Here we are in the middle of the year and the middle of the heat that seems more unrelenting every year. We ought to be used to the heat and humidity, or at least I should be, for I have lived in it all my life. It never gets easier, and I am ever so thankful to the guy who invented air conditioning...

I have been trying, for as long as I can remember and with limited success, to learn Spanish. My husband, Peter, says I am good, but that is because he does not speak Spanish, so if I say anything that is understood by anyone, he regards it as a minor miracle. I feel that I have been stuck at about ...

During the 2020 election cycle, Joe Biden made the abhorrent claim that being Black was contingent upon voting for him. He infamously asserted, “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” Doggone, what shall I list as my ethnicity on my ATF Form 4473 th...

History is filled with accounts of brave soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation. Countless stories, some recorded and some ...

Wow! Today has been one of those days. I started out this morning knowing I had a new hospice patient to go do an initial evaluation on. This at times...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the May 22, 2019 issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Frankl...