A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
January 6, 2026
You probably won’t remember Jerry “Toothpick” Bowden. But he and I go way back. To a couple of “field of dreams” of yesteryear.
Opinion
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Living Large… Through It All
December 30, 2025
You’d think I would be an expert by now. But the last article in December is always a tough one for me.
Merry Cough-mas
December 30, 2025
“It must be my left foot, that foot is always the culprit,” I said to myself as I stifled another cough and contorted myself into an awkward turtle position to slather more Vicks on the sole of my left foot. (Vicks on the feet stops coughing for a good night’s sleep - usually).
Showing Off for the Cows
December 23, 2025
Leon decided one Christmas we were going ice skating. He just woke up one morning excited as all “git-out” over the prospects of “flying across the ice.” He couldn’t stand to not do nothing while we were out of school for the holidays.
Christmas Came Early This Year
December 16, 2025
We were completely stopped. Not moving. Stationary. Neither of us were surprised. It was Atlanta after all. I-85 to be more precise.
Medication and Anxiety
December 16, 2025
In previous decades, the go-to medication for anxiety was a benzodiazepine, either valium, klonopin, or Xanax.
Focus On What You Know
December 9, 2025
An anxious brain is a busy brain. It can't sit still and be quiet.
Go Ahead, Have a Panic Attack
December 2, 2025
The worst thing about having a panic attack is that it makes you believe you’re going to die.
Talk About a Special Friend
December 2, 2025
To an entire community!
Don’t Stop Worrying
November 25, 2025
One thing you must remember is that ANXIETY AND WORRY feed off each other. More anxiety produces more worry. More worry produces more anxiety.
Mr. Paschall Understood Those Atwood Boys
November 25, 2025
Ah, Thanksgiving is here. What a special time! The meal is carefully laid out. Family is gathered around the table. Memories entwine themselves in the aroma of homemade dressing, honey baked ham, and Aunt May White’s exquisite sweet potato casserole.
Editorial: Thankful Determination
November 25, 2025
It is the time of year where we count our blessings and realize all that we have to be thankful for.
Knowing Where Our Bread is Buttered
November 18, 2025
There is something special about a local weekly newspaper. It’s news about your friends and neighbors. It alerts you to upcoming events…that actually pertain to you. It will give you every single detail on how Homer Cunningham got his 1955 Dodge pickup entangled with a telephone pole alongside that sharp curve out on the Shiloh Road.
Don’t Stop Worrying
November 11, 2025
One thing you must remember is that ANXIETY AND WORRY feed off each other. More anxiety produces more worry. More worry produces more anxiety.
Nothing Ordinary About These Ordinary People
November 11, 2025
We pause every year in November to recognize the veterans who have stood in the gap for us. From those brave soldiers who won our freedom at Lexington Green, Bunker Hill, Trenton, and Yorktown, to those who defended it, and us, at San Juan Hill, in the Argonne Forest, at Omaha Beach, in the freezing cold of Korea’s Chosin Reservoir, the jungles of Vietnam, and the blazing heat in the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq.
I Feel Hopeful
November 11, 2025
For the first time in an entire year, I feel hopeful.
Solving the West Tennessee Time Tangle
November 4, 2025
I don’t have any idea who invented Daylight Savings Time, but I can guarantee you, whoever it was never had to milk a cow in the dark.
Those Were The Days My Friend….
October 28, 2025
It was all about the candy at first. No one is too young to eat Tootsie Rolls or a Bit-O-Honey bar.
Control Your Breathing and You’ll Control Your Anxiety
October 28, 2025
It's all about the breath.
Anxiety is a Liar
October 21, 2025
Don't listen to your anxiety—IT'S A LIAR!
