Some words of advice to a great-grandson

Dear Cameron Charles Yarbrough, Well, it’s that time of year again when your great grandfather dispenses a little advice that he wishes he had received when he was your age. This annual letter began when your father and his cousins were tykes.

Timothy James

It had been a long day. Not a particularly tiring or stressful one. It was the kind of day where so much happened so quickly that, later you ask, “Did that happen yesterday? Or before?” We were in Nashville for the fourth time in weeks.

Knock! Knock!

“Who’s there?” “It’s 2023. May I come in? It’s a bit cold out here. All I’m wearing is a sash and some Huggies!” “Please do. I’m glad to see you but aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for, well, uh, the new year?” “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about.

Peach Bowl grows from pits to major cash crop

New Year’s Eve 1981 was probably the coldest sporting event and evening of my life, spent in 50-yard-line seats in the very top row of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Junior E. Lee takes a look at Y2KXXIII

The New Year is upon us. 2023. It seems like only yesterday that we were up at midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1999, wringing our hands at what catastrophes might await us at the beginning of Y2K – the year 2000.

Still rosey for Rosen

Few industries took more of a beating from this easing pandemic than tourism and travel. Even in Orlando, Florida, one of the tourism capitals in the world, the impacts were real and lasting, and even some of the titans of the industry felt the crowd losses.

A tribute to the beloved woman who shared my name

Two years ago this week, I told you a final goodbye. In some respects, you were not the woman I knew and loved that left me.

One of our brightest stars

As we wave farewell, or at least say “See ya’ next time,” to this pandemic, and soon 2022, I note that both took from me my mother, as well as several irreplaceable and close friends.

A Gothic Christmas tale

At the turn of the 20th century, and on into the mid-1950s, life in the Appalachians was a tale of black-and-white gothic existence.

Gift an experience: Live art this holiday season

Still shopping for lastminute Christmas gifts? Don’t know what to get Uncle Scott? What about your Nana? Your mom? She deserves everything. What if I told you there was something that would please everyone on your list? That ‘magic’ thing? Tickets to see live performances!