Columns - Topics from January, 2012
A shining light in the movie industry
Have you had the opportunity to watch the movie Courageous? If not, I encourage you (especially fathers) to go rent a copy from a video store or purchase a copy of this fourth release from Sherwood Pictures, a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany.
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Waxing historical
I just today finished a very pleasant interview with a Bacon County historian. As we talked of genealogy, traveling to famous places, and passing plants along to other people, I thought again of the interconnectedness of generations. When I was younger, I never thought much about history in a personal way. I always liked to read about it, but then I’ll read almost anything, including the cereal box. Now that I’ve aged a bit, I see the past in a different light.
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“Car Begone”
My family has lived here on the land for seven generations. I have several of the original land grant deeds dated in 1820 and ‘ceded from the creek and Cherokee Indian Nations’. My next door neighbors are a black family, the Eady’s, that has been here almost as long. They are in every sense, my neighbors. We do for each other because we trust each other and we each know how the other feels about life situations. We see each other on a deeper level than skin color. This is not to say we do not each have our own distinct cultural leanings because we do and nothing I know can change that, or should.
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A picnic under the full moon
B. J. and I wanted to get the New Year started right so on Sunday evening we donned some warm clothes and B. J. threw together a fundelicious picnic dinner consisting of BBQ pork loin and chicken sandwiches, potato salad, chips and hot chocolate and we saddled Big Red and reined him to our friend’s deck right smack dab on St. Simons Beach. Although it was still one night away from being full, the moon was awesome. The nice cozy deck is an ideal place to spread a meal and enjoy an unobstructed view of the glorious moon over the Atlantic. Big Red was nickering happily.
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Wildlife refuge in Appling County?
Never let people tell you that wildlife is rapidly disappearing from South Georgia. Wildlife abounds here in Pine Grove. One morning last week I was driving to town and saw at least ten cats out in a field. A black one ran across the road in front of me. Apparently it wasn’t very smart or was trying to work some black magic on me. I did not allow myself to mark an invisible X on the windshield, even though I admit to thinking about it.
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“No,” I assured myself, “I will not succumb to the superstitious rites of the ignorant.” [Full Story »]
Jackleg preacher
I had to think of something fast so, under duress, I made a bet with our preacher last November 1st, right after he killed his sixth deer to my nary a one. I bet my stand against his I could lose 20 pounds before Christmas. I’ll say this for the man, he drives a hard bargain. Sensing my desperation, with a sly smile he upped it to 40 pounds and if I win we swap places with deer stands but if I lose he gets to keep the hot spot all season. In my distress, I agreed.
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Tales of the Altamaha 2012
B. J. and I have been close friends and worked with Laurie Jo Upchurch for over twenty years. We keep in touch via e-mail, telephone, visiting, eating out etc. She and her faithful hubby Ken are great fun.
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The awarding of temporary and permanent alimony in divorce cases
We have all seen and heard the divorces of celebrities, athletes and politicians endlessly covered by the national media. It always seems as though one of the parties is seeking extensive alimony or one spouse has been ordered to pay an exorbitant amount of alimony as part of the divorce settlement. Like many other things that we see on television or read on the Internet, these types of situations are not representative of normal divorce actions in Georgia and particularly in our area.
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Ice cold milk and an Oreo cookie
In last summer’s unbearable heat, I was riding along with the lawn mower’s engine roaring when I heard a voice in my head singing, “Ice cold milk and an Oreo cookie , , , ,” The voice of course was directly from the old television commercial. I cut a swath and tried to change the channel in my head. Deliberately, I started singing “Rock of Ages, cleft for me” as loudly as possible.
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You reap what you sow
A few weeks ago, my youngest son, Skeeter, said, “Dad, I want to go deer hunting.” I was delighted since Skeeter has never shown much interest in anything except computers and foreign languages. I took him to a stand opening morning, got him set, and left. I figured he might see one but that he sure as heck wouldn’t kill one.
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The old out and the new in - again
2011 is history. 2012 is here. There are only 352 days until Christmas and 358 (at this writing) days until another New Year’s Eve celebration. All those delightful events and fun celebrations that we did over the holidays with our family and special friends will be forever fondly etched in our memories. Almost equally celebrative with Christmas is delighting in some way the passing of the old year and greeting the New Year as it makes its exciting debut; it is that momentous time when we want to make merry in an extraordinary way with those unique people in those exclusive places that exhilarate the rite of passage with us. Passing from the old to the new can be both a sad and a very delightful time.
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