Sing a Song to the Precious Days of September

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. I wish I had written those words but they come from playwright Maxwell Anderson for the Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938.

Movie stunt double for ‘The Rock’ also has soft side

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. In fact, he has passed for Johnson, many times over the last 11 years.

The American Death Cult and candidates who support it

It was in the 1970s that abortion entered into the American conscience. Most people, at that time, viewed the practice as a necessary evil. But today, gleeful tones can be heard in the halls of government on those occasions when pro-abortionists advance their cause.

It’s The Law: Grandparents do have rights

Many of my clients have asked over the years, as a grandparent, what rights do they have regarding grandchildren. The relationship between a grandparent and a grandchild can be one of great joy and importance for both grandparent and youngster.

Hearing & seeing same facts -- unlike on social media platforms

“Jury duty.” To the average person, it belongs alongside “fender bender” and “root canal” on life’s little list of undesirable experiences. An internet search of ways to avoid jury duty turns up actual legal advice as well as tips from the people’s law school, a.k.a. Reddit.

Confessions of a nostalgic packrat

Why did the equivalent of a semi-tractor trailer back up to one of our barns last week? Good question. There are short and long answers. Country artist George Jones sang about “living and dying with choices” that he’d made.” My quick response is that I chose to be a nostalgic packrat.

Motorists should be mindful with yellow school buses on the road

Safety is a priority on the state and local levels when it comes to protecting children who are loading and unloading yellow school buses. Motorists traveling on the roadways should always be cautious, but be extra vigilant when the school buses are rolling through town.

Talking presidential politics with the Ryo Morning Coffee Club, Skeeter Skates

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, Ga. When Skeeter calls, the phone doesn’t just ring. It jumps. Skeeter can do that to phones and to people.

Better deal of freer-flowing traffic, minimal taxpayer investment

Road building in Georgia continues to evolve for the better. Not long ago (2011) Georgia’s first variable-toll express lanes opened on I-85. That project was followed by the I-75 South Metro Express Lanes (2017), and then the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes on I-75 and I-575 (2018). Ga.

Eagles to battle Raiders on national stage

This Sunday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School football team will head to Chattanooga to take on Baylor School.