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I haven’t yet visited the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. I should, since my mother sent four sons off to that war, three to the South Pacific. All four returned.

Commentary:  Well, once more it’s spring, and the sound of ball connecting with bat is heard in the land.

My wife and I visited Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, some years back and walked through the cemetery where 121 of the Titanic victims are buried. I felt strangely uncomfortable as I walked back up the gangplank of our cruise ship.

Commentary:  On a Sunday fit for the gods, my daughter, 9-year-old grandson and I drove to Chapel Hill to introduce him to the place. It was so beautiful, I half-expected someone to charge admission.

Commentary:  A feature on the 40th anniversary of the John Caldwell scholarships at N.C. State University revived the memory of my 10 years of moonlighting as advisor to the campus newspaper, (no The, according to its website) Technician.

Snow:  You probably read the story, too – the six man international space station crew getting ready to flee the station to dodge a piece of an old Russian satellite.

Commentary:  Ah, yes, tomorrow it will be over. After tomorrow, there will be life without college basketball.

I’m sure it has happened to you, too: You meet someone you’ve dealt with in some way for the first time and he or she will say, “You’re not at all like I thought you’d be.”

Since 17-year-old T.J. Lane walked into the cafeteria at a Chardon, Ohio, school and shot five fellow students, we’ve been hearing a lot about the “epidemic” of bullying.

Snow:  Is it the result of a false spring that brought forth the forsythia and daffodils early?

Snow:  Shortly after Christmas, we received at least five thank-you notes from members of the Broughton High School marching band expressing gratitude for our contributions to help with the band's trip to the Rose Bowl parade.

Snow:  I was home alone when Bryan the "bugman" came for his quarterly visit just before Valentine's Day.

Snow:  Since we are of the same political faith, politics has never posed a problem in our marriage. Until recently.

Snow:  It seems to be getting worse: the unintentional hijacking of grocery carts inside the supermarket.

Snow:  I don't know what possessed me to go out on a cold, rainy day to the N.C. Museum of Art to view the Rembrandt exhibit.

Snow:  Comedian Bob Hope's grinning mug adorns one of the Postal Service's current 44-cent stamps. The honor is well-deserved.

Snow:  My favorite meal of the day is breakfast - if it's done right. Only a very few people, including my wife, can do it right.