Daddy wanted country music to actually sound country

My daddy wouldn’t like today’s country music. Well, he’d like some of it, mainly the songs that sound country and with words a man could understand. I recorded the Country Music Awards program on TV several weeks ago, but Daddy wouldn’t have cared for much of it.

Hello, Hart County!

I’m absolutely thrilled and honored to be in this position as your new editor/publisher of The Hartwell Sun. My goal with The Sun is to help make our community even stronger by providing a strong newspaper each and every week. As our parent company, Community Newspapers Inc.

Jimmy Who?

In the Nov. 4, 1976 edition of The Hartwell Sun, editor Bill Bridges penned the editorial titled, “Jimmy Who,” which commented on the election of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.

Man plans and God laughs

As a new year unfolds, take a moment to reflect on these words from Paul, “Forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead” (Philippians 3:13 NASB). Dividing that verse into thirds, take a moment to focus on the following.

Costco and family

My wife and I made our monthly pilgrimage to Costco in Greenville recently.

What ‘grand’ memories will our eight have?

“Grandpa!” “Oh, look, Grandpa!” “Grandpa, Christmas lights!” With a 4-year-old buckled in the backseat, we didn’t need a GPS to find the festive Yule lights scattered around town.

The Dreaded NWK Syndrome

Our passage through life can well contain events worthy of seemingly endless celebration and it can also be fraught with terrible circumstances better left forgotten. Most of us do, though, manage to survive these incidents, both the good ones as well as the bad.

Auld lang syne

As the clock winds down on 2024 and we prepare to welcome 2025, we find ourselves reflecting on a year filled with challenges, triumphs, and growth. Hartwell has once again shown its true character—one of resilience, kindness, and community.

So, what should we talk about?

It’s times like these where I can’t help but think of  Pop Song ‘89. It’s the title track to the Green album by the Athens-based band, and rock-n-roll hall of famers, R.E.M. This song is about someone who really has no clue what to say to a girl.

Mary’s Faith Points Us to Jesus

Every Christmas, we hear the same story. A young couple travels to pay taxes. A virgin girl and her fiancé found no room to rest. Their baby is laid in a manger. Have you ever thought about Mary, the mother of Jesus? Her story is amazing. We could learn about her life.