Three generations

TEMPE, Ariz. – Last weekend here in the Valley of the Sun, there was a gathering of three generations—grandfather, father, and son.

Everyone comes with a story

If your path has ever crossed with mine, if we have ever spent more than 10 minutes in conversation, or your mama ever stopped me in the grocery store, there is an excellent chance that you’re in a story. A stranger pulled up beside me on a sidewalk the other day.

The time is now!

Atlanta, Georgia, in many ways ahead of the game for decades, was the cradle of the American Civil Rights Movement, though it took more than gentle rocking to get the movement fully underway, as well as later keep those freedom fires burning.

What they say and what it means

The following is a Public Service announcement: Congress is in recess and members are back home. Kiwanis, Rotarians, Chambers of Commerce and other assorted groups can expect likely visits from their intrepid public servants.

Farmer’s markets

You may be familiar with past references in this space to farmer’s markets. If the subject is like hearing a favorite song again, I hope you will hang on and reflect with me.

Some random thoughts on some random subjects

As I watched the surreal events this past week concerning the first-ever criminal indictment of a former president of the United States, I thought of a passage in the Old Testament, Hosea 8:7: “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”

A Yankee saves a bit of The South

There are many compliments that I can give to my husband, Tink. Firstly, he is a devoted man of God. He rises early each morning to spend two hours in Bible study. Daddy would be proud of that. And that he reads the King James Bible, albeit the New King James.

It’s not public schools that are failing; it is society

When did public schools start failing?It had to be after I graduated. I seem to recall a group of dedicated teachers who taught me how to read and write, add and subtract, and even multiply and divide.

Stormy weather

Though I do not believe the recent New York district attorney and grand jury criminal indictments will sink the ‘unsinkable’ good ship Trump, I definitely believe the former president is in for some protracted stormy weather.

Never mind the wolves; it’s about the termites

Columnist David French is a recent addition to the editorial pages of The New York Times. (Yes, I read The Times – but I don’t inhale.) His is a conservative voice. Born in Alabama and currently living in Tennessee, French describes himself as a “Reagan Republican,” going back to his early teens.