The written word was forced upon me as a child. How many spelling tests did I endure in my early years of schooling. I was so frustrated by them in first grade they gave me my first lesson in character. I just couldn’t seem to get the spelling into my head, so I would slip […]
The amazingly talented Dolly Parton is reaching out among her family and back into history for her upcoming album and a docuseries project “Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables” expected out in November in partnership with Owepar Entertainment. “I cannot believe that it has been 60 years this […]
In this era of social media, the lives of our circle of friends and family scrolls by on our phones and tablets. Sometimes we will pause to like it or make a comment and through this we feel like we are staying connected to other people. The reality is when we post, not everyone who […]
In life, we often see ourselves in a never ending cycle of the same. We go through the same routine daily. Get up, prepare for the day and off to work. Then we return and back to house routine until we slow down for sleep. We do this, day after day, year after year, often […]
The spring brings such a joy as it comes time to run my feet through the dirt of the garden. This year took a bit more effort for me as my tiller was finding every reason not to run this year. I had endured that last winter and turned the rows by hand. Sadly, it […]
I was standing in the teeing area trying to figure out the best approach to get my ball where I wanted it to go. Once I settled on an approach, I pulled my driver, set the tee and my ball. As the old joke goes, I addressed the ball – “Hello ball.” I gave a […]
I recently sat in the pew for a funeral listening to the preachers and speakers as they focused on the amazing life of a friend, colleague and co-author – the late Ringgold Mayor Joe Barger. We spent nearly a year working weekly creating his autobiography – Testing the Metal of Life. One line from the […]
Conversations have always been a two-way street. One person says something, another returns. Many times these moments pass in full agreement with both parties who are speaking totally in agreement on the topic. Just the same, in a moment total agreement might turn on a dime and become a disagreement. Where do these come from? […]
If we are to realize what is before us, sometimes we must look back. One of my fascinations since I was first handed the keys to my first car, a Ford Pinto, I looked out from the driveway thinking, I now have the freedom to go anywhere the road takes me. Of course, that was […]
As I drove through the mountains last fall looking at bright yellows, deep reds and variety of greens and browns, I felt a warmness coming over me beckoning back to my childhood riding in the back seat of my parents blue 1964 Chevy Malibu as we made our way through the mountains heading to who […]
