Cornershot

To submit a CornerShot

The Roanoke Times welcomes CornerShot submissions from its readers. Here are the guidelines:

Length: about 200 words
Topic: CornerShots can run the gamut, but we generally prefer unique and clever observations on the human experience.
No poetry, please.
Email your submission to extra@roanoke.com with your full name and hometown and “CornerShot” in the subject line. You can also mail submissions to Kathy Lu, CornerShot, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010.
Submissions are subject to editing.

1. 41-vehicle wreck ties up traffic Sunday on I-81 in Rockbridge County

2. Virginia Tech football roster has holes on picture day

3. Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys

4. Microfestivus beer event gets downtown Roanoke hopping

5. McFarling: 2 little numbers are a big hurdle for Virginia Tech football

6. DAN CASEY: Copter cost still stirring up dust

7. Arrest made in case of missing Nelson County teen

8. Roanoke farmers markets making local foods more accessible

9. Virginia attorney general's office grows under Ken Cuccinelli

10. Man's drowning is 5th in Lynchburg area

Craig Zackmann | A reader in Roanoke

Monday, June 10, 2013

We live just inside the Roanoke city limits, at the base of Read Mountain.

Our little patch of woods is habitat for many high grounds wild creatures.

While taking out the trash after dark one recent evening, I came upon a spotted fawn standing alone and frightened in our back yard.

Suddenly, from the shadows, a doe made an end run to my right along the fence line, drawing attention away from her helpless newborn as it tottered into the safety of the thicket.

And some have the audacity to call them “dumb animals.”

Monday, August 12, 2013