June 21st is supposedly the longest day of the year and until last Friday I had no reason to dispute those who are smart enough to give us suc…
This is the 38th Thanksgiving column I have written sharing my thoughts about this special holiday with you. I enjoy stringing words together …
Two weeks ago, I shared with you that daughter Dawn had an appointment at Vanderbilt to follow up on a scan that found a mass on her left kidn…
I am of the opinion there are just too many choices available in products these days.
When I was growing up, it was hard to fool my mother when it came to anything concerning me. I found out most of my friends thought their moth…
A year or so ago a friend gave me a book filled with jokes about the season of life that I’m enjoying now. I enjoy reading the humorous quotes…
As summer turns to autumn those who have the time, money and opportunity are making dashes for their last trip to the beach for this season. I…
To be honest, I had no idea this week was National Newspaper Week until I read the very kind letter to the editor sent in by ICC president Dr.…
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Sports Editor
It is something to see, isn’t it? Entire towns washed down mountainsides. Trees, animals, cars and everything else that makes up life swirls a…
Five years ago, I bought a new washing machine. I didn’t do it because I wanted to, I did it because the washer I had was 10 years old and, ev…
As I think back to September 25, 1965, I realize going by calendar years that is a long time. In my heart it seems just a blink of my eyes. Ru…
When I began writing this weekly column almost 40 years ago, I promised myself that I would never write about political battles, family feuds,…
I always save my newspaper columns on my computer using the date on which they will be published. I truly didn’t realize that “9/11” is so clo…
The astronauts who traveled to the space station a short while back have now been told they will not be able to return home until February 202…
Watchdog & Storytelling
The African violets setting on the window seat in the room where my “mini” home office is located are beautiful. The leaves look as if they ar…
This was one of those weekends when there was more to do than there was time in which to do it all.
Our first TV was really something. It had a 17-inch screen and a picture tube that had to have time to warm up before the screen would light u…
I love purses. Always have. They don’t have to bear the name of a famous designer. The only rule of thumb for a purse to be a favorite with me…
It is almost time for another school year to begin. Seems only last week the last school year ended. For the first time in 21 years a part of …
Last week a classmate who I remember as being a friend to all passed away. The following day a member of my church family left this world.
There used to be a phrase that my sweet maternal grandmother would say when one thing on top of another would happen. “What next?” she would a…
“Never saw the sun shining so bright... blue skies smiling at me...”
Since our first-born daughter’s birthday is on the Fourth of July, she likes to peruse the pages of magazines looking at all the cakes that ca…
Thirty or so years ago I was already having some knee problems, but I was (thirty or so) years younger then, so the pain and occasional stiffn…
Two weeks ago, I received an invitation to attend a very special birthday party. The family of our dear friend, Jean Cason Woodham, was hostin…
Sunday morning, I woke up, the sun was shining, and I thought to myself, “What a beautiful Sabbath morning.” Little did I know that by lunchti…
I have a dear friend who sends me cards on special occasions and writes me letters from time to time “just because.” She is very computer savv…
Pomp and circumstance. The march onto the football field. Inspiring speeches by the valedictorian, salutatorian, and the class president. Hand…
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