Dear Editor, On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, I received a frantic phone call from my mother. A tree had fallen across the road near her home, blocking her from leaving to take our grandson to the doctor. He had been stung several times by wasps or yellow jackets, and because he is allergic, every min...

We’re all aware of the killing of Sarah Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guard member. The other National Guard member wounded in the shooting has been identified as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. President Trump has stated that Wolfe is in “very bad shape” and “fighting for his life.”Ra...

Southern grandmas aren’t like other grandmothers across this vast continent – especially when it comes to their sweet little grand babies. While the titles of GiGi, Mamaw, Nona, Honey and a vast assortment of other tender terms are bestowed upon them indicting a kind, gentle nature, their true chara...

Oh how the best laid plans often fail. Or more likely something comes along and messes everything up.Several years ago, I came home one day and Lisa h...

Growing up as a child in the 1970s, one of my most dreaded experiences was going to my grandparent’s home. My dad’s mother and father died while I was...

One of the challenges of my sixties has been sleeping throughout the night in a restful sleepan atrocity I could not imagine in my younger adulthood. ...