Do you have the holiday blues?
Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year’s. For some people this is the most magical part of the year. They count down the days. They begin decorating their homes the day after Thanksgiving, some even as early as the 1st of November. And yes, I know, some leave their decorations up all year long. But others, however, upon the onset of the holiday season take on a decided feeling of dread. Sadness.
Reflections on unenlightened times
Jane Kuhn stands outside Little Rock Central High School, where in 1957, the desegregation of the school drew worldwide attention.
Zelensky invokes past leaders
When Volodymir Zelensky spoke passionately to the joint session of Congress this past week, many compared his visit and timing to Winston Churchill’s at Christmas time, Dec. 26, 1941, when he came to ask the U.S., and in particular Congress, for resources to help in Britain’s fight against Hitler and his Nazi regime.
It all started with my soap
A new year is coming, and I am focusing on the small stuff.
Things Betty Bishop couldn’t do
Betty Bishop was a woman that lived and worked in Highland County her entire life. Up until the last few years, until her retirement, if you didn’t know her you at least knew who she was. She was like Ron Burgundy, “she was kind of a big deal.”
Charging blocks and power banks
Editor’s note — This is the second of a two-part series.
It’s a crazy and dangerous world
In the shadowy halls where national security elites walk, it’s alluded to as “threat inflation.” Unfortunately, in addition to recent monetary inflation, global threat inflation is also a product of this crazy and dangerous world. It has been persistently on the rise, perilous, unstable and unpredictable.
Christmas traditions old and new
I don’t consider myself a person bound by tradition. Usually, I’m all about change, encouraging people to change and looking for ways to change myself. I generally think that new experiences make life both more memorable and meaningful.
Irresolution in solving our ills
The contemporary music world and I parted ways quite some time ago. I suppose that’s true for a lot of folks who’ve been Medicare recipients for a while. We really do tend to hang on to so very much of the world as it once was. And, for me, the songs of the 1960s are the ones with which I still can sing along and maintain at least 80 percent lyrical accuracy.
