Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Christmas, What a Good Feeling!

Ah, yes, Christmas is coming. This has been the strangest Christmas season ever for me. I’ve just spent the last 6 weeks immersed in a commercial renovation for our karate school. When I wasn’t working there, I’ve spent my “free” time either sleeping or working for Greater Georgia Printers. Yesterday was my first real day of leisure since early November—a brief hiatus in a now very busy Christmas schedule. There’s…

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16 December 2000
Humor / Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Ah, Peace and Quiet!

Everyone talks about the peace and quiet of the country. All of our visitors have commented on the serenity of our "estate"; both my husband and I fell in love with this place simply because of the quiet. How quiet is it? Well, quiet enough to discover a few new things about our world. It’s so quiet that I am able to hear all that air traffic.--all that air traffic…

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16 November 2000
Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Deer Tales

I’ve had to accustom myself to many things since my move to Oglethorpe County, but one of the newest learning experiences has been the deer. Now deer is something that I have history with—starting early in Gainesville with my dad. He used to go on "hunting trips" to the mountains with friends. Since he never bagged anything besides a hangover, I decided as a child that deer hunting was just…

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16 October 2000
Humor / Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Country Greetings

Every time I don’t write a column, somebody is sure to complain about it that next week.  I really appreciate such a reaction because it is so flattering, but I resolved recently to avoid such complaints which are at times delivered in a scolding tone. Thank you, my fans (!), I’m really trying but some weeks I have no thoughts besides the usual drudgery of housework, computer work, miscellaneous physical…

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16 September 2000
Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

Who do you know?

Once years ago I was walking through the mall in North Charleston, SC, and spoke to someone I knew in passing. A few feet down the corridor I realized I hadn’t seen him since Okinawa, Japan! I chuckled and thought, "yes, the Air Force really is a small community!" In light of that, why do I find it hard sometimes to adjust to small town life in this area? Eleven…

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16 September 2000
Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

I’m Home

The darnedest thing happened to me recently and I have just now sat down to make sense of it all. We moved. OK, now I have done this before—over 30 times in fact as an adult. This time, though, is different. After 4 years in Crawford we sold and then bought a house in Stephens. Actually, not in Stephens, but 2 miles out a dirt road between Maxeys and Stephens!…

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16 August 2000
Humor / Oglethorpe County and Rural Life

LOST!

I can’t believe I got lost! I have one handy talent that my husband doesn’t have. I always know where I am in relation to the world. This came in real handy during all my travels and during those years of newspaper delivery. Poor old Tommy is "spatially challenged"—he gets lost inside buildings just by turning a corner. So he’s delighted that I have missed our street three times recently…

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16 May 2000
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