Got an email the other day from Bryan Curtis at ESPN.com who wanted to talk SEC football. Specifically, fans of SEC football. Why me? Well, a few...
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Column Articles
Dogs I have known and loved
The other day I paused to reflect on dogs I have known and loved. Now I’m not opposed to cats. They are OK. But, well, it’s like when this cat took...
Healthier eating habits
I like to cook, and, at the risk of tooting my own horn, I’m pretty darn good at it. For a myriad of reasons, I was out of the kitchen for a while,...
High class remembering
Some of you have heard some of this before, but some of you haven’t, so bear with me. We are going to do some high class remembering. Three years...
Wasps, yellow jackets and the case of the dropped axe
In an article aimed primarily at farmers, Talmadge Balch, noted Auburn Extension Entomologist, once wrote about wasps. He said that wasps (and that...
Golf addiction, a strange and potentially harmful malady
First, I should preface this by stating that I appreciate the fact that so many people are addicted to golf. They contribute substantially to the...
And kudzu too
Among the many things we lost when the Mobile daily newspapers were shut down (don’t get me started on that), we lost the frequent articles by...
Life lessons learned from Eskimo women
By Norma Kirkpatrick I recently wrote a column about a visit I made to the Aleutian Chain of Alaska back in the seventies; receiving many favorable...
Descendant of Absalom’s mule
Some way or the other the subject of King David came up at the think tank the other day. We got to talking about how he, great as he was and one of...