The drill continues in the Okefenokee Drag-Mining controversy

By: Dick Yarborough   Since we last discussed efforts to drill in our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide so that mankind will never experience life without toothpaste whitener, nothing has changed ­—except a lot. What hasn’t changed? Gov.

George Harrison

By: Ronda Rich   There is a disagreement that Tink and I have had a couple of times. Not an argument, mind you. But a half-joking, half-serious disagreement.  Upfront, know that it has to do with former Beatle, George Harrison, and his only child, son, Dhani.

There’s another way to spell ‘eutopia’

By: Dink Nesmith   Is it eutopia or utopia?      I’m no scholar. But in Greek, “utopia” translates to “no place,” which can only be found in books. I’m not talking about that one.      My topic is on “eutopia,” a “good place” where happiness flows and everything is almost perfect.

Changes

By: Douglas Huff   As I write this, it is the last week of August. From where I sit in my study, I can see red leaves on a plum tree, and leaves on the oak trees are developing a pale green color. Just a few days ago all those leaves were dark green.  It is the cycle of life for leaves.

Stunt double for ‘The Rock’ also has a soft side

By: Phil Hudgins   It seems appropriate that the popular "American Ninja Warrior" is showing on television when Myles Humphus telephones me. Humphus is not a Ninja, but he’s certainly a warrior. He could pass for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the actor.

Sing a song to the precious days of summer

By: Dick Yarborough   Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December. But the days grow short when you reach September. Truer words were never spoken – or sung.

The postcard

By: Ronda Rich   At the kitchen table, where I often write if I’m not on the back porch, I was working when Tink walked in with the mail. Normally, he only opens “green” envelopes; these are envelopes that hold residuals from television shows he has written.

Leonard’s Losers

By: Tom Poland The show claimed to raise your pigskin IQ. To get my weekly prescription of smart pills, I’d tune in the crackling AM station to hear what Leonard Postero predicted. You football fans too young to experience “Leonard’s Losers?” You missed out.

Talking politics with Skeeter Skates and the Ryo Morning Coffee Club

By Dick Yarborough   Uh! Oh! I could tell by the sound of the phone who was on the other end. Skeeter Skates, owner and operator of the Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia. When Skeeter calls, the phone doesn’t just ring. It jumps.

Rodney the storyteller

By Ronda Rich   Rodney, my brother-in-law, is one of the South’s best storytellers. He doesn’t tell stories in the typical Southern manner of embellishment, lyrical phrasing, or extreme expression. He tells them in such a casual way that the story becomes the king. Not the storyteller.