This first appeared in Front Porch, Fredericksburg, VA in December 2019. It may sound a little perverse, but getting colon cancer was “ the best thing that ever happened to me” says Kendra Morgan. A Cancer Story With a Twist Kendra was working for a government contracting agency providing services to the Marine Corps and…
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The Perils of Screen Time
Screen time may be messing up your kids.
Comfort For You Tipplers
[caption id="attachment_2606" align="alignright" width="678"] Not As Bad As You Think[/caption] Here’s good news for those of you who like an occasional tipple – or even those who drink regularly. The recent paper in the Lancet suggested any amount of alcohol is bad for you. Before that I had always comforted myself, as I sipped…
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Redemption on Caroline Street
I’m tempted to lead with some bad joke, like Christian Zammas is exchanging hard drugs for soft. It is true. He has gone from using hard drugs to peddling soft one(s) - caffeine. [caption id="attachment_2584" align="alignnone" width="725"] This[/caption] All brought about by a sort of epiphany that has motivated him to gather up people with…
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