That’s my quarterback

On Christmas Day 1997, my buddy Jason Tanenbaum gave me the greatest gift ever. Tanenbaum and I were best friends in high school before he moved to Athens to attend the University of Georgia.

Confession good for the soul, even for newspaper editors

Newspaper reporters and editors are just ordinary people who want to get it right. In a recent column about Mordecai Wilson, a 99-year-old resident of tiny Lula, Ga., I reported that he and his wife, Mary, set up two special homes when they lived in Boston.

A wave of ‘likes’ flushes away thoughts of a ‘dislike’

With the polls putting the presidential election in a coin toss, we are being bombarded with trash talk. To survive the final campaign days, my brain has erected a firewall declaring, “Enough of that!” Instead, I have been focused on “likes” opposed to “dislikes.” Consider these seven days, Oct.

Kudos to Hart County High School

In a time when educational challenges seem to be growing, Hart County High School has achieved a record-high graduation rate for the most recent Class of 2024.

I get to

All throughout high school and college, one of my least favorite subjects was English and one of my least favorite things to do was write. My wife, Madison, will be the first to tell you how much we both despised going to Mr.

Who Listens?

Two psychiatrists reconnected at their 20th class reunion. One looked as though he had just graduated. The other appeared, as the expression goes,  “rode hard and put up wet.” Though the same age as his colleague, he looked much older–wrinkled and worn. “What’s your secret?” the weary one asked.

Battling the Nine-Banded Armadillo

The nine-banded armadillo has become an enemy of the homeowner over the past 50 years as it has spread throughout the Southeastern United States, and Hart County homeowners are no exception. Armadillos are often found digging around in yards and on roadsides foraging for their next meal.

It Was Cold and Wet

As many people in my age bracket are prone to do, I am sometimes awakened during a typical night’s sleep for a visit to the bathroom.  There are TV commercials aplenty noting that this is not how it has to be.

Hellish hurricanes help put things into perspective

Albert Einstein theorized that things (such as time, space, mass and motion) are relative. To me, that suggests putting things into perspective. In a seven-day span, my personal perspective couldn’t have been more powerful if a jackhammer had been pounding inside my brain.

The finest band in all the land

In small towns across America, traditions run deep, and few traditions are more beloved than high school football games.