Category: Editorials

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…

Hesitantly, my husband lit the large burn pile. Even though the wood was saturated from the night’s heavy rain, the wind was picking up, which always makes burning tricky. The flames suddenly…

Every day, all day, journalists across this nation are delivering news that matters at an unprecedented, vital time. I am so grateful for the work they are doing-especially our staff at Greene…

I’m sometimes reminded of the title of a book by the late Rodney Dangerfield, “It’s Not Easy Being Me.” I can relate to that. I can honestly say I was born for…

I honestly expected to scare up a snake as I waded into the thigh-high jungle of weeds behind our shed. The area backs up to the playground and every time I am…

Here at Greene Publishing, Inc. (the Madison County Carrier and The Madison Enterprise-Recorder) we take pride in our work. We work hard to bring the citizens of Madison County the local news,…

Being the “cock-eyed optimist” that I am, I generally make every attempt to find the silver lining to any cloud I happen to encounter. These days, it can be a challenge to…

Remember all that time we wished we had at home a few months ago? How about all those projects just waiting for us to get around to? And all those books that…

Many people are working from home, many businesses are shut down, many other businesses are only half-open and barely hanging on, and there’s no toilet paper in the entire United States to…

The calendar tells me that today is Good Friday. With the world in its current situation, it might be easy to ask the question, “What’s so good about it?” With more and…

My routine is gone. I don’t get up in the mornings and take my kids to school, but they still have schoolwork to do at home. I don’t have to report to…

The last few weeks have been a very trying time. Businesses closing, financial strains, social distancing and no “fun-stuff” being allowed. You never know what will break you in a time like…

To say these are challenging times could be considered a rather large understatement. It seems that all of us are being hit with a significant “one-two” punch. On the one hand, we…

Here we are in the Spring of 2020 amid this coronavirus quarantine. So many are isolated in homes, cut off from daily relationships of family, friends, coworkers and neighbors. Grocery stores, though…

In life, sometimes, we all tend to get caught up with our own emotions and problems and we seem to let those emotions run our lives.  Especially in the times we are…