To misuse Scripture to justify tearing children away from their parents and placing them in detention centers is an abomination. Scripture says…
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After the Deluge (2): A hailstorm, a large tree down, and a road so damaged that now we can’t get out
Three days ago I posted about our severe weather and its aftermath, but the following day it got worse. A severe hailstorm and another torrential downpour with high winds brought down a large tree. It fell across the road, blocked the road, destroyed our beautiful Japanese maple, and knocked down our fence. Coincidentally, our tree…
Thank you, #March For Our Lives!
A sincere “Thank You” and words of encouragement to keep up the fight to all the young people who participated in the #March For Our Lives here in the U.S. and around the world. You have begun a movement for common-sense gun control laws that will save countless lives. You are our future. As…
Grieving over what happened in Charlottesville, VA and praying for this country
Shocked and dismayed by the violence and terrorism perpetrated this day by white nationalists and white supremacists in the U.S., I pray… From the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy…
Country singer Loretta Lynn smokes weed, causing my blog stats to spike!
Seriously! Two days in a row now I have received email messages from WordPress that my blog statistics are spiking. I discovered that Spin Magazine, an online music magazine, had linked to one of my blog posts. Wondering what in the world they found of interest in my blog, I was led to an article about…
Have You Heard of Kelly Gissendaner? My State Is Putting Her To Death on Tuesday
That’s right. The State of Georgia is planning, for the first time since 1945, to execute a woman, a woman whose crime actually was carried out by someone else. Kelly Gissendaner was convicted of planning the 1997 murder of her husband and was sentenced to death. The man who actually committed the crime, Kelly’s boyfriend at…
This week in our small-town police blotter: The drunk who kept losing his pants
It’s been ages since I wrote about any of the stories in the police blotter of our small-town weekly newspaper. There just haven’t been many funny stories lately. But one this week was amusing, especially the news reporter’s comment at the end of the police report: A deputy (shopping) at a convenience store about 11 p.m. noticed…
People I Have Known: Mike duCille, Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist
Note: Beginning after the New Year, I was planning to do a series of posts titled “People I Have Known,” sort of “my brush with history,” as I have been privileged to know a number of people who went on to accomplish great things in life. Sadly, I received news today of the untimely death of…
Black Lives Matter
To my readers: This may be considered to be a political post, so if you aren’t in a frame of mind to read this type of commentary, just skip this one. I’ll go back to photos and inspiring quotes later. As someone who grew up in America’s segregated South, came of age during the Civil…
This Week In Our Small-Town Police Blotter: Some Friendly Advice From A Cop
I’m happy to say that the police in my neck of the woods are armed with good advice: Don’t engage in conversation with people who make you angry. Here are two accounts exactly as they appeared in our local weekly newspaper: “Police were called to a South Main Street business because of what appeared to be a…
