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Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved
By Mike Wilson There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from ...
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Gotta Run: Good practices for a healthy fall
I love the fall, including the seasonal beauty, better conditions for running and exercise in general plus all ...
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Getting a second chance to do it right
Our local beginning runners class meets at the Salisbury Police Department, and it was there that I met ...
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Mack Williams: Quality family time while going through Doris’ old things
The recent one-year anniversary of my 93-year-old mother-in-law Doris’ passing made me also remember the time, several months ...
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Mike Wilson: Apologies to the queen
By Mike Wilson In light of recent events, I feel the need to offer sincere apologies to Her ...
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Rev. Jon Schell: Are you ready for the return of Christ?
In Matthew 24, Jesus tells us many things about His promised return to this earth. The condition of ...
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Mike Wilson: Bear and the can
My second January trip to Mattamuskeet (I am pleased to say that a visit to the North Carolina ...
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Mack Williams: Relics unearthed with help of a metal detector
Many people enjoy finding old “relics” at antique stores; but recently, my son, Jeremy, instead of going through ...
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Mike Wilson: A harrowing journey to Mattamuskeet with 36 hours of biscuits and buns
By Mike Wilson Depressed by the general scarcity of local ducks, my hunting buddy and I had talked ...
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Ester Marsh: To eat or not to eat before workout
To eat or not to eat….that is the question. So many studies have been done to see if ...
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Ester Marsh: Getting back to an exercise routine
What a few weeks it has been! Technology is great … when it works. We have had great ...
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Liz Senn’s Women of a Certain Age: Girl power for grown women
By Liz Senn For the Salisbury Post The year is 1992. I am 13 years old. My braces ...
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Mack Williams: ‘Life’s little while’ line sticks in my mind
I recently sang for one of those always enjoyable “Fifth-Sunday-singing services,” a Methodist Church tradition. This was a joint ...
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Mike Wilson: Tailrace tales
By Mike Wilson More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those ...
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Mike Wilson: Charlie French, the miserable creep
By Mike Wilson I still remember meeting Mr. French for the first time very clearly though it has ...
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Mack Williams: Super-hot plasma and flame
I was coming back from visiting my son, Jeremy the other night , and it was officially night, ...
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Roger Barbee: Danny’s letter offers memories of wrestling coach Bob Mauldin
By Roger Barbee Some years ago the high school wrestling team I was part of wanted to honor ...
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Mack Williams: Up on the roof
The divisiveness of current times is often glaringly emphasized; and the self-serving, self-interested attitudes of many people give ...
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Bob Cairns: Catch up with family history while you can
By Bob Cairns No need for a show of hands here, but how many of us have heard ...
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Mack Williams: In the ‘Green Room’ with the cheerleaders
When I told someone the other day that I had sung the National Anthem one game per year ...
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Mack Williams: The lingering smells of summer
That Sunday morning a couple weeks ago was s-s-s-o-o hot! (no one needs to play the role of ...
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Mack Williams: Smoke gets in your nose
Annually, and like clockwork, there will be a strong smell of wood smoke from one of my neighbors’ ...
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Mack Williams: Keep watching the skies
The title is a direct quote from the last line of the movie, “The Thing”(1951); but this piece ...
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Karen South Jones continues ‘brutal’ coast to coast adventure
Days one, two and three of my Coast to Coast walk have been, for lack a better word, ...
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Lynna Clark: Just a thought
My mom was not the nurturing sort. She tended to be a no-nonsense kink of gal. However, she ...
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Ester Marsh: Watch out for vacation weight gain
With summer travel and vacation, try not to gain a bunch of weight and lose the muscle you’ve ...
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Mack Williams: What’s that ratcheting noise?
My old pants belt (even older since I got it “new” at Goodwill) had been looking even “worser” ...
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Mack Williams: Saturday in the city
On a recent Saturday, daughter, Rachel, son, Jeremy, daughter-in-law, Rose, and I went to a much larger city ...