Dr. Holmes was always the last resort
Phil Early is one of my all-time favorite people. I used to yell at him to get a move on it coming out of the chutes on endless afternoons at football practice an eon or two ago. He
Still giving thanks for Leons bad aim
I have no idea when you get old enough to know something. I was about five when I fell on the gravel running down what was then called the Como Road. I slid headfirst past six rows of cotton, two water troughs and a rusted out Arcade hay rake. It hurt like you couldnt believe!…
They let that big bird loose!
I dont do travelogue stories. I am not Triple A, Expedia, Travelocity or Hotel Finder.com. I dont hardly even know where Ive been so it would be silly of me to suggest where you go. But if you ever take a hankering to see an Auburn University football game have I got a deal for…
Spreading it on pretty thick
Mother didnt actually lie to us. I dont think. She said it was mayonnaise. We called it mayonnaise. It wasnt all that complicated. Besides, it was white and creamy . like you expected mayonnaise to be. And we put in on almost everything. Hamburgers. Hot Dogs. Sauerkraut and wieners. Baloney sandwiches. Brown beans and cornbread. Vienna…
The art of hunkering
People see my Hunker Down byline and ask if Im a Georgia Bulldog fan. Well, no. That is actually a whole nother way of hunkering. And I am certainly not entrenching myself into some kind of super defensive position in readiness to take on a mad neighbor or an insistent door to door life insurance…
A storytellers storyteller
John Milton wrote, When I consider how my light is spent. Shakespeare penned, Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. Charles Dickens began one book, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. And Tom T. Hall gave us, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died, Nobody ever…
Talk about a pause that refreshes
I dont think Congress has passed a meaningful law since the beginning of the year. Thats eight months! Good gracious alive, I know what we should be thinking, Why are we paying them? Has the world come to a stop? Are all the good laws already on the books? Can this group not think of…
From one second grader to another
Max called. With questions. I leaned in a little. He is sometimes hard to understand over the phone. KK, what was the name of your second grade teacher? This test wasnt going to be easy! But I knew this one as my mind raced backwards 67 years, Miss Dorothy Booth. We paused as he wrote…
Hope its not a Louisiana chain gang
Aw man, this could be really bad. Im talking Sing Sing. Or maybe Leavenworth. They might reopen Alcatraz just for me. I dont believe theyre going to let me off with just a few nights in the Starkville City Jail. I got a letter from the IRS. The first page laid out the purported crime….
Talk about a potential gold mine!
We left the house and drove up to North Carolina. The mountains were spectacular, the cooler temperatures refreshing and the folks we met along the way were most friendly. Next time Im going in a U-Haul truck. I saw a washing machine sitting out by the road just south of Clyde that looked better than…