by design | Dec 24, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I believe you appreciate wellness, when you haven’t had it in a while. I’m on the recovery side of a bad cold for which I can thank my wife Becky. Actually, it wasn’t her fault; she was an innocent bystander of the “kennel cough” our dog Jack...
by design | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson For a kid the most exciting time of the year is Christmas; and it’s all about magic. We regularly pick up our “cute-ones” (aka grandkids) from preschool, and last Wednesday they were excited, not just to see us, which they usually are, but because...
by design | Dec 10, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Good storytelling is a practiced art, like writing. My wife’s cousin, Sam, is an accomplished spinner of yarns, and I am a better writer now after penning a half million words. As I work on the second novel in my planned science fiction trilogy, I...
by design | Dec 3, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes I think I’ve figured things out, at least some things. However, certainty is an elusive, relative and transient thing. As soon as you think you might have it, it slips through your fingers like clutching a handful of beach sand. The...
by design | Nov 26, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
Every week my stories are made possible by the staff of The Knoxville Focus and my wife, Becky, who serves double duty as my editress. I appreciate strong and thoughtful women, so this week welcome the other half of our team: essayist Becky! By Becky Ferguson I...
by design | Nov 19, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Southerners are generally a friendly bunch, certainly by comparison to, for instance, New Yorkers or Parisians during the late summer tourist onslaught. My son-in-law from Ohio tells the story of our trip to pick up a boxer for the farm tractor....
