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