HTTP/2 301 vary: accept,content-type x-redirect-by: WordPress last-modified: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:20:00 GMT location: https://www.columnists.com/comments/feed/ host-header: c2hhcmVkLmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ== content-length: 0 content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:50:40 GMT server: Apache HTTP/2 200 vary: accept,content-type,Accept-Encoding link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" x-tec-api-version: v1 x-tec-api-root: https://www.columnists.com/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/ x-tec-api-origin: https://www.columnists.com x-robots-tag: noindex, follow last-modified: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:20:00 GMT content-encoding: gzip host-header: c2hhcmVkLmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ== content-length: 3490 content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:50:41 GMT server: Apache https://www.columnists.com/ Organization for columnists and other writers of the serial essay, including bloggers, in any medium Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.columnists.com/2025/09/nsnc-mourns-the-passing-of-richard-des-ruisseaux/comment-page-1/#comment-77977 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:16:50 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=24294#comment-77977 In reply to Kathy Eliscu.

Thank you for sharing, Kathy! Richard was a pillar of the NSNC. His family, friends and colleagues are in our thoughts and prayers.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2025/09/nsnc-mourns-the-passing-of-richard-des-ruisseaux/comment-page-1/#comment-77962 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:02:38 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=24294#comment-77962 I’m so sad to read this. Des was a great guy – full of humor and warmth. I met him decades ago when I first went to an NSNC conference with my mom, Marge Eliscu. May Des rest in the most loving and fun part of God’s Heaven. I shall never forget him!

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2024/07/nsnc-announces-winners-and-finalists-of-2024-annual-columnist-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-76273 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:55:23 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23966#comment-76273 Thank you for this honor. I — and the elephant seals I write about — are truly grateful.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2024/04/celebrate-with-us-on-april-18/comment-page-1/#comment-76059 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:20 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23884#comment-76059 Sometimes when writing my Close to Home column for The Prospect-News, the weekly newspaper in my hometown of Doniphan, MO, I check an online wacky/bizarre calendar for ideas. Tomorrow’s submission is about National Columnists Day and Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day. After the writing was finished, I searched for more information about this organization. Had I read more carefully, I would have joined in time to enter this year’s contest. I’m here now, though, and will enjoy getting famililar with the website.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2023/12/join-us-nsnc-virtual-holiday-mixer-fri-dec-15-at-7-p-m-est/comment-page-1/#comment-75980 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:37:30 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23831#comment-75980 I love this!! Let the party begin!

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2022/02/presidents-message-february-2022/comment-page-1/#comment-75699 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:46:26 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23331#comment-75699 Congratulations, Bonny!
Thank for your succinct and informative suggestions. I don’t normally write op-ed pieces, but will keep this info in mind. It’s also good advice for writing stories.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2022/01/2021-is-done/comment-page-1/#comment-75678 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:02:50 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23245#comment-75678 Hey, John B!
I so enjoyed your year in rhyme!
For more poetics, there will be time.
Connecting with others was on the lam
But that will be remedied in Birmingham.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2022/01/presidents-message-january-2022/comment-page-1/#comment-75677 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:59:19 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23249#comment-75677 Tony! What a poetic rendering of those whose writings fired bright through a relentless fog of smoke and chaos. Yours is a great reminder that life (and attention spans) are too short, so write with conviction and clarity.

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2021/12/presidents-message-december-2021/comment-page-1/#comment-75645 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:04:38 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23235#comment-75645 Love this Tony! Well said!

]]> https://www.columnists.com/2021/12/presidents-message-december-2021/comment-page-1/#comment-75644 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:00:54 +0000 https://www.columnists.com/?p=23235#comment-75644 Shared, with thanks.

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