Old car no longer driving me crazy
I’ve never been very good at long-term relationships.That’s not so much because of a lack of commitment on my part, but rather the paucity...
Calling it like I see it
Let me be clear. I want to be supportive of the president and his policies.As a farmer, we voted for the president because he...
‘Sweet Daddy’ visits White Tower
Sweet Daddy Siki wasn’t his baptized name, of course.We think it was Reginald.We also don’t know where or when he was born. Some say...
Somebody stop me
My wife and I developed a terrible habit during the last presidential election. We spent countless hours watching the news channels — Fox News,...
Ready for a new challenge
Many years ago when I was a college student trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, I was originally...
Rocky Nelson and the ball game
“When old Rocky Nelson shuffles up to the plate the ball comes in and the sound of wood, and the ball rises up like...
Opportunity is the enemy of poverty
Back in 1931, historian James Truslow Adams endowed us with our first definition of what we call “the American Dream.” He wrote: “The American...
Why did he make me tell?
There are many tools educators have at their disposal to effectively educate, and in the days when I attended school one of them was...
Police danced in a honky-tonk
“Why don’t we get something to eat and then stop over at the Country Palace? It will give us an opportunity to chill and...
Lynchburg’s John Burton lived a lifetime of kindness
Back when I was a kid following my father to “old men’s” basketball games, and approaching the age of playing organized hoops myself, I...