessed to not have real problems like so many endure, but I would appreciate your opinion on a predicament.
