My View

Alexandria Times
MY VIEW | Time Stops for No Mom
By Susan HyreUnder a clear blue sky last month, our daughter graduated from fifth grade. Because we had already experienced two previous MacArthur Elementary School graduations, I was prepared for ...

Wine on the Barrelhead

Scott Hendley
Rhone Rangers of California's Central Coast
My wife Renée was in Los Angeles on a business trip recently, and while there dropped into a downtown wine shop to pick up a nice bottle to bring home ...

My Music Man

Joel Fowler
OUT and ABOUT - OCTOBER 1st - 14th
OUT and ABOUT - October 1st - 14th The Bacon Brothers (at The Birchmere - October 1st and 2nd ) In some mysterious manner, Six-Degrees of Kevin Bacon became one ...

Possibilities Without Assumptions

Annabelle Reitman
Social Media: Access to job opportunities
Social media outlets are no longer tools just for the younger generations or just to network and stay in touch with friends and family.  Increasingly, it is becoming a way ...

From the Home Front

John Byrd
New Year's resolutions made easier
The economy being slow, it’s no surprise that we’ve seen fewer large-scale home remodeling permits than in past years. Yet homeowners are taking steps improve their existing homes, and much ...