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65 years ago; What's better? What's worse?
I was born on May 1, 1958. Or, so they say. I can’t quite remember it. What’s better about our world now? And what’s worse? Well, it’s obviously better…
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A Real-Life Ghost Story
(Cherokee drums)
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While they're still here
I drove by my Great Aunt Inez’s house every single day on the way to Highland View Elementary School, where I taught at the time, some thirty years ago…
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Don't BE good - DO good
(a Mother's Day tribute)
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Your bucket list
As a child, when I heard Dad say to Mom, “Hey, did you hear that Old Man Smith kicked the bucket yesterday?”, I thought I’d laugh so hard I’d kick it…
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What to do about your gay or lesbian child
If you think this is an odd topic for this column … think again. Untold millions of parents have a child who identifies themselves as either gay…
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Learning from a dying friend
Kevin Bourne was likely one of the best running backs who ever entered the Stone Castle to play football at Bristol Tennessee High School. And he was…
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