DEAR ABBY: I am a divorcee with college-aged children. I love my children, and I thought I loved my ex. However, after my divorce I wonder if I’m capable of loving anyone other than my children again. Two years after the divorce I started a relationship with a man who is 10 years older. He [...]
Woman doesn’t like sex; attracts men who do
DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my late 40s and I hate sex. I always have and always will. I’m disabled, and it has always been torture. I never got any positive benefits out of it. My problem is I get hit on constantly. I tried marriage once, more for financial reasons than anything [...]
Word Pearls: Many treasures, secrets, stories within books at sale
This particular principle of the merchant mentality is applicable across the board: The principle of reacting emotionally, mentally and philosophically to the possible purchase of one to four thousand five hundred and one, of whatever is your favorite thing — doughnuts, shoes, golf equipment, flowers, antiques — laid out like a patchwork quilt on hundreds [...]
The Bookworm: A great book for the Little Leaguer “A Baseball Story”
by Richard Torrey $10.99, 36 pages This time of year, it’s hard to sit still while you’re in school. Warm weather is calling you, but that’s not all. Now’s the time for ice cream trucks, swimming lessons and riding your bike around. Best of all, now’s the season for baseball — which is something [...]
On My Mind: Worthy of endless days of honor
She was the stay-at-home kind, at least when my brother and I were little. Once first grade hit for bro, she went back into the workforce. She helped Dad bring home some of the bacon, while sewing clothes from homemade patterns and repairing clothing in need of mending, still she prevailed at all meal times [...]
MeLinda Hite loves the crunch Roanoke Rapids budget? No problem for passionate municipal finance director
The woman guiding the city of Roanoke Rapids’ finances finds as much satisfaction from balancing a budget as a basketball player finds in sinking a three-pointer. MeLinda Hite, the city’s finance director since 2005, has always loved crunching numbers to the point it’s a passion for her, one she’s turned into a living, first working [...]
Friend suspected of affair
DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who I believe is having an affair. I have no concrete evidence, only a slew of circumstantial evidence such as odd work hours, blocks of mystery time set aside at night in his cellphone’s day planner, and evading questions about texts from females. I have no idea how to [...]
Word Pearls: Seeing 20 years of marriage in garden
An early evening spent perusing the gardens of the J.C. Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh was the perfect way to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. For the occasion of acknowledging two decades of determined commitment to our wedding vows, the melodramatic setting was the epitome of romance. As I strolled through [...]
Relay effort gets half way to goal
By Della Rose There were some changes in Relay for Life of the Roanoke Valley this year, but one thing stayed the same — the commitment and passion of participants to find a cure for cancer. First year event coordinator Kathy Sparks said it means the world to her to keep the event going [...]
May 16 – 4 pm to 8 pm – Kirkwood Adams
