Tag: Bill King

There is an old story of a person who used to complain because he had no shoes, until he saw someone who had no...

The penny has been pronounced dead. Well, actually, there’s plenty of them still rolling around, but rumor has it that their production has stopped....

When I was a kid, I loved to make crazy faces. I think I learned it from watching the late, great Red Skelton. Skelton,...

A couple of days after our recent visit to Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, we visited the home and library/museum of...

The third week in October is one of my favorite weeks of the year. No, I’m not talking about a game…I’m talking about fall,...

The words “Batteries not included” are found on many of the things we purchase these days. If we had to buy enough batteries at...

At the risk of sounding like an old man, I have realized there is a great difference in how the youth of today entertain...

We’ve all seen the commercials that gave birth to the catchphrase, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Since the 1980s, it has...

Yes, I am a country boy, but one of my favorite places to visit in this world is a city. No, I do not...

You may have that friend, or a strange cousin named Booger Ray, who has more miscellaneous junk than a neighborhood hardware store, all piled...

I wrote a song a couple of years ago that said, “I’m going to have a good day, anyway – no matter what comes...

Back when I was growing up, if Mama said, “Let’s go out to eat,” we did not head for the car.  We weren’t going...

Jean and I are frequent visitors at antiques shops and malls. We often find treasures there that end up either in our house or...

Continued from www.cullmantribune.com/2025/07/20/column-from-dinosaurs-to-devils Have you ever seen one of our presidents? On June 6, 1991, on the 47th anniversary of D-Day, I saw and heard...

Everybody has a birthday and everybody has one every year. Well, except for those individuals who were born on Feb. 29. Recently, I think...

Excuse me, but did you ask me if I had ever been on Broadway? Well, yes, as a matter of fact I have. I...

Continued from www.cullmantribune.com/2025/07/14/column-we-made-it-to-north-dakota We visited two dinosaur museums on our trip. My favorite was Montana’s Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum, which presents the dinosaur from...

Continued from www.cullmantribune.com/2025/07/06/column-south-dakota-is-amazing Almost 221 years ago, in 1804, Lewis and Clark headed west under the commission of President Thomas Jefferson, to see what we...

Continued from www.cullmantribune.com/2025/06/29/column-we-made-it-to-rapid-city-but-not-rapidly After a few hours of sleep in Rapid City, we began our journey at the drug store…Wall Drug Store. Wall Drug is...

Jean and I had planned a mega road trip for the summer of 2020. The few remaining states on our bucket list of setting...

By this point in my life, I have been on quite a few journeys. I do love to travel and experience new things.  I’m...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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,...

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...