When the name “Hardtner” is mentioned these days, people might think of Henry E. Hardtner, the founder of Urania and the “Father of Southern Reforestation.” But anyone who lived in Urania in the 1930s and 40s would probably first think of his younger brother, Quintin Theodore “Quincy” Hardtner, als...

I received an email recently that got me to thinking about my mother’s clothesline. The email was titled “Remembering Mom’s Clothesline” and I am sure my older readers will recall with a smile on their faces the days of the clothesline. When I was growing up, the clothesline was not an option – it w...

School is out which means summertime has begun, although the calendar says it doesn’t officially start until June 20. We all know that the summer actually begins the moment that final school bell rings and continues until the kiddos start back in August, even though the calendar says summer doesn’t ...

For 150 years, citizens of this country have paused on the last Monday of May to remember and honor those Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifi...

A reader recently wrote and asked a question that many of us ask at one time or another: “If there is a God, and if He is a good and loving God, why d...

“Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country.” So declared Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican, in his televised rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address t...