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Columns

Memories and getting a helping hand from the sun

“The principles of control and discipline ought to be abandoned in favor of self-control and self-discipline. “ — Vaclav Havel Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:00 pm

Columns

Remembering 50 years later

“New ideas do not come from the mainstream; they come from the “radical” edge of society that challenge mainstream thinking.” — Michael D. McCarty Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:00 pm

Columns

Inner meaning and motorcycles

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. I just want ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:00 pm

Columns

Labor Day a calming backdrop

“People have a way of telling you what they think you wanna hear — anytime I don’t know something and I ask somebody, I usually ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, September 10, 2011 5:00 pm

Columns

Searching for Mello’s next friend

“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, September 3, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

How much did President Bush work?

“I think people will find out that I’m plenty capable of conducting foreign policy of the United States in a way that reflects positively on ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:00 pm

Columns

Eleanor Roosevelt in the modern age of today

“A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life…presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that is too often neglected.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:34 pm

Community

Sometimes a Pooh-bear knows the world best

“Among the great things which are to be found among us, the Being of Nothingness is the greatest.” — Leonardo Da Vinci Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

Reading to remember

“But as Socrates had warned his students, once we learn how to read we may forget how to remember.” — Kim Stafford Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:00 pm

Spotlight

Getting down to the ‘Bones’ of writing

“What you fear will not go away. It will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That’s the world, and we all ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, July 23, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

Saying hello with a smile rather than a bark

“The possibility of our communion away from the material world fascinated me as a kind of revelation of intellectual paradise.” — Louise R. Hawkins (one ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:00 pm

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A poetic moment at a Czech festival

There was a poetic moment at a Czech festival, south of Myrtle last Saturday at the Brick Hall. A friend earlier in the week reminded ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 11:28 am

Spotlight

Mello is mellowing out

“Some say that the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul making.” — John Keats Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, June 25, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

Saying goodbye

“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private ... Read more

by Bob Vilt, Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:00 pm

Spotlight

A spring trip to bluff country

You’ve got to know a lot about our past in order to know how to proceed successfully into the future.” — Sarah Palin Read more

by Bob Vilt, Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:00 am

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