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  • Gifts from Debby's Dad
    With the holidays now here, many people are still wracking their brains for last-minute gift ideas, but that's never a problem for one man -- the father…
  • If the holidays have you stressed out, take a minute to relax and enjoy this next essay from Charlottesville author Jenny Gardiner -- a remembrance of…
  • We all have ideas about what a mid-life crisis looks like. One minute you’re sitting there, minding your own business, and the next thing you know you’re…
  • Originally broadcast November, 2013November 11 is Veterans Day…..a time to pause, reflect, and pay tribute to all of the men and women who have served in…
  • Death is not a subject we talk about much in our society, and it's especially hard to broach the subject of suicide with someone who has lost a loved one,…
  • The Women's Initiative in Charlottesville was established to help women in crisis – to support them as they make difficult transitions in their lives.Each…
  • I could hear Tony tearing up the trail from Squirrel Creek toward our campsite in the middle of a blueberry patch in remote Avery County, North Carolina.…
  • It's hard to imagine that posing for a photograph could change a life -- uniting a Virginia man with a woman living 7,000 miles away, but that's exactly…
  • For Christians, Easter sparks thoughts of resurrection and the human soul, but for Virginia veterinarian Douglass Hopkins it's a time to smile -- and to…
  • With Mother's Day on the way, many are wracking their brains -- trying to come up with just the right gift. Charlottesville author Deborah Prum doesn't…