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It is that time of year—when you just might have a Holiday Jingle Ear Worm….maybe you picked it up in a department store, or from a humming co-worker.…
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This week, we celebrate Emily Dickinson’s 183rd birthday. What better way to celebrate the poet than by baking her famous Black Cake? A group of…
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Writer Alysia Abbott did not have the most ordinary of childhoods.Her mother died when she was two years old, so she was raised by her father—a gay…
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A debut novel by a Virginia Tech alum is getting praise for its take on the complexities of love and change in the wake of war. “The Fallen Snow” is an…
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Kickstarter is a website that allows people to raise money for their favorite cause, and two Virginia groups have gone online, hoping to save historic art…
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Blacksburg Writer Michael Abraham has written a number of books about the Virginias. His newest is called, “War, West Virginia.” It’s a fictional tale set…
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Summer vacation might mean a trip to the beach or the mountains, a few days at Disney World or a whirlwind tour of Europe, but two people who live near…
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The last time the state of Virginia had its own, definitive plant guide was 1762, with the book “Flora Virginica.” Now, after more than a decade in the…
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Recently, one of the nation’s best-known religious leaders announced that his 27-year-old son had committed suicide. Rick Warren , pastor of a mega-church…
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As the 2013 Masters Golf Tournament continues in Augusta, Georgia, a Roanoke College Professor of Mathematics says math is the most important skill for…