MOVE OVER HUMPHREY AND SETH JOHN – HERE COMES SONNY I read where Gov. Sonny Perdue held a pep rally at the Capitol for state agency heads, state employees and assorted bass fishermen to fire up the troops as he prepares for the last year of what has been a scintillating two terms as our leader. Although he won’t admit it, sources tell me that the governor is concerned about … [Read more...] about Jan. 11, 2010: Move Over Humprey and Seth John — Here Comes Sonny
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January 4, 2010: Annual Letter to My Grandsons
To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough and Nicholas Wansley: My annual correspondence with you is now entering its second decade. We started when you were gap-toothed, giggly moppets. Now one of you is married and a father, one of you is about to graduate from college, and the third is winding up high school. Even after 11 years of dispensing grandfatherly advice, I still don't know if … [Read more...] about January 4, 2010: Annual Letter to My Grandsons
Dec. 28, 2009: It Is A New Year But Don’t Tell The Corn-Fried Shrimp
IT IS A NEW YEAR BUT DON’T TELL THE CORN-FRIED SHRIMP You can stick a fork in 2009. It is done. I can’t say I am sad to see it go except that it puts me one year closer to the ultimate conversation with my Maker, who can’t wait to hear my excuses for a life not lived as well as He and I would have liked. Only three things of note happened this past year. First, we swore in a … [Read more...] about Dec. 28, 2009: It Is A New Year But Don’t Tell The Corn-Fried Shrimp
Dec. 21, 2009: There Are Some Treasures That Money Can’t Buy
I am a rich man, a man of incalculable wealth. Had I read these words through some magical process several decades past, I would have assumed that my bank account would be overflowing and my estate large and prosperous. Not so. Time has given me a new value system. I now know that what makes you rich is not what is in the bank. It is what is in your heart. There is no … [Read more...] about Dec. 21, 2009: There Are Some Treasures That Money Can’t Buy
Dec. 14, 2009: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem.
I WISH I HAD BEEN THERE. IN BETHLEHEM. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in that humble setting in a lowly manger. Was it really as cold that night as it is sometimes depicted on our Christmas cards or was it a cool and comfortable evening as it is predicted to be this year in Bethlehem? I wish I could have seen … [Read more...] about Dec. 14, 2009: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem.