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,...
Healthier eating habits
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Column Articles
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...
Auburn better be ready
I seldom write about sports. There are sports reporters and columnists who can and do comment on teams and coaches and individual players and all...
Mobile, mail and Gayfers
Last week, I provided comedy at the National Postmasters Convention in historic downtown Mobile. To say I had a good time would be an...