by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Tasty Watermelon (Part II) By Ralphine Major It was hidden underneath the dark green rind shown in this column a couple of weeks ago. When it was cut, the luscious fruit was bright red all the way to the rind. The best part of the melon, however, is the sweet,...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Not Tough Enough By Joe Rector On the Friday before July 4th, my sweet wife fell and had a slight fracture of the bone that’s at the outside of the knee. To make it worse, she had skinned her knee and lower legs. Yep, she was quite miserable. We got her home after...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely My wife and I often take side trips on our way here and there and many of those driving adventures involve visiting ghost towns. You can visit these places and each is a good place to research, educate children on our history, or just roam...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Grandchildren are jewels in the crown of the aging. Proverbs 17:6 By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer, I think a lot about words. Like the tools of a car mechanic, words are my tools for communication. Body language is important, but words are more precise and nuanced....
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
The loyalty of the Vol fan base By Tom Mattingly Sometime in the days before the 2001 Cotton Bowl, Tennessee versus Kansas State, local media personality Tony Basilio stood in the lobby of a Dallas hotel, watching the endless stream of Vol fans dressed in orange and...
