Not so crazy after all?

You have to be very careful in this business when tossing out opinions. You can get yourself in trouble if you say the wrong thing.

My David (part two)

David Ford, a Wall Street billionaire, and I, a simple Southern girl who can’t always pronounce words correctly, formed an unlikely friendship.It began when my husband, Tink, and David’s wife, Pamela, were working on a television project.

Ken Vance: Respected servant leadership for Georgians

Dear editor,Respected, servant leadership is hard to come by in American politics today. Now more than ever, politicians drive the wedge that divides us further apart instead of offering real solutions. We need real leaders who put our needs above partisan bickering.

Florida sheriff walking tall

I have a new hero.

My David (part one)

Over the bathroom tub, hangs a small painting of a turn-of-the-20th-century high society woman, dressed in an orange, silk, off-the-shoulder dress. It matches the orange accents of the room.Tink came out of the bathroom recently, shaking his head. “Every time I see that painting, I have to laugh.

Goodbye, Helene, and good riddance

Hello, Hurricane Helene. Goodbye, Hurricane Helene. Please pardon us for showing a lack of Southern hospitality, but you were not welcome to come in the first place and we are glad to see you go.Speaking of hospitality, you didn’t show much yourself.

The once incredible friend

There was once a friend I had who was incredible.Remarkable. Exciting. Too splendid for any adjective in the English language.She is still my friend.But she no longer fits any description above. What she is now is what most of us are – ordinary. Normal.And, too often, downright ho-hum.But once?

Kindness is needed daily

Can we do it? You and I? Can we be kind? More importantly, can we be kind at least once a day for a whole month?

The post card

At the kitchen table, where I often write if I’m not on the back porch, I was working when Tink walked in with the mail.Normally, he only opens “green” envelopes; these are envelopes that hold residuals from television shows he has written.

Happy to be living in a happy state of mind

Are you happy? If so, I am happy. But you and I might be exceptions.I just read a report by WalletHub, a personal finance company, that ranks the 50 states on a number of metrics to determine which states are the happiest. Georgia is listed as the 20th mosthappy state.