Control what we can through frustrating COVID saga

We have a responsibility as a community to do what we can to reduce the transmission of COVID in 2022, as we did in 2021. The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that the outbreak of the omicron variant has reached our state.

Stetson is a dreamer

Long before he could shake a red and black pompom, Stetson Bennett IV was destined to be a Georgia Bulldog.  Three days before the future quarterback was born in 1997, his mom was sitting in Sanford Stadium, shaking her red and black pompom. Both of No.

Lessons in faith: Self Control

2 Peter 1:3(NLT) 3By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

Pondering about stuff

To ponder is defined as: “to weigh carefully in the mind.”  Sometimes I ponder.  I ponder about all sorts of things, some more complex than others, and some, at least according to my wife, are stupid things.  She says that I sometimes think about stupid stuff.

Make your voice be heard next month about toxic coal ash

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. The clock is ticking down for 2021. The ticking is also for Jan. 10, 2022, the Georgia’s General Assembly’s opening day. I have a request.

A return to ‘normalcy’ in 2021

We’re still in the weeds of a pandemic and policy debates/divisiveness surrounding it. But in reflection, we think Hart County’s 2021 can be remembered notably as a year of returns and resiliency. Particularly with community events, 2021 was a year defined by pent up excitement and exuberance.

Resolutions for 2022 we ‘can’ all keep

My predecessor, who I have a lot of respect for, wrote a column this time a year ago titled “New Year’s resolutions I won’t keep,” and I figured I’d keep that tradition alive with an alteration. I think a lot of us have a track record of setting goals we can’t follow through with.

Many Christmas traditions have a way of inventing themselves

Sue Crawford Hirsch and Joyce Cloer Viale have not seen each other in 62 years. But they still remember to send a Christmas card every year. The same card. With 62 signatures. It all started in 1959 when Sue and Joyce were freshmen in school in Franklin, North Carolina.

The power of lists

When I was a working woman, everyday I made a list of things I needed to get done. Lunch with a volunteer, team meeting, visit nursing home, write Thankful Friday email, calls or texts to make or return.

She did it again

Reference is made here to a previous article of mine that The Hartwell Sun printed on March 29, 2018 entitled, “The Owl in the Hat.” In that article, I reported on an experience that I had while doing my every-other-day, early morning walk.