Rondarosa’s new boss

She wasn’t hired to be boss. She wasn’t even hired. She was bought.It all started because I decided that our miniature Jerusalem donkey needed a friend. There she was, a tiny thing, standing between two big horses that kept pushing her around — and she took it. Poor Sweet Tea.

Putting the accent on how we talk

Well now, don’t that just beat all?

Easter 2025

When Jesus was riding into Jerusalem, crowds met him as, solemnly, he smiled not. He was not to be crowned King, as they thought, for he knew he was riding toward his death.

Week 12 under the Gold Dome

The 2025 Legislative Session has officially come to a close.Let me be clear: Senate Republicans fought daily to protect your freedoms, defend your wallets, and invest in the values that make our communities strong.

Legislature passes buck on Okefenokee – again

Nada. Nil. Zip.

The church

Any church is just a building.

Some random thoughts on random subjects

Our intrepid public servants must think we are a bunch of imbeciles (and they may be right, since we’re the ones who elected them).But if the recent episode of senior U.S. officials mistakenly inviting a reporter into a group chat discussing battle plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen last week...

The Belgian lace

Merri Grace was one of my best college friends. Together, we went everywhere.She lived on campus but I was too poor for such grandeur. I lived at home and drove to school. It was much like high school except we could skip class without our mothers being notified.Merri Grace was the boss.

If we’re not happy, can we just annex Finland?

Perhaps you are not familiar with the World Happiness Report that ranks countries on how happy their citizens are?The release of the 13th edition of the annual report this year coincided with March 20 — United Nations International Day of Happiness — which probably made a lot of people unhappy...

The old hat

In my hands, I held the battered straw hat, holes torn in a couple of places.For a solid block of time, I studied it, having taken it down from the fireplace mantle.I choked up.It probably cost no more than a quarter yet Oscar Cannon, no doubt, wore it for half a century or more.That’s how our...