by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2013 | Column
It’s funny how little word can get around, once they’re on a printed page. I wrote my first newspaper column for the late and lamented Auburn Bulletin. Its editor was the fearless Neil Davis, who had the odd opinion that people should be treated about the same,...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2013 | Column
In case you missed it, May 28 was World Hunger Day when world hunger was again recognized as the huge problem that it is today. The good news is that more and more organizations as well as individuals are making an attempt to do what they can to alleviate this...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2013 | Column
When we moved into our newly-constructed house about 25 years ago, during spring and early summer songbirds of several species were frequently heard and seen, including three vireos, three warblers, Cardinals, Wood Thrushes, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Carolina Wrens,...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2013 | Column
After graduating from college in 2001, I fell on hard times as I awaited orders for Officer Candidate School. The Army has a justifiable reputation for messing up paperwork, so it was almost a year before Uncle Sam finalized my departure date. During those hard times,...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2013 | Column
Before there was television in my hometown of Evergreen, AL., there was church on Sunday night and prayer meeting on Wednesday night during the late 1940s and early 1950s. On the other summer nights we listened to the radio, or went outside to play “kick the can.”...