Lifestyles
Rhodes brothers deserving of Book of Golden Deeds
At its recent meeting, the Troy Exchange Club honored brothers, Carol and Danny Rhodes, with the Club’s Book ...
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Opinion
Thanks, Nall, For all the laughter and fun
The first time I met Nall Hollis, he came into the office to invite me to a birthday ...
Lifestyles
Giving up is always easy
The following column is one of encouragement from a French teacher at Troy University long, long, ago. It ...
Lifestyles
Daddy and the Eskimo
Daddy enlisted in the Army during WWII. He wanted to fly airplanes but he wanted to fly fighters ...
Lifestyles
The pantry girl with blackfeet
Growing up, we played cowboys and Indians. All that we knew about either was from the Saturday picture ...
Opinion
Thoughts on worry and missing Mama
Mama was a worrier. Daddy said if Mama didn’t have something to worry about, she would go across ...
Opinion
Can’t carry a tune?
Mama said I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. Granny said whistling girls and crowing hens never ...
Lifestyles
Let me just say
Let me first say that Jean Lake was only a casual acquaintance and Charles Adams was not-so-distant kin. ...
Lifestyles
Ode to Olivia, my beloved Easter chick
Way back when getting to go to the drive-in picture show was excitement enough but, the possibility of ...
Opinion
Oh, ugly me
The ugliest that I’ve even been was on Easter Sunday the year I was twelve years old. Mama ...