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Time’s Remorseless Doom: Two monuments in Fort Sanders

In The Scruffy Citizen by Jack NeelyAugust 25, 2017leave a COMMENT

I often encountered that marble slab beside the sidewalk. On my way home from a a night in the bars and nightclubs of Cumberland Avenue, I would shift my route …

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Disney Hurled

In That '70s Girl by Angie VicarsAugust 23, 2017leave a COMMENT

“Mom, I feel funny,” I said 10 minutes before we were leaving for our summer vacation at Disney World. “You’re just excited about the trip,” she said with the decisive tone …

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The Eternal Eclipse: Is this really the experience of a lifetime?

In The Scruffy Citizen by Jack NeelyAugust 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

If you’re puzzled about the claims made for the upcoming eclipse, don’t feel like a stranger. Reach a certain age, and you remember hearing a lot about eclipses, the first …

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Chinese Mornings: My Crowd-Control Summer

In The Scruffy Citizen by Jack NeelyAugust 14, 2017leave a COMMENT

Every summer for the rest of my life may remind me of one particular summer a long time ago. Sometimes it’s an afternoon rain, or a bright humid morning, or …

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Boxed Possum and Brother Jack’s

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendAugust 7, 2017leave a COMMENT

One of the many necessities required by those working late into the night is knowledge of where to find great food after 2 a.m. Or food that is at least …

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