http://www.valdostadailytimes.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_314222110.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_314222110.html Growing up in the late 1960s and early ’70s, World War II was everywhere. Of course, the war was over. World War II had ended 20-30 years prior to my single-digit years. By everywhere, I mean, the effects of World War II were everywhere. The echoes of the war remained. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_301223404.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_301223404.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_293221325.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_293221325.html Sometimes, it pays to be different. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_286225911.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_286225911.html How do you title a story about great titles? Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_272221619.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_272221619.html Strange sounds led the first tenant to leave the office building. Sounds of bumps, moans and sudden slammings ... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_265233038.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_265233038.html The boy climbed onto the arm of his father’s chair. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_258222426.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_258222426.html “Are you talking about real people or people from a soap opera?” Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_252230641.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_252230641.html We would probably be better off if our bodies shut down whenever we were about to say something stupid or that we might regret. A couple days ago, I had a situation that seemed like something that might happen to a character in a Jim Carrey movie like “Liar, Liar” or “Yes, Man.” One of those movies where a character can’t tell a lie or can’t say no. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_246170211.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_246170211.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_244215616.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_244215616.html Eight of them piled onto the boat parked in the St. Augustine marina. Three groups of strangers. A married couple. A family of four: Grandmother, mother, two boys. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_237223716.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_237223716.html How did he love her? He could count the ways, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_230224600.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_230224600.html Wet beach looks like a mirror. Not so much wet but rather the sand looks like it has been blasted by a furnace into glass. Yet, the cool slap of the sand reveals it is indeed wet. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_223223809.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_223223809.html In Orlando, the night before Disney, the family thought it might be fun to spend some time at another world, M and M World. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_216233741.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_216233741.html Often, I dump mass e-mails, even the ones from friends. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_209180518.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/dean/local_story_209180518.html Maggie knew her convenience store well. It didn’t take long, really. Nothing changed much in terms of stock.