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Column: Spring has sprung, and now the snakes emerge

April 16, 2021 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — Spring is the time of year for our friends in the snake world to start rising from their

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Arts & Entertainment Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Column: Some good luck in a thrift shop leads to a find that is hard to repeat

March 18, 2021 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — An odd piece of crystal caught my eye while I wandered through a thrift store in Norfolk not so long

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Government Health & Fitness Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Column: Learning to speak the new language of the novel coronavirus

October 27, 2020 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — I was talking to a friend on the phone recently when I realized we were speaking a new language –

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Column: A butterfly marks the flight of a child into adulthood

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This archived column ran in the Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, print edition. BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — It is the end of vacations,

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Column: In the race toward Christmas, remembering what matters

January 1, 2019 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — Christmas is back. Time flies every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I start to stress when the autumn decorations

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Column: Creating something beautiful from the broken pieces

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — Recently we lost two close family friends. One was 27 years old, and the other was 87. As I

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Agriculture Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Column: Summertime and the bounty of my grandparents’ garden

August 21, 2018 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — When we recently moved into our house in Sandbridge, we made time for dragging out some planters and getting

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Health & Fitness Norfolk Sandbridge Sports Virginia Beach

Column: A football upbringing leads to enduring gridiron appreciation

January 24, 2018 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT VIRGINIA BEACH — I am in front of the television for hours on Saturdays during the fall. I’m a college football fanatic.

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Public Safety Sandbridge Virginia Beach

As tourist season ends, Sandbridge community gathers for pig pickin’ supporting rescue squad

October 13, 2017 The Independent News

BY LISA BURKETT VIRGINIA BEACH — When September comes, the resort areas quiet down and the visiting Sandbridge families head back home so their children

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Column: In heat and humidity, the creativity of keeping cool

September 26, 2017 The Independent News

BY LISA BURKETT VIRGINIA BEACH — As fall approaches, I think back to our wonderful summer in Virginia Beach and to all the visitors that

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