Wendy Hodge Articles

Top Hat Tackles Food Insecurity

CONTRIBUTED BY WENDY HODGE OPELIKA —“There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” - Mahatma GandhiOpelika and Auburn are blessed. We have restaurants, cafes, delis, bakeries, bistros, coffee shops, mega grocery...

The Turkey Is Dead, and Santa Is Too Skinny

By WENDY HODGE My grandmother’s coffee table was a polished walnut, smooth to the touch. It was an antique even then, 50 years ago. And on it sat the inevitable coffee table book. Hers was a collection of Norman Rockwell paintings. From time to time, I would enter...

Oh Christmas Tree!

By WENDY HODGE Forget the midterm elections and the political campaigns. The real question, the one that is truly on everyone’s mind (whether they admit it or not), is this: “When is it too early/late enough to put up my Christmas tree?” Typically, the people asking...

Marigold and Cadillac

Times are tough. There’s no denying it. Suffering isn’t hard to find, and if you dwell on it for more than a minute or two it can be hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I have come to lean on these words more and more lately:  “Although the world...
Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

By WENDY HODGE Home of the Vikings football team and the actor who played Merle Dixon on the Walking Dead, Jasper, Alabama, is quiet and quaint. We...

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Donkeys and Big Fish — Part II

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

By WENDY HODGE This morning, around 3:30 a.m., when I could not sleep and found myself standing in the kitchen reading a magazine by the glow of the...

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Donkeys and Big Fish — Part II

Undeserved Kindness

There is an ancient Indian proverb that states “Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.” Whoever penned that sentiment many centuries ago...

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Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

Unsolved Mysteries

By WENDY HODGE Technology has opened the universe ... we have robotic surgery and driverless vehicles, digital money and quantum computing. We can...

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Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

Tell Me Something Good

By WENDY HODGE In the midst of bad news about politicians run amok and world powers warring against each other and against the innocent and weak,...

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Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

Soot Life

By WENDY HODGE When I was a kid, I suffered from a fear of fire. It all began in the first grade. One of the first lessons we all learned in the...

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Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

Intervention

By WENDY HODGE Verizon has sent me a notice. Apparently I am one of their “most valued” customers, and I can claim a bundle of rewards by simply...

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Donkeys and Big Fish Part I

GRAY

By WENDY HODGE This morning I woke up and stumbled to the bathroom mirror, groggy from a lack of sleep. It’s never a good idea to look at yourself...

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