Columnists

The grandfather I never knew

My grandfather was born in August 1856, a month shy of 100 years before I got here.

Columnists

Aunt Suzy and Mills

Since I’ve been home, relationships long gone and often forgotten are crystallizing, coming into focus. I knew they ...

Dennis Edwards

Primer for a troubling election

What do you do when the candidates running for the state’s highest office turn you off? When the ...

Columnists

A magnificent motivation

Every now and then, it’s wise to examine our motivations. What defines us? What drives us to do ...

Columnists

Remembering my first best friend

Long before moving to Wellons Street we lived in a charming little house on Elly Court.

Dennis Edwards

Sitting around the Turnip’s table

They show up every day around 11am to talk and share lunch at The Plaid Turnip. Six or ...

Columnists

Barbara O’Berry’s opus

She couldn’t have been much older than we were. And she certainly hadn’t been married very long.

Columnists

The law, paranoia and Trayvon Martin

The word “triumph” feels out of place among the mourners of what is and technically isn’t a miscarriage ...

Columnists

Not who (or what) he thought he was

Suffolk’s Robert Raney has a determined daughter whose name is Reisha. She’s spent much of her life doggedly ...

Columnists

A grandmother’s gift

I was wrapped in her arms when Mama and I left Obici Hospital. Dr. H.M. Diggs did the ...

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