On the Path

I got an early start this morning when Sissy (the 15 lb min pin) decided enough was enough - sleep that is. So we were on the trail by 7 this morning. The Rivanna River Trail, that is. Just one part of my path here in C'ville. We left Athens last fall, me after 27 total years there and Tommy after an whole lifetime.  The newness of C'ville is not…

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Outsiders

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…

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Life’s Little Lessons

A friend of mine, Eunice Spratlin, took a tumble last week. Unfortunately, her 80-year-old ankle didn't hold up very well. Since she's a big fan of my columns, I thought to write one for her. When I visited her, ensconced in a hospital bed in her daughter-in-law's front room, she didn't even give me chance to ask if she'ld like that; she just asked if I had already written one!…

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Who Me, Organized?

I, like so many others, kept saying I would be glad when the election was over and things could get back to normal. Oops. Normal, you know, like no more election news? In the middle of all this weirdness (electile dysfunction and no, I didn’t make that up), my life has suddenly ratcheted up into high gear. Before the election I would decide the night before what I would be…

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Terrorism

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…

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Summer Vacation

One unanticipated benefit of living in the country is a feeling of permanent summer vacation. This I just realized today as I was picking the wild blackberries that line one side of our property. As a youngster, I did spend time in country with relatives that owned farms years ago. I can even recall picking cotton at my great grandmother’s though I don’t really remember her. I can’t even remember…

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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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