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Don’t peck me!We were sitting around Friday night after a Thanksgiving leftover meal when Helen’s and my niece told us she didn’t know what a peck is until recently.
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Reviewing the holidaysOn Thursday last week, my sister Sarah Nell and I set out for Statesboro to visit the new Hobby Lobby over there.
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Preparing for a day of thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is becoming one of my favorite holidays of the year.
Thanksgiving is becoming one of my favorite holidays of the year.
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The law west of the Pecos
Texas Highway 17 carried us north from I-10 through the Big Bend desert country and across I-20 to Pecos, Texas where we accessed U. S. 285 to carry us farther north to the Texas-New Mexico Border.
Texas Highway 17 carried us north from I-10 through the Big Bend desert country and across I-20 to Pecos, Texas where we accessed U. S. 285 to carry us farther north to the Texas-New Mexico Border.
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When I taught in Hazlehurst back in the 70’s, a student answered the roll on the first day of school with a request.
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Last week I spent four days in the Appling Hospital, three of which were in the ICU unit.
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B. J. was letting Ole Red run wild and free across the Big Bend Country of west Texas.
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When I was asked to serve on the Georgia Literacy Task Force, I hesitated.
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Autumn (or as most southerners call it - fall) is here. Fall is a time for transition. This means cooler, shorter days, the appearance of colorful foliage, harvest time, feast and festivals.
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The Alamo was an emotional experience as well as a study in Texas history. There was just too much to read and see and do so, as we always do when we enjoy a place, we vowed to return at a future d...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin. "He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday....
Fri Dec 05 04:14:57 +0000 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities said Thursday, a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists....
Fri Dec 05 04:16:19 +0000 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being considered as the Justice Department readies indictments, people close to the case said....
Fri Dec 05 03:56:09 +0000 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Desperate U.S. automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as they appealed with rising urgency - and a new dose of humility - for a $34 billion bailout. Without help, said one senator, "we're looking at a death sentence."...
Fri Dec 05 04:27:16 +0000 2008