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COLUMN: A sweet treat in the autumn South
I’m not exactly sure how he managed to live in this world this long, especially in the South, and never experience one of the...
COLUMN: What can I get for this?
I’ve noticed in recent years, even though I’ve paid for a motel/hotel room in advance, the check-in clerk always wants my credit card for...
COLUMN: Love locks over the river
Many rivers have locks, but not only the kind that lower or raise boats in its water. You may have seen them before, but...
COLUMN: I absolutely loved cologne
I began shaving when I was around 13. Why, you might ask? Not because I needed to, but because I wanted to.
I did have...
COLUMN: A ride down the Rhine River
When I saw the handwriting on the wall, I knew we were no longer in Kansas; excuse me, I meant Alabama. As a matter...
COLUMN: Why did he say that?
People can say some strange things. Some of these statements are quite annoying, while others may be funny and enjoyable. Some of the things...
COLUMN: Boy on a hot tin roof
Mama had a mysterious situation. Her dried apples kept disappearing. Each day their number seemed to be less than it had been the day...
Let’s not become a people who dread sunrise
I can remember a time when I
dreaded sundown. I was a kid afraid of the dark and the monsters that lived
under my bed. Eventually,...
Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: When our cars only had two-sixty air conditioning
I have a serious problem. Well, serious might be an overstatement, but it is as least an uncomfortable situation. I live in the deep-south,...
A special day to honor our mothers
Perhaps you’ve never heard of Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, but because of her, we celebrate Mother’s Day. She was born in Culpepper, Virginia, on...
Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: To catch a mockingbird
Those silly dogs of mine will chase anything that moves and a few things that don’t. They rarely catch the things they chase except...
Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: I’ve had that surgery
Occasionally, someone will ask me how many times I’ve been in the hospital. For a little fun, I often reply, “Oh, I’ve lost count,...
She Was Always There
When I was growing up the one person who was always there for me was my mother. I was born in the old DeKalb...
