2018 Columns

I will admit that this job doesn’t rise to the level of trapping alligators in a swamp, but it is hard enough. In the first place, I am dealing with editors across the state who wonder if I skipped school when the subject of punctuation was covered in my high school English class.  I tell them I was too busy diagramming sentences in Birdie Parker’s class at Russell High … [Read more...] about April 23, 2018: Maybe Trapping Alligators Isn’t That Bad After All

Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Dr. G. Gil Watson, aka, the World’s Greatest Preacher, up and retired after two decades of trying to save my sorry soul.  Not only was he my preacher, he was and is my friend.  He did his best to resuscitate me.   He just didn’t have a lot to work with.  Just when I thought I was off the … [Read more...] about April 16, 2018: Random Thoughts on Preachers, Politicians and Sweet Vidalia Onions Among Other Things

I could tell by the way the telephone rang that Skeeter Skates was calling.  The phone sort of jumps and jangles when he calls.  He can be a pretty intimidating guy, even to a telephone. Skeeter is the owner of Skeeter Skates Plow Repair and Stump Removal in Ryo, Georgia.  I don’t know many folks in the plow repair and stump removal business besides Skeeter but … [Read more...] about April 9, 2018: Skeeter Skates Doesn’t Like Facepaint or Twerps

An unalterable deadline does not allow me to comment on certain events as quickly as I would like.  Also, it is my policy to avoid writing about what everyone else happens to be writing about at the moment.  Otherwise, I become just another voice crying in the wilderness, indistinguishable from all the others. Having said that, permit me to tell you about my … [Read more...] about April 2, 2018: A Late but Heartfelt Remembrance of Zell Miller