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My  bucket list is not only complete, my bucket runneth over.  My portrait of the Beloved Woman Who Shared My Name  now hangs in the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University where she received her degree at the age of 45.  That’s correct.  At a time when most of her friends were winding down¸ she was just getting wound up. Some of you are familiar with her … [Read more...] about November 17, 2024: Portrait a Reminder of a Remarkable Accomplishment

The election is over and whether your side won or not, let’s all be grateful the nation is still standing and that all the political ads are gone and, hopefully, forgotten.  Now, it is time to get back to the Okefenokee. Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals  LLC is still pushing for approval from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division to drill for titanium dioxide on 582 … [Read more...] about November 10, 2024: Proposed Expansion Could Be The Answer To Okefenokee Controversy

Spoiler alert: No talk of politics this week.  I will let the talking heads talk and political pundits pontificate and then I will tell you what really happened and why.  No applause, please.  Just doing my job. Instead, I am going to tell you about a remarkable woman doing a remarkable thing and that despite the partisan poison being spewed these days, reminds us we do have … [Read more...] about November 3, 2024: A Candy Bar Feeds an Exciting New Initiative

Can we do it?  You and I?  Can we be kind?  More importantly, can we be kind at least once a day for a whole month?  I didn’t think this idea up but I wish I had because it is a great and much-needed one.  I got it from a daily devotional courtesy of Northside United Methodist Church in Atlanta and Nancy Jeanne Chadwick, the Children's Ministry Associate.  She may work with … [Read more...] about September 22, 2024: A Reminder That Kindness Is Needed Daily

Are  you happy?  If so, I am happy.  But you and I might be exceptions.  I just read a report by WalletHub, a personal finance company, that ranks the 50 states on a number of metrics to determine which states are the happiest.  Georgia is listed as the 20th happy state. The criteria for determining how happy we are include things like our emotional wellbeing, do we get … [Read more...] about September 15, 2024: Happy To Be Living In Such A Happy State Of Mind