The opossum: an unusual critter

Throughout the years since the turn of the last century, Virginia opossums are among a few native North American mammals occurring in the Southeast that have consistently been able to maintain stable or growing populations. Others include gray squirrels, coyotes,...

A week of moving

We have been moving for a week now. I hope and pray I never have to go through this ordeal again. We started on my wife’s house last week. I was amazed at how much stuff she had in her 1,030 square foot house. It was like the little car at the circus with all the...

‘Major mystery’ solved

By Bob SandersThere is a gospel song that ends with, “…and we’ll understand it better by and by.” Well, it’s “by and by,” and I understand it better. I ran across an article about a movie that he was in that cleared it up for me.  Well, let’s go back to the...

A new friend

When I got up Sunday morning, I didn’t know I’d be making a new friend.  I had normal Sunday plans – get up, go to church, eat lunch, etc.  Instead, I got a pleasant surprise. Rooney is a young man. He is intelligent, cheerful and energetic.  He is quick to make...