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Some go pop, some soda, but I’m a Coke man

Someone on Facebook, the source of all things true, posted a map of a survey that determined what term folks apply to fizzy soft drinks. Read More
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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. Read More
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Pork chop, salad or diet dog food? Tough call

Getting old is not a sport for the faint of heart. Read More
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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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To Mama, gold paint meant Christmas

We bought a can of gold spray paint this week. My mama would have been proud. Read More
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