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The year is 2022 and I am reading and researching topics of concern more than ever. Our illustrious Editor Cal Beverly asked if I would not mind putting some of […]

Of all the things that have faded away and become no more than faint memories, the one I miss the most are church bells. It was about 25 years ago

There’s a reality show on television that is about to begin its 10th season. The show is called, “Alone,” and has to be one of the more brutal programs for

Routines: they give us structure, they give us security, and they give us comfort. With going back to school in the next week or so, kids’ daily routines are about

QUESTION: Our soon to be 5-year-old son enjoys playing with his 14-month-old brother, but there have been three times recently when the baby has started crying and when I check,

Most of us instinctively like to support veterans, especially the ones who paid their dues risking their neck in combat. I’m going to tell you about such a remarkable vet

My parents, having grown up Appalachian poor, were always careful about saving things they could use again.  Like money. And milk jugs that could be used for toting water (or

I was thinking about the stages of life the other day. Oh, I know that a number of social scientists, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, and others in their profession have

After screeching brakes brought the big yellow school bus to a halt at the foot of our driveway, doors swooshed open as a handlebar mustachioed man wearing a train conductor’s

Some parents, I have discovered, believe in the parenting slot machine theory. They hold fast to the notion that some parents are simply lucky, meaning that chance, and chance alone,

To the people of the rural South — especially in the days of my childhood — a sign of hard-working success meant the ability to eventually buy a recliner. If

Just before 8:00 a.m., the first argument of the day was well underway at our house: which one of our granddaughters would control the remote for the television. The second

I received word this past Monday that, on Sunday, my first cousin, John Honeycutt, died of complications with pneumonia. My brother, Wayne, who happened to see the announcement on social

QUESTION: How can I explain to my kids, ages 6 and 9, that “fair” and “equally” are not the same. They complain constantly that I’m not fair. What they mean

In a town of 7,500, I found myself in a long line of traffic that would not budge. In either lane. Finally, I eased into the old Tastee Freeze lot,