While some things may change, others seem not to change at all. I am talking about the efforts to drag-mine our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide in order that mankind will never run short of toothpaste whitener. Sources tell me that Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals, which applied for a permit from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (insert … [Read more...] about January 12, 2025: Are We Swapping One Problem for Another in Okefenokee Mining Project?
January 5, 2025: There Is No Clowning Around With Skeeter Skates
My objective has always been to provide you with information not readily available to the general public so that you can shine at your next church social or cocktail party by dropping a factoid on the group that will make them look at you in wonderment and awe. This week I planned to share with you the nutritional similarities between a dozen avocados and two Snickers bars, … [Read more...] about January 5, 2025: There Is No Clowning Around With Skeeter Skates
December 29, 2025: Bugging Junior E. Lee About Current Events
You deserve the best and the best I can offer you today is Junior E. Lee. As longtime readers know and those who are recent to this column will soon learn, Junior is one of a kind. Not only is he the general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Greater Garfield, Georgia, he is also the man behind the renowned Round or Square Polls, … [Read more...] about December 29, 2025: Bugging Junior E. Lee About Current Events
December 22, 2024: Pogo And Friends Discuss Okefenokee Drag Mining Proposal
RAP! RAP! RAP! “This meeting of the Okefenokee Creatures Association will come to order. I am your chairperson Pogo the Possum. Please stand, crawl, hop or slither as you are able and recite the OCA pledge: ‘I pledge allegiance to the Okefenokee Swamp and the peat upon which it stands. One swamp, indivisible, with rivers and justice for all, except drag-miners. … [Read more...] about December 22, 2024: Pogo And Friends Discuss Okefenokee Drag Mining Proposal
December 15, 2024: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem
These words are dedicated to the memory of my friend, the late Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal. He encouraged me to run this column each Christmas season. It is also dedicated to those who believe. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in a lowly manger. Was it really as cold and snowy that … [Read more...] about December 15, 2024: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem