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For a little over six years, I was a full member of a motorcycle club, the Iron Order MC. My road name was Ka-Bar, to reflect my time in the

When we were growing up back on Flamingo Street, if we wanted to traverse the roadways through downtown Atlanta, there were four different routes. The first route is I-20, which

QUESTION: When I give my 5-year-old daughter a chore, she does it, but all the while she is muttering under her breath, huffing and puffing, and so on. Do I

It’s been 25 years or so since I first stayed at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Proclaimed as the South’s Grand Hotel, I have since stayed a couple of dozen

In the very early 1980s, Mark died. Killed, actually, in a car wreck. Although I had been in ministry for several years already, and had experienced death and funerals, this

The Wife and I are taking the Girly Girls on a three-day vacation to visit Rock City and the Tennessee Aquarium. Equipped with GPS in our car and cell phones

The contemporary parenting ideal consists of equal parts fixer, go-fer, and friend, which is why, when it is encountered in the flesh by someone of my ancient age, the new

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might not be that interesting to some. What is going on halfway around the world may seem irrelevant, but if you have filled up your gas

[This is the third in a three-part series about a Southern Appalachian legend.] From the moment that George Elliott stopped in for a bite at the Dawsonville Pool Room in

It’s one thing to learn about history by reading books, watching documentaries, and sitting down with those who created that history in their time. It’s quite another to watch history

Though I was caught in the dream and unable to wake, I knew the story was incredible, possibly the best I’d ever written. I held the entirety of it in

Okay, I’ve had it! I’ve reached my limit! My tolerance for well-intentioned nonsense is kaput! Over and done with! Maxed out! Stop it! Just stop it! I’m referring to the

[Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series.] To halfway understand Gordon Pirkle — no one will ever fully understand any mountain man — you must first look

For two years this nation and the world has been impacted by a pandemic. At first, no one knew what to do or what to think. Some believed, and still

Usually, I try to write funny, lighthearted stories or stories that can make you pause and perhaps think of things in a different way. This story is neither of those.

Is the following statement true or false? It is often the case that children like what is not good for them and do not like what is good for them.