We had several dogs when I was growing up. They were all good dogs and, like you do, I grew attached to each one of them.
I met Pete Barnes the day I moved in across the street from him and his wife Louise. I was standing in the backyard after a long day of moving…
Many years ago, when I was always trying to save money, I had an old car, a 1955 Chevy 4-door that had engine trouble.
I have a couple of friends that are big speckled-perch (some folks call them crappie) fishermen. They love this time of year, when it starts t…
Sunday afternoon rides were a staple in our family. I can remember many Sundays after lunch loading up in our old station wagon and heading ou…
I have so many good memories of Thanksgiving. As far back as I can remember Thanksgiving has always been a time of family, friends, and especi…
I do something that some people may consider odd. I have all of my clocks set ten minutes fast.
Everywhere has one of those highways that generate wrecks and dangerous drivers.
Many years ago, my friend Rick Hedricks talked me into going duck hunting with him on the Apalachicola River about 10 miles north of Blountstown.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about how things have changed, sadly to say not for the better.
Have you ever met someone who just seems to always have some kind of a crisis going on all the time? I have and I’m going to tell you about on…
A recent obituary caught my eye. I saw the name Kay Alday and checked it out to see if it was the wife of an old friend.
Isn’t it funny that when you are young you always seem to want to do everything quickly?
I grew up and lived until I was 21 at 123 Malcolm Street, in Quincy.
It is hard to believe that it has been 20 years since that fateful day in September 2001. In some ways it seems like yesterday, in others it s…
Alabama football seems to be getting more and more healthy as the season arrives.
Over the past week I have witnessed as I am sure most of you have the ongoing Afghanistan fiasco. It has been very disturbing to me to watch a…
Four years ago, I found out I was Type II diabetic.
This evening in Dothan: Scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then variable clouds overnight with more showers at times. Low 73F. Winds ligh…
The last few months of my father’s life were spent in and out of the hospital.
Bobby Bowden was certainly a living legend and one of the most courteous people I have ever met. He had strong Christian beliefs that was a lo…
Over the past few weeks, a good number of my friends and acquaintances have come down with COVID. Three of them are in the hospital, with one …