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- Friday, May 24, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Harris Blackwood
The darkness has lifted, a brilliant mind restored
I am often asked if I have a favorite column among all of the hundreds I have written.
Pork chop, salad or diet dog food? Tough call
Getting old is not a sport for the faint of heart. To be honest, a faint heart is often one of the telltale signs of getting old. I am not my heart's best friend. Today, I enjoyed a pork chop that was close to 2 inches thick at a place called "This Little Piggy" (ironically, that is the same thought that comes to mind when I look at my jowly countenance in the mirror). It ...
A loving farewell to a small-town sheriff
LUDOWICI - The name Cecil Nobles is not a household word in most of Georgia, but if you asked folks around here, everybody knew him.
Young Harris grads made a mark on Ga.
In the 1950s, there was no Zell Miller Highway to zip folks from the Atlanta area to the mountains. There were two reasons for that: Zell had not been elected to anything and was not yet worthy of the designation and, secondly, nice paved four-lane highways were just starting to appear in the big city. It was 1956 before we started building the interstate highway system.
I once saw the future, but now it’s cloudy
I opened the mail the other day and found that a dear friend had sent me a newspaper clipping from 30 years ago.
Christmas memories always survive the letdown
There is something both sad and wonderful about Christmas Day. If you were expecting wonderful and magical things to happen on this day, it either did or it didn't.
To Mama, gold paint meant Christmas
We bought a can of gold spray paint this week. My mama would have been proud. I don't know if it is a Southern thing, but gold spray paint was as much a part of Christmas at our house as Santa and the reindeer. Mama thought certain homemade Christmas decorations looked better with a coating of gold. Most notably among them, pine cones. Mama painted many a pine cone and added a touch of silver ...
Choir memories: Head held high, toes to the floor
I've been singing in somebody's choir for most of my life. It all began when I was four at Beecher Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta. We wore fluffy little choir robes with a little bow on the front.
Shopping violence shouldn't be part of season of peace
I have a radio in my office that displays the names of the songs that are playing on the radio. One day this week, I had the sound turned off but the song titles were still there.
Jacobs put his best on the local airwaves
John Jacobs set a standard for giving back to his community that few will ever match. He went off to college and left to go to war. He came back a decorated war hero who wanted nothing more than to become a contributing citizen in his hometown. He succeeded well. There were a few eras of radio in Georgia. There was a handful of pioneering stations that signed on during the 1920s, as radio was ...
Judge spoke the honest truth — even if he was a Gator
Judge J.D. Smith is hanging up his judicial robe at the end of the year. He has been serving on the Georgia Court of Appeals since 1993. For a decade before that, he served as a superior court judge in the Northeastern Circuit, which includes Hall and Dawson counties.
Pastor provides ‘a glimpse of heaven’ with his guitar
If heaven has neighborhoods, I would like to live near Bruce Fields. Bruce is the associate pastor for pastoral care at First Baptist Church in Gainesville. His ministry, however, reaches far beyond the church. Bruce was born in Ferriday, La., the same town that gave us Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. Unlike the three more famous sons, Bruce didn't pick up the piano, he chose the guitar. He is a fine guitar ...
Honoring our heroes, regular folks who do amazing things
A few days ago, I shared the platform with Dr. Rodger Murchison at the First Baptist Church in Augusta.
Mama’s versatile bargain came in handy more than once
There are lots of shows on TV these days where folks find all sorts of stuff in junk piles and yard sales.
TV fills in the bleeps
I know a few cuss words and use them from time to time.
Articles By Author - Harris Blackwood
Original locations highlight class acts
In the world of restaurants, there is something special about the original location of unique eating establishments.
Bear Bryant advised players to write home
College football coaches often find themselves being pitchmen for everything from soft drinks to pickup trucks.
Hail true to alma maters
The graduation season is upon us and with it comes songs we only hear at commencement exercises.
Mourn the loss of a college tradition
At just about every college you can think of, there is a tradition uniquely identified with the football team. Some of them are historic while others are almost hysterical.
TV is to blame for fading our accents
It is easy to blame television for a lot of things. We have seen many things that were once taboo become acceptable because we saw them happen on TV.
Can't top a classic Easter tradition
The folks in Hollywood seem to run short on ideas from time to time. They seem to thrive on remakes of old movies. I saw a story last year that said movie studios were looking at 50 potential remakes.
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