Tag: Bill King

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...