Dreams and Visions
Last night I dreamt of Sewanee. It was an intensely vivid dream, and one of those rare ones that...
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by Margaret Evans | Apr 13, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Last night I dreamt of Sewanee. It was an intensely vivid dream, and one of those rare ones that...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Mar 30, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. For starters, I have stopped going to church. I don’t know...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Here at our house, we celebrated the First Anniversary of Covid 19 by scoring a couple of...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Mar 1, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 1
Last week, my friend D. posted the following announcement on Facebook: Today, I smash my goal of...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Feb 15, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
It was just past halftime on Super Bowl Sunday, and I was in bed reading. (Hey, I’d made it...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jan 20, 2021 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Well, that was fast. In our last issue, I opined: “If people with very different values and...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Dec 16, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Like millions of Americans, my family and I have been grappling with the big Christmas Question....
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Dec 16, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more . . . He became as good a...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Nov 10, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
In our last issue, I copped out and reran a four-year-old column. I’d written it right before the...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Oct 27, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorEditor’s Note: I first published this essay four years ago, just before...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Oct 13, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, Editor It was a breezy October evening, not quite dark, when we arrived at our...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Sep 29, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, Editor For generations, American parents have been tutoring their children in...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Sep 15, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorDon’t expect too much from this column. We’re preparing to move our only...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Sep 1, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorLast Saturday, my husband and I were traveling down Boundary Street when...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Aug 18, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorIt’s starting. Political yard signs are beginning to appear in...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Aug 4, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorI barely have the energy to write this column, much less the inspiration....
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jul 21, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorI never liked this time of year. The dog days of summer leave...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, Editor Twenty years ago, Jeff and I were newlyweds with big dreams and little...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jun 23, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorHere’s an embarrassing story I’ve never told outside my own living...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jun 9, 2020 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
By Margaret Evans, EditorTypically, I’m not a protest person. I rarely go to marches or...
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