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    COLUMN: 50 years didn’t take as long as I thought

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    It happened 50 years ago, on Saturday, June 14, 1975. I remember that day so well that it almost seems like it was last...

    COLUMN: Making memories for a lifetime

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    I have heard it said that real painters don’t need a drop cloth. One person who had told me that, later that same day...

    COLUMN: What’s under your bed?

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    Jennifer Garner must have asked me a thousand times, “What’s in your wallet?” The answer is always the same, “Nothing, absolutely nothing!” I keep...

    COLUMN: Remember the Alamo

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    No, I did not fight at the Alamo, at least not in Texas. I arrived a little too late and missed it by at...

    COLUMN: Where are you from?

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    Chances are I am not from where you live, but I may have been there. I may have even lived there at one time...

    COLUMN: One to whom I owe so much

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    Who was the first person in this world I ever laid eyes on? Okay, yes, the very first one may have been the doctor...

    COLUMN: A fresh coat of paint works wonders

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    She said, “What do you not do? You write, you sing, you play instruments and you even build instruments. Do you paint?” I grinned and...

    COLUMN: Cake-baking day is one of the best

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    I’m wondering if Saturdays have always been cake-baking day. That seemed to have been the case when I was a child, and now, many...

    COLUMN: A biography with a different ending

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    I did not grow up in a family of readers. Oh, I don’t mean my family was illiterate.  My parents could read; they simply...

    COLUMN: The Olympics for older athletes

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    Editor’s note: This column was written last week. I am a Baby Boomer. There, I said it, and I’m not ashamed of it. I was...

    COLUMN: March madness wasn’t just basketball

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    Sports fans, especially college basketball fans, can tell you that March Madness is the nickname of the NCAA Championship Tournament. Basketball, however, is not...

    COLUMN: We took a trip back in time

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    Jean and I just spent three days on a magnificent mountain that has, or is near, beautiful bluffs, gorgeous gorges, carved canyons, cavernous caves,...

    COLUMN: I hear that mailman coming

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    Well, I hear that mailman coming, he’s rolling around the bend, and I ain’t seen a letter, since 2010. That’s because the mail doesn’t...

    COLUMN: I just can’t seem to remember

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    I think I may have surely come to that stage and age in life where I can’t…I can’t…well, now I can’t remember what I...

    COLUMN: I’ll take a bottle of Coke, please

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    My first drinks of choice were either a Sun-Rise Orange, Nehi Grape or NuGrape. When I was a little older, my favorite became Coca-Cola....

    COLUMN: A cake fit for a king

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    What is as sweet as sugar, purple, gold and green all over and has a baby inside? A king cake! A king cake is...

    COLUMN: The importance of reunions

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    How do you have a reunion with a group of people when you have never met most of them? You can do that when...

    COLUMN: A holiday is simply 1 day

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    Editor’s note: Written prior to Valentine’s Day You probably won’t get the day off from work, or school, on Valentine’s Day. You will be hard...

    COLUMN: I have gone back to college

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    I am most thankful to have had the opportunity to get a college and seminary education. There was a time in my younger life...

    COLUMN: A nice little snow-cation

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    Well, I said, “Let it snow,” and it did. Thankfully, this one was no blizzard, but it was deep enough to make some snow...

    COLUMN: Going back where I’ve already been

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    The late Johnny Cash had a hit song back in 1996 in which he claimed to have been everywhere, man! He mentioned 92 cities...

    COLUMN: Aunt Ginnie

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    The first time I went to their home was for a family Thanksgiving dinner. Actually, it was the midday meal, but down here we...

    COLUMN: The real Christmas story

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    Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a young lady named Mary. Mary was engaged to be married to a man named...

    COLUMN: The music of Christmas

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    Christmas is my favorite season of the year. Christmas music is one of things about the season that I love so much. I love...

    COLUMN: Thanksgiving is more than a holiday

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    The late gospel singer and writer Andre Crouch had a popular song back in the 70s titled, “To God Be the Glory.” The opening...

    COLUMN: A sweet treat in the autumn South

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    I’m not exactly sure how he managed to live in this world this long, especially in the South, and never experience one of the...

    COLUMN: What can I get for this?

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    I’ve noticed in recent years, even though I’ve paid for a motel/hotel room in advance, the check-in clerk always wants my credit card for...

    COLUMN: Love locks over the river

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    Many rivers have locks, but not only the kind that lower or raise boats in its water. You may have seen them before, but...

    COLUMN: I absolutely loved cologne

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    I began shaving when I was around 13. Why, you might ask? Not because I needed to, but because I wanted to. I did have...

    COLUMN: A ride down the Rhine River

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    When I saw the handwriting on the wall, I knew we were no longer in Kansas; excuse me, I meant Alabama. As a matter...

    COLUMN: Why did he say that?

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    People can say some strange things. Some of these statements are quite annoying, while others may be funny and enjoyable. Some of the things...

    COLUMN: Boy on a hot tin roof

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    Mama had a mysterious situation. Her dried apples kept disappearing. Each day their number seemed to be less than it had been the day...

    Let’s not become a people who dread sunrise

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    I can remember a time when I dreaded sundown. I was a kid afraid of the dark and the monsters that lived under my bed. Eventually,...

    Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: When our cars only had two-sixty air conditioning

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    I have a serious problem. Well, serious might be an overstatement, but it is as least an uncomfortable situation. I live in the deep-south,...
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    A special day to honor our mothers

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    Perhaps you’ve never heard of Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, but because of her, we celebrate Mother’s Day. She was born in Culpepper, Virginia, on...
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    Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: To catch a mockingbird

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    Those silly dogs of mine will chase anything that moves and a few things that don’t. They rarely catch the things they chase except...

    Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: I’ve had that surgery

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    Occasionally, someone will ask me how many times I’ve been in the hospital.  For a little fun, I often reply, “Oh, I’ve lost count,...
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    She Was Always There

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    When I was growing up the one person who was always there for me was my mother. I was born in the old DeKalb...