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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 holidays
On 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.
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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.
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What’s in a name?
by Mary Ann Ellis
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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.
Some comforting action
by Max Gardner
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Last week I spent four days in the Appling Hospital, three of which were in the ICU unit.
Judge Roy Bean
by Jame Boyd
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B. J. was letting Ole Red run wild and free across the Big Bend Country of west Texas.
Serving literacy across the miles
by Mary Ann Ellis
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When I was asked to serve on the Georgia Literacy Task Force, I hesitated.
The glorious days of autumn
by Max Gardner
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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.
Way out West in Texas
by James Boyd
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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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