I had a college professor tell me once that a study had been done that found the sport of football somehow makes a connection to a guy’s brain. I don’t remember the…
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From the sunny side: Football, birthdays and new cartoons
I had a college professor tell me once that a study had been done that found the sport of football somehow makes a connection to a guy’s brain. I don’t remember the…
Learning As I Go: Encouraging the Encourager
If you have ever spent extended time around me, you have learned a few things: I ask hard questions, I’m a bit of a jokester and I love to encourage people. It’s…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Heaven, like Earth, needs children too
Tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 22, marks what would have been the 47th birthday of my younger brother, Forest. Forest Selman Greene was born on Aug. 22, 1972, and was the fourth child born…
From the sunny side: Happy Birthday Smokey
I have always had an affection for Smokey the Bear. When I was little, my grandmother gave me a “Smokey the Bear” teddy bear. He had a badge, hat and the rest…
Learning As I Go: The Pieces of My Heart
When my first son was born, my heart was full. There were so many firsts that we experienced and there was so much life we did together. And then my son Daniel…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Sign up for our new e-blast newsletter
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill In life, we must all learn to embrace change. To expect change. To wish for change. For…
From the sunny side: Memories
I imagine more than a couple of you saw that headline and sang to yourself, “Memories, like the corners of my mind. Misty, water-color memories, of the way we were.” If you…
The Editor’s Desk: Matters of the heart
My father and I largely differ when it comes to politics. I consider myself left of center—he’s staunchly conservative and relatively miffed at some of my political perspectives. But, there’s nothing but…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Happy birthday to us! 55 years and counting
August 5, 1964, was the first edition of the Madison County Carrier. My parents (at the young age of 25) founded and started this newspaper with no newspaper experience at all; but…
Learning As I Go: Choose to hold your kids
Tonight was the first night in eight years that David hasn’t had one of our boys sitting with him and falling asleep in his lap. Eight years. How did that even happen?…
From the sunny side: The price of taste
I have one clearly-defined goal for the next year. I am doing my best to try and save as much money as I can in order to attend a reunion in Scottsdale,…
Learning As I Go: Let someone else reel it in
When my husband and I were dating, we loved to spend a Saturday at the coast. He had an old airboat and we fished up in the sawgrass and creeks off of…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Where the tea is sweet and the talks are long
One of the best things about growing up in the newspaper business has been giving back to the community and keeping all the local citizens informed of what’s happening in their corner…
From the sunny side… Superstitions
I have never considered myself to be a very superstitious type of person. Sure, there are times that I may have worn a particular shirt and something good happened and something in…
Learning As I Go: Burying “I Can’t”
As I was pulling out of the parking lot at Greene Publishing, Inc. today, my oldest asked me about the headstones that were in front of the building. As I read each…
Emerald’s Gem Box: We won – we won – awards galore
We are over the top excited to announce that we, Greene Publishing, Inc., won 15 awards at the recent annual Florida Press Association (FPA) Convention. The FPA awards, as they’re known, recognize…
From the sunny side… “Almost” witnessing history
Fifty years ago this week, Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon and uttered his now famous, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” statement. I remember…
At the middle desk: From a word loss to a loss for words
Years and years ago, when I was a youngling, I learned of a comprehension learning disability, after a series of testing, that set me apart from the others in school. I hated…
Learning As I Go: God Is Always On Time
This week I had the great privilege of being a worker at Picket Lake children’s camp. It has been nearly 15 years since I was last there. It was almost surreal walking…