When I awoke at 5 am this morning, I found myself unable to go back to sleep. When I got up, I realized I was on the verge of crying. It took a while before I realized why. Today is the day I pay full price for my most expensive medication. The path to my state of no health insurance is a bit bizarre but does highlight some of what's…
How is it that you, as Oglethorpe County citizens, want to be known? By the outside world, that is--by our neighbors in the surrounding counties, by the rest of Georgia, by others from farther away than that? Southerners have long been known across this nation for being friendly and polite. This I have heard often as I have traveled all over the world. So I ask it again: how do…
Have you noticed? Coverage of Oglethorpe County's news and events has been pretty heavy recently in the Athens Banner Herald and they've even assigned us our own reporter! Along with the news we also made their editorial page last Friday after our county commissioners agreed to spend the money to take our zoning process to the next level. The editorial said "Oglethorpe County may be as close to a clean…
In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks, I didn't immediately try to put words to paper because there is no way for me to put the sorrow and horror into an effective piece of descriptive writing. Simply put, I hurt. Now that the shock is beginning to recede I find my mind going off on many tangents. I worry about what changes this will wreak on our system of…
I’m a pretty typical transplant to Oglethorpe County; in fact, I thought at the time nearly five years ago that I was part of a coming thing out here. Now I’m sure I’m right about that. We didn’t just choose Oglethorpe County as our dream home; we were driven out of Clarke County and ended up here. Oglethorpe County is starting to grow—due to people like my husband and myself…