Triumph and Tragedy – An Editorial
May 18, 2013 was one of the most triumph days for girls sports in our community. It was also one of the most tragic for sports in...
read moreNicole’s Story – A Script On Domestic Violence
It’s not often I post my newspaper articles unless I think they need to be shared with a wider audience. Nicole’s story is...
read moreWe’re Your Health Insurance Company And We’re Here To Help …
That would be a “no.” The role of a health insurance company is to deny any/all claims. They will not even acknowledge...
read moreThe Ultimate Wife
Nineteen years ago today, the Little Black Dress wore pink and said “I do.” I am a very, very, fortunate man. She has...
read moreThe Charley Reese Column
You have probably gotten this in your email. And you’ve either totally accepted it and passed it on to everyone you know, or...
read moreFor Little Abby
A very, very difficult story to write. Death and life, all on Christmas. Here’s Abby’s story as I wrote it in The Newnan...
read moreBrown Thursday And Black Friday
Here’s part of my take on the whole turning Thanksgiving into another super duper shopping day, as appeared this morning in The...
read moreThere Are Rocks And Then There Are LBD Rocks
The Little Black Dress has the Mohs Hardness Scale down pat. What she’s learning about rocks and minerals is impressive. This is...
read moreThe Parental Fifth Grade Science Project
I’m going to push the envelope here and, without the backing of any $23.7 million federal grant, state that kids do better in...
read moreLet’s Watch … ARGH@!#!! … Not The Circle of Life!!!!
I am not one for exclamation points. To me, they signify weak writing. If something is AMAZING, CRAZY, AWESOME, INCREDIBLE, WHATEVER,...
read moreWhen An Oompa Falls
The goal was the role of Augustus. By Augustus I do not mean Gaius Julius Caeser Augustus, also known as Octavian, the first Roman...
read moreA Final Note To The Men Of 47
It is customary over here to write letters to the SONS or the Little Black Dress on certain days – birthdays, anniversaries,...
read moreThe Men Of 47 Take On A “Negative Mountain”
King of the Hill is a fairly simple game. By that I mean the basic rules and such. You fight your way to the top, knock everyone else...
read moreRepost: When Perfectly Normal People Go … Batty
It’s test week around here. A time when everyone, well, freaks out. In honor of this infamous week, known simply as CRCT Hell,...
read moreFiguring Out How Rabbits + Eggs + WMDs = Easter
Somehow I’m going to wrap the Resurrection, the Easter Bunny and miniature weapons of mass destruction all in one blog. Bear...
read moreA Laptop, A Little Ingenuity, A Hammock
I have a love-hate relationship when it comes to various electronic gizmos and the SONS of Thunder. I’m okay with them playing...
read moreThe Little Black Dress Fights A Ninja, And I Save Her Thumb
It starts with a blender. Not just any blender. In my mind, a blender is something where you put stuff in a glass/plastic container,...
read moreThe Power Of The Yellow Card
Yellow is a color that, at times, gets a bad rap. Some will call it soothing or cheery. Those types like magazines with the words...
read moreTeaching A Son To Fish … Or Use A Laptop
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. (Chinese proverb) So Eldest Son...
read moreRepost – Obligatory Day
Sometimes I’m a glutton for punishment. Today is one of those days. I wrote the following column years ago. And for some reason,...
read moreA Murder In My Hometown
I’ve covered a lot of murders. For whatever reason, this one bothers me more than most. Maybe it’s his age, the way he...
read moreThe SONS Check Out Miss America
The Miss America pageant was on television the other day. I realize that is not the greatest opening I’ve ever written, but...
read moreA 50th Birthday And A Funeral
On my 50th birthday, I attended a memorial service for a teenager I have never met. He was 17. I didn’t even know his name until...
read morePart Two: Intrepid Reporter Finally Gets His Interview With Santa
(In this followup to my previous post, I finally get the interview with The Man. First published in The Newnan Times Herald.) There is...
read morePart One – The Man Arrives: Intrepid Reporter Attempts, Fails To Get Sit-D...
(I recently wrote a story about trying to get a “sit-down” with The Man for my newspaper – The Newnan Times-Herald....
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