Category: Editorials

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…

I have always been fascinated with people. Often, I am much more fascinated with fascinating people than with people in general, but sometimes people in general make me just watch and shake…

The coronavirus is bringing America (and the world) to its knees.  School is canceled, travel is restricted, extracurricular activities are canceled, social gatherings are canceled, sports are canceled, we are restricted to…

“I can’t do it. I’m too scared,” I told my husband as I got out of the skid steer. “You don’t trust me?” he asked. “Would I ever ask you to do…

I guess right about now is a good time to address the 800-lb gorilla in the room. Like everyone else, I have been dealing with the inconveniences with this COVID-19 thing. I…

I can’t put my finger on it, but something changed this week. I noticed that flowers are blooming. Wildflowers, wisteria, honeysuckle and amaryllis all caught my attention. Light green, budding trees and…

It happens at least two or three times a day. The phone will ring and as soon as I answer, the voice on the other end will rudely interrupt me saying, “This…