Category: Editorials

When I was a kid, families signed up each week of December to light the Advent candle and read a special passage of scripture in front of the church. During week one,…

I love the newspaper business. I was raised in it, and know of nothing else but this business. It has become my life, and I wake up every morning and truly enjoy…

One of the side-effects of being confined to my “remote recliner” while my fractured ankle mends is that I have seen a copious number of Christmas movies. I’m not talking about the…

As many of you know, we are entering into new territory as my husband begins treatments for cancer. I hope that my emotional processing in this column will help you with your…

Somehow, it seems that the pages on the calendar are flipping by at a faster and faster pace. Here we are, almost at Thanksgiving Day. I have always enjoyed Thanksgiving Day. The…

My mom called Saturday with the news that Mrs. Juanita Ragans passed away. Immediately a flood of memories washed over me as tears ran down my cheeks. Mrs. Juanita loved us kids….

Impeachment is something that is supposed to be exceptionally unusual. It is supposed to be bipartisan and it is supposed to be fair. None of these statements hold true to the last…

This morning I was taking a “stroll” and saw something that made me pause and think. It was a shopping bag filled with underwear, t-shirts and lounge pants. It wasn’t really the…

Our long-time neighbor, Mickey McFarland, passed away a few weeks ago. When we first moved in at the end of the road, Mickey’s parents, Carlos and Haddie Lee still lived in the…

Veterans Day came and went this past Monday. With it came a three-day weekend for some, special family gatherings for others, or just another day at work (depending on what your job…

Yes, I am that person who will begin listening to Christmas music at the beginning of November. In fact, I have even begun watching Christmas movies on TV. The approaching holiday season…

Starting my senior year of college, I received a phone call from the university’s College of Education. Apparently, my two math classes (Liberal Arts and Statistics) were not enough for a teaching…

All we hear in the news, every day, is reports about the impeachment and how corrupt President Trump is. However, why does it seem that many on the “Hill” only care about…

Every once in a while, we decide to do something fun here at work. Not that we don’t have fun just going through our normal day-to-day duties, we really do. We always…

Leaving town last week, I spotted a large orange sign that read, “Stay in your lane.” I snickered. What an obvious direction. Of course I was going to stay in my lane….

I hate cancer. I hate the way it sneaks up out of nowhere and preys on fear and uncertainty. Age isn’t a factor, neither is sex, race, creed or marital status. It…

Rick Patrick: Columnist This morning I took a glance at the calendar on the wall of my cozy little cubicle and noticed that this past Monday was Canadian Thanksgiving Day. I’m not…

Hoping to save a few dollars on doors and windows, a friend took me to Jacksonville this weekend to bargain shop. I purposely wore my Celebrate Recovery shirt in anticipation of connecting…