We all have our favorite flavors. Some people like pink and some like purple. A few even like yellow.
Monday, April 22, 2024
The photograph extracted the moment in hues of black and gray. A dozen men had paused from their labor long enough to face the photographer and concede to their image being imprinted in history. Without a second thought, a pose was struck, and that moment was forever frozen in time. The hand…
I grew up near a country road. It was called the Old County House Road. Of the gravel variety, it looped from US Highway 70 back around to rejoin 70 again. We knew every family who lived on that road. Sometimes, as early as my 5th year, my mother would send me walking on an errand to Dewey M…
Monday, April 15, 2024
The rite of passage beckoned every September after Labor Day. A couple weeks prior to the dreaded moment, fear enveloped my thoughts. There was no way to escape nor an alternative route to choose. Unfortunately, the long, boney, fickle finger of fate was pointing directly at me. My impending…
For years we’ve had best landscaping on the block. I could sit on my porch each morning or evening and marvel at how pretty everything looked.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Exhausted. I’m FINE
The weeds stood tall on the property once well maintained by past generations of family members.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
I have come to the conclusion that good manners and appropriate language are never out of place.
Monday, April 08, 2024
I sometimes marvel at how our five senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch allow us as human beings to so fully experience this adventure called life.
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
The family had arrived from around the country to reunite and enjoy a long weekend together. It had been several years since they had last gathered for granny’s funeral, and everyone’s heart was eager to reconnect. Once the visual roll call had been made, comments about the new family additi…
Monday, April 01, 2024
My eldest son, J. Brim, and I took two of my grandsons into the Brim Hollow last week. Whitman Brim and J. Manning found themselves lost in the wonder of a place they had never been. Days later I realized a mobile device was never mentioned while we were there. (Of course, there is no recept…
Monday, March 25, 2024
I have come to the conclusion that good manners and appropriate language are never out of place.
Carry on…
Thursday, March 21, 2024
I realized two things about the reality show “Man vs.Wild†a few years back. One, if I were ever stranded in a jungle with nothing but my wits to survive, I wouldn’t make it. I don’t even think I’d try. Instead, search and rescue would find me curled up in a fetal position, sucking my thumb.…
Throughout the annals of history there have been iconic individuals who have inspired others to dream impossible dreams. Their indomitable spirit, passion, energy, and fearless acts stirred the spirits of people paralyzed by doubt and inaction. Their ability to awaken sleeping giants disting…
Monday, March 18, 2024
Oh, the glory of springtime when the earth yawns and wakes from winter’s sleep. Buttercups, the greening of the grass, returning birds, and budding trees announce Mother Nature’s coming out party.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Over the course of my speaking career, I encountered many people who were smarter than I am. Here are a few of the great quotes I discovered.
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
No offense to Ben Franklin, but there’s more than two things for certain in life — especially if you’re a mother. Death and taxes seem like a manageable and accurate list until the first night you decide to let the baby cry it out, forget parent-teacher conferences or not miss them when you …
Monday, February 26, 2024
In celebration of Black History Month here’s a story that needs to be told. Hartsville, Tennessee, once a farming community like so many others in our great a state, has experienced sweeping changes in recent years. But unlike many small towns, Hartsville has managed to hold on to three very…
The Grands
Friday, February 23, 2024
A few years ago, right after the birth of my youngest child, I decided to start a new sport that would help me get back to my pre-baby weight. I tried a lot of different activities. There was step aerobics (if that doesn’t give away my age, I don’t know what will), yoga and racquetball. But …
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
In my quest to find TV worth watching I have settled into viewing Wagon Train and Gunsmoke in the evenings. Ward Bond, John McIntire, and Robert Horton, along with a strong supporting case, make the old West come alive on Wagon Train. There are cowboys, Indians, good guys, bad guys, strong m…
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
It’s that time of year again. The time of year where I have to squelch all my fears and board a plane.
Monday, February 12, 2024
House Republicans are committed to conducting the necessary congressional oversight of President Biden’s Administration. That’s why we have initiated a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. Because bottom line: Americans deserve to know that the office of the vice-president — and no…
Monday, February 05, 2024
As I have written in a previous columns, my late father was a tobacco man. If he were not working on his current crop he was thinking about next year’s. For my father and our family, Feb. 24 held significant meaning. First, it is my older brother Tom’s birthday, and second, it was the target…
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