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Whether we are liberal or conservative; black or white; rich or poor; speak English or habla Espanol; live in God’s Country (aka Georgia) or are from up north where all the buildings are rusted and it snows ten months a year, we share one thing in common.  We all have or have had a mother.  There is a lot of weird stuff happening these days but I don’t think we have … [Read more...] about May 7, 2018: Where Would We Be Without Our Mothers?

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