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.

Conversations with my dog Mollie

Dear Mollie, I’m thinking about you today and wondering what you’re doing. Love, Mommie Dear Mommie, It’s been such a long time since you’ve written anything for The Hartwell Sun.  I know that people still ask you what’s going on and why you stopped writing about us.

The Biden-Harris Border Debacle: A Humanitarian Crisis

The Biden-Harris border policy has created a humanitarian crisis in America. A report introduced to Congress alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) placed large numbers of illegally trafficked migrant children into the custody of people who had not been vetted.

Study on housing insecurity

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is doing a yearlong study of housing insecurity, starting in our fall Bible Study Christian Formations series:  “The Son of Man Has Nowhere to Lay His Head.  What Shall We Do About That?”  In our first session, we had 26 questions.

A flood of immigrants

When the Biden/Harris administration came into power the borders of the United States were secure, and only a trickle of people testing were our borders. Neither the Congress nor the Supreme Court did anything to change this.

Mordecai: ‘You’re not supposed to stay dumb for 99 years’

Mordecai Wilson was relaxing in his recliner when we arrived at his home in Lula, a town of about 3,000 in northeast Georgia. I had never met the man, although I’d read several of his letters in a newspaper, words encouraging people to follow God and do the right thing.

Big magnet energy

An urban legend is defined as a genre of folklore concerning stories about a sometimes scary event that many people believe to be true but largely are not. As a writer and storyteller, I love a good urban legend. Take the Boston Red Sox infamous ‘Curse of the Bambino,’ for example.