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Please run for President

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Wednesday, February 15. 2012
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Last week presidential candidate Mitt Romney said to a CNN interviewer, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” As soon as the words fell from Romney’s mouth, great flocks of vultures rose to attack him. [Full Story »] 

No free lunch

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Wednesday, February 15. 2012
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It was back to the catfish pond for Fox and me. We were having a battle trying to keep the ducks from eating the peanut flavored fish food but the two of us were not going to give up. I assured my neighbor I would kill as many ducks as necessary to ensure his catfish make it through this drought we are in. [Full Story »] 

Jacksonville Beach

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Wednesday, February 15. 2012
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Traveling is a happy hobby with B. J. and me; it just happens. We started traveling on our honeymoon to St. Simons Island and it has been going on ever since.

During those early traveling years, we rarely made serious plans for a trip nor did we make reservations in a motel. We just winged it. Don’t laugh. Some of the most fun trips we ever had were the impromptu kind.

On our recent trip to Jacksonville, we made no reservations anywhere for anything whatsoever. We recalled the old days and just winged it. [Full Story »] 

A trashy week

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Wednesday, February 8. 2012
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On those rare occasions when the pump malfunctions and we have no water, my subconscious panics, and I experience an immediate intense thirst. It matters not one whit that I have bottled water in the refrigerator and jugs of water stored for emergencies. My subconscious doesn’t have to be logical. It wants the pump working post haste. [Full Story »] 

Attitude problem

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Wednesday, February 8. 2012
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The copperhead bream, the ones with the streak across their nose, are gathering off the edge of the big flat on the east side of the lake behind my home. My Daddy and I built this lake in 1976 and every time I look at it I remember him and the good times we had as he would hook another of those ‘titty bream’ , as he called them, because they were so big he had to hold them against his breast to get the hook out. [Full Story »] 

Another fun Florida weekend

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Wednesday, February 8. 2012
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Jacksonville Florida is approximately an hour from our house. St. Augustine is another thirty to forty-five minutes and Daytona Beach around three hours. The driving time to these locations is dependent on traffic and Big Red’s or Little Blue’s temperament. B. J. and I frequently skedaddle down to the Sunshine State for an outing. [Full Story »] 

A night on the town

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Wednesday, February 1. 2012
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When my sons were students at Georgia Southern, they were both involved in music, especially Calvin, who earned a degree in music. Josh’s degree is in English, but he played on the indoor drum line and still plays several instruments for fun. Often the boys would call me and tell me to put a particular date on the calendar and come to Statesboro for a night of classical music. We heard music teachers and students in concert, as well as traveling groups. Once we had the pleasure of seeing and hearing a Russian group perform. How we enjoyed these outings. It never bothered me that I got back home late and had to rise early the next morning. [Full Story »] 

Feathered conspiracy

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Wednesday, February 1. 2012
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I am an avid bird hunter and have been all my life. When I was young it was nothing to walk out the back door with my Daddy’s 20 gauge Browning auto and Red, the red speckled setter, and by noon have twenty wild Bob White quail in my coat. Man, those were the days. I loved quail hunting and miss it sorely, but now that the wiregrass and old timber is gone and the habitat has completely changed, hunting wild Bobwhite is nearly impossible for us ordinary folk. Most quail hunting now is done on plantations where the birds are pen raised and released just ahead of the hunt. This is fun to some people but to those of us that were here when it was real; shooting a pen raised quail is like kissing your sister. [Full Story »] 

A shining light in the movie industry

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Wednesday, January 25. 2012
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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. [Full Story »] 

Waxing historical

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Wednesday, January 25. 2012
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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”

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Wednesday, January 25. 2012
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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. [Full Story »] 

A picnic under the full moon

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Wednesday, January 25. 2012
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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. [Full Story »] 

Wildlife refuge in Appling County?

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Tuesday, January 17. 2012
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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.
“No,” I assured myself, “I will not succumb to the superstitious rites of the ignorant.” [Full Story »] 

Jackleg preacher

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Tuesday, January 17. 2012
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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. [Full Story »] 

Tales of the Altamaha 2012

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Tuesday, January 17. 2012
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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. [Full Story »] 
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