By Hardy Jackson Over the years I have had the opportunity to live in just about every region of our state and along the Florida Panhandle, which by...
Signs of fall
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Column Articles
The Art of Being Still: Part 3
By Bradley Robertson “Where does one begin to find the still? You begin by finding it in just one place…” This is our ending, dear readers. As a...
Holy Cow
By Sean Dietrich This story is not mine. But I’m going to tell it anyway. And our story begins at night. Nighttime in the countryside can feel eerie...
Remembering the history, cuisine of The Greenhouse Restaurant
By Ann Cipperly When The Greenhouse Restaurant opened in January 1979, it not only brought fine cuisine to the area but saved one of Opelika’s...
Alive but not Liberated
By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika It’s possible to be alive without being liberated. Under the old covenant,...
Alabama is truly a Republican State
By Steve Flowers Our 2020 Election was yesterday. The Presidential race was the center of all interest. You know the results; unfortunately, my...
And things that go bump in the night
By Hardy Jackson From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! -Traditional...
Truck drivers are unsung heroes
By Greg Markley On Election Day, Nov. 7, 2000, Americans found themselves in a real “train wreck,” in which the next president was not known until...
The Old Man on the Hill
By Sean Dietrich DEAR SEAN: My dad is in the process of dying. He has mild dementia and he’s bitter right now, and is lashing out at all of us...