“June Meant VBS and Revival Meetings” School let out the last of May but, for me, summer vacation didn’t begin until late June after Vacation Bible School and the Baptist and Methodist revivals were over. These required me getting up just as early as if I were still in school. There were three … [Read more...]
Out of Bounds by Geary Leason
Viva la Femme Baron Hawkings Smedley issued his much anticipated Millennia Revelation, titled “A Good Man is Hard to Find!” last weekend. This publication summarizes the status of how the people of the world have fared in the last one hundred years as measured by the major issues of life - things … [Read more...]
Out of Bounds by Geary Leason
"There is NOW Peace in the Valley" It wasn’t looking good for either side in the recent national “Bathroom War,” a very contentious issue that rattled the cages of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender people (LGBT) and their well-intentioned supporters and the cages holding the morality-driven … [Read more...]
Miles of Memories by Brenda Miles
“CHOW CHOW & SWEET DREAMS” Mama helped Daddy in the store while I was young. The store was on the other end of the acre where our house was located. Willie Mae stayed with me during weekdays, but Mama often worked late at the store. Especially on Friday and Saturday nights when country people … [Read more...]
Out of Bounds by Geary Leason
"Curiosity in the Forth Grade" “Raise your hand, please.” These are the words Mrs. Loveless spoke when she noticed Tommy Smith squirming in his seat located in the back row of her fourth grade classroom over at Shirley Elementary School. “All right, what is it, Tommy?” she asked after … [Read more...]
Thinking Out Loud by Greg Allen
Unprincipled Clan(s) Around the beginning of April, a friend of mine shared something that would later trigger an epiphany in me. He said: “Greg, my wife and I are Christians and neither one of us vote because we see no distinction between Democrats and Republicans.” Political ads then began to … [Read more...]
Miles of Memories by Brenda Miles
"A Tribute to My Willie" She never wore a lacy cap. She never wore a ruffled white apron over a black uniform with matching shoes because she wasn’t a real maid. Instead, she wore dresses she had sewn herself from feed sacks and navy felt house shoes when her corns ‘got to botherin.’ She was a … [Read more...]
Out of Bounds by Geary Leason
"Let's Talk" Bathroom privacy, the big issue of the day, has the potential to tear America apart, to strip us to our bare essentials! It also offers several great moneymaking opportunities according to Mickey Smedley, a local wheeler-dealer, best known for his somewhat successful Hog Waste … [Read more...]
Couch Potato by Brie A.
Romans 12:11 Hebrews 12:1 1Corinthians 9:24 "I don't want to be an anointed couch potato!" Reinhard Bonnke was an evangelist to Africa. Literally, multitudes of people would come to his services and millions of people would get saved and healed. Well, never mind. Just read this. At one of the … [Read more...]
Out of Bounds by Geary Leason
"Room for Everybody" Mickey Smedley seems to have a knack for making big scores out of controversial issues. One such “opportunity” arose a couple of years ago when some yahoo in state government allowed for some well-healed Yankee pig farmers and mega agricultural giant, Cargill, to build a 4,500 … [Read more...]
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