Hoping new year brings sweet things
My 2021 calendar is hanging from the closet door.Every year I’ve lived in this house I’ve gotten a cloth calendar, hung from a dowel....
What kind of shopper are you?
I have never been someone that shops, or even likes to shop. Going into a store just to look has never been a thing...
Of Grinches and better angels
I sincerely wish all Highland County folks a merry Christmas and a happy new year, but there were some Grinches of this Christmas past....
Throw out the empties
A fellow I know was grousing about the past year. His birthday was coming up and he felt, once again, that this year failed...
‘It is well with my soul’
The theme had been rattling around inside the brain of musician and composer Philip Bliss for months. The melody wouldn’t leave him alone, yet...
Reflections of a newly freed man
I’ve served my time. I’m no longer a menace to society — or at least my immune system isn’t.My wife, daughters and I have...
New Christmas traditions
Ever since I was a little kid, while my family was gathered around a load of presents beneath a shiny tree on Christmas Eve,...
Moving Christmas spirit forward
As we close the book on 2020 and look forward to a redemptive 2021, it’s hard not to ruminate over the wreckage we leave...
As much Christmas as possible
Whatever you think about Christmas, I think you would have to agree we need one this year.Everyone I know seems determined to do as...
In the kitchen with Sharon
In the kitchen with Sharon this week is my cousin Tobi (Carey) Gulley. Tobi posted this recipe on Facebook, and I sent her a...
