Category: Editorials

I have always liked nature shows on television. Somehow, listening to Richard Attenborough tell me about elephants on the Serengeti plains makes me feel more intelligent. It must be the British dialect….

My husband is a critter man. He loves to catch, chase and get rid of unwanted critters around our place, but he especially likes to help others move these unwanted varmints out…

I am sick and tired of news articles, broadcasts and people on social media telling me that I am less of a Christian for being a Trump supporter … and telling me…

During the course of doing what I do for the newspaper, I have subscribed to a variety of newsletters that are delivered to my email inbox on a quite frequent basis. I…

What a wonderful feeling to be back with people today. I got a few hugs and a bunch of fist bumps. I had forgotten how wonderful it was to sing with a…

If you watch television or read your big city newspapers, all the news coverage, for months, has been about the coronavirus, and here lately, more about the riots.  But what news have…

Those of you who are regular readers of these weekly visits know that I try to stay on the “lighter” side of things. There are times in which I do feel compelled…

Christy Bass Adams, Guest Columnist Many churches, including ours, are opening their doors again. Drive-in church, live-streaming videos, and Zoom meetings have kept folks as connected as possible throughout this quarantine. As…

Emerald G. Parsons, Publisher When I was a child, on through my teenage years, a scroll hung in my bedroom (on my closet door) with a nice saying on it. I used…

I like to consider myself a “humorist.” Perhaps not on the same level as a Mark Twain or even a Lewis Grizzard, yet. But I do hope that more than a few…

Let me start this column out by saying, “The coronavirus is real!” COVID-19 is a real virus that sickens some; proves fatal to others, mostly the elderly; and does nothing to the…

I rolled over and looked at the clock. 5:28 a.m. Who gets up at this time of day? Three days in a row I had woken up at that same exact time….

Like probably everyone else, I have followed this pandemic thing since it first crept into the news earlier this year. I have to admit, I’ve seen some strange things since then. I’ve…

Our dog died last Wednesday. He had stopped eating and drinking and we knew the inevitable was coming. No matter how hard we prepared, we still weren’t ready. There is such an…

I know that I don’t usually get very “political” with my column here. I generally feel that there’s plenty of that around these days; with a lot more on the way, I’m…

Buckshot was a birthday gift to my husband the first year we were married, almost 16 years ago. He is a blue tick colored rat terrier with a stumpy little tail. From…

One of many parts of my job that I thoroughly enjoy is the fact that I am able to come visit with you every week. I get to speak my mind on…

I do it every semester. No matter how hard I try to get ahead on grading for my online class, I always get behind and end up cramming it all into the…

Proverbs 20:4 “Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.” (NIV) “Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at…

Trust me when I tell you, this was going to be a great column. Earlier today, we were having one of our frequent, thoroughly entertaining conversations. I do remember saying, “this could…