Pursuing Perseverance in 2022
I choose the word “perseverance” as my guiding light for 2022 because I’m so bad at it. I start so...
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OPINION
A Cautionary Tale
Picture this. You’re aimlessly scrolling down your Facebook feed, when suddenly the most dazzling...
Read MoreA Lazy Look Back
January 1st, 2022. It’s New Year’s Day and time to write another column. I’ve been conjuring up a...
Read MoreMy Best of 2021
What a year in this American life. Those who thought 2020 couldn’t be topped in terms of tension,...
Read MoreWhere are you, Christmas?
I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve experienced too much sadness and loss this holiday season. The...
Read MoreThis Holiday Season, Humor Me.
Several years ago, in a column I can’t seem to find now, I wrote a sentence that my sister deemed...
Read MoreGood News and Bad News
As we barrel toward Thanksgiving, then on to the end of another very strange year, I’ve got some...
Read MoreWhat Dreams May Come
Do you dream of technology? I mean literally. When you close your eyes at night, do you drift off...
Read MoreLooking Back at His Dear Old Town
Mike Jones’ new novel explores 60-year-old Beaufort murder mystery Mike Jones was 16 years old, a...
Read MoreDividing and Conquering . . . Ourselves
I don’t know about y’all, but more and more these days, I feel crushed by the weight of our...
Read MoreAunt Bossy
Moving On I have become an expert in saying goodbye. The first time I became aware of how...
Read MoreA Serious Subject and Silly Me
I was out for my walk a few mornings ago when a neighbor stopped me to thank me for this column....
Read MoreCulture Warriors and Braver Angels
Recently, I was scrolling through social media – shocking, I know – and I realized a weird kind of...
Read MoreAunt Bossy
Open the Gates and let the Wizard In Dear Aunt Bossy, I am at a place in my life where I don’t...
Read MoreVaccination Frustration: Part Three
I’m not particularly happy to be writing my third column in five months bearing the title...
Read MoreWorshipping Gold
What do I know about performing a vault exercise in gymnastics? Only what I see. From the comfort...
Read MoreAunt Bossy
When You Are the Grownup Dear Aunt Bossy, My mother is embarrassing. She is sixty and insists...
Read MoreIn Defense of Nice
I came across a meme on Facebook last week that read: “Don’t confuse kindness with being nice....
Read MoreStepping Out on Faith: A Conversation
I don’t often get inspired these days. For too many reasons to count, I’ve grown cynical....
Read MoreLove and Hate
Dear Aunt Bossy, A group of us are very concerned about a friend and don’t know what to do. He...
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