When I was growing up, I learned of a special breed known as “shade tree mechanics.” These men and women (mostly men) were endowed by their creator with exceptional mechanical skills which they applied in their back yard, side yard, and, sometimes, in their front yard. They were called “shad…
Monday, February 26, 2024
In celebration of Black History Month here’s a story that needs to be told. Hartsville, TN, 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 import…
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…
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…
I visited The Brim Hollow recently in hopes that I might see him. I stepped up on the big footstone and entered the old house where no one has lived for 60 years. Inside the workroom I looked for his faded denim jumper which always hung on a big nail. It being winter, his weathered, felt Ste…
Thursday, February 01, 2024
I suppose anyone who has eaten at a country-style restaurant knows what a meat-and-three is.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
When I was a boy spending carefree days in Brim Hollow, I use to lie wide-eyed at night in the safety and security of a feather bed and listen to mice racing up and down inside the walls of the house, and then, hear them scurry across the attic floor.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
I’m not a big coffee drinker.
Thursday, January 04, 2024
Well, here we are in the year of our Lord, 2024.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
By the time you read this column, Christmas Day 2023 will have passed, and the new year will be upon us.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
I received a special email from an old friend a few years back.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
I recently wrote of savoring the moment.
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Have you ever had an experience to where, when it had passed, you wished you had been more “in the moment?”
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Life is full of surprises.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Well, it’s that time of year again.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
I suppose I’ve always been a livestock man.
Thursday, November 09, 2023
You’ve probably read or heard according to the latest estimates that Americans spent $12.1 billion on Halloween this year.
Thursday, November 02, 2023
I had the privilege of being a part of the professional speaking circuit for more than 35 years, being a “full-timer” from 2000 until 2020.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
My late mother had a goodly number of favorite phrases.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
There aren’t many objects (things) that deeply captivate my memory.
Thursday, October 05, 2023
It seems like, as far back as my earliest memories, I can see flickering flames dancing in a fireplace.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
I stepped out into the morning air this past weekend and knew that fall had arrived.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
I had the privilege of speaking at an uncle’s funeral this past week. His name was Albert Burr “A. B.” McCall.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Dr. Kenneth McFarland was one of America’s premier platform speakers in the closing years of the last century.
Thursday, September 07, 2023
A few weeks back, I was on my way to an early-morning appointment in a nearby town.
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