The Legend of Zelda
In December of 1992, while I was on Christmas break from Berea College, my mother had been listening to the morning ‘swap-shop’ radio program. Someone had called in and stated Read More …
Category: Alabama
The Things I Remember About DeKalb County, AL, From My Youth
Almost a year ago I visited Fort Payne and Rainsville, AL, for the first time in several years. After the devastating tornadoes in 2011, so much has changed, but the Read More …
Snow: The Conspiracy
Our first snow occurred yesterday. Nothing else seems more peaceful than watching the first twirling flakes drift from the sky and fall with the gentleness of a feather. Snow’s white Read More …
Never Poke a Hornet’s Nest
Sound advice, isn’t it? When I was eight or nine years old, two of my cousins came to visit. They were brothers and four to five years older than I. Read More …
Fishing: The One in a Million Cast
When I was a child, I often wanted to go fishing. Although I had begged my father numerous times to take me fishing, I can remember only two times that Read More …
Happy Thanksgiving!
When I was a kid, my mother always placed the turkey in the oven before going to bed. The next morning when we awakened, the smell of turkey filled the Read More …
What Time Is It?
It’s the time of year where each day almost has equal daylight hours as with night. When the time change occurs, mistakes can easily occur. Some years ago, in 1990, Read More …
Throwback Thursday: How Time Flies
The older I get, the more I find myself looking back at the pictures when we were children. It is strange how sometimes our minds stay younger while our bodies Read More …
Self-esteem and Building a Better Me
After a bad relationship fails, often we’re left wondering what we did wrong. At least that was how I felt after my horrible first marriage ended. During a marriage that Read More …
Falsely Accused
Since my parents were pathological liars, I have always attempted to tell the truth because I hate to be lied to. Now, everyone tells the little “white lies,” as people Read More …