Confession: I set the table primarily for myself. The good dishes and the brass candlesticks and the tall tapers. The cloth napkins rolled and threaded into napkin holders. The broom sedge or cotton stalks or whatever I've foraged from the fields around the house staked into vases and pitchers and crocks.
Runners lined the streets for the annual Statesboro Turkey Trot 5K on Nov. 18. A major fundraising event for the Bulloch County Foundation for Public Education, the event is held each year in downtown Statesboro on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Q: Our 8-year-old has suddenly developed a very sassy mouth. She picked this up from a new neighborhood friend who speaks to her mother in a very disrespectful tone, like she's the girl's servant. There are no other girls this age in the neighborhood, so I hesitate to put a stop to the relationship but at the same time I want to nip this new skill in the bud before it becomes habit. Do you have any suggestions?
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at the founding and general history of southeast Georgia and Bulloch County.
"Home" is a word rich with meaning for many - perhaps most - of us seniors. It is rooted in a world that was typically small-town and rural before this country urbanized and its people became mobile in pursuit of careers or dreams of careers. The change since the middle of the 20th century is revolutionary in its impact, but "home" still has a hold on heads and hearts.
Q: In the school district where I used to teach, I attended many meetings concerning children with special needs. Many of the kids in question were said to be "on the [autism] spectrum." In 15 years I witnessed the number of supposedly autistic children go from practically zero to enough to fill a special education class at almost every one of our 30-plus schools. A good number of these children were eventually mainstreamed into my class, and I felt then and even more strongly now that they were wrongly diagnosed. I can only think of two kids who in my ...
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at the founding and general history of southeast Georgia and Bulloch County.
The sun has not yet cracked the tree line. Its blush is just beginning to show when I step out onto the front porch to gauge the day. The air is close and the bird song is clear. Whatever I hear, see, feel today, I will hear, see, feel sharply. This much I know.
Music is the universal language of mankind. It is indeed a language spoken eloquently and fluently by Drs. Steven and Larisa Elisha, who are internationally acclaimed soloists, clinicians and chamber musicians, known together as the Elaris Duo. Most recently, they are celebrating their second CD release at MSR Classics. Entitled "Duo Virtuoso II – Works for Violin and Cello by Honeggar, Ravel and Schulhoff," the recording embraces the spontaneity and thrill of a live performance.
I was standing in the lobby of an auditorium in which I'd just spoken, talking with a small group of attendees, when a 30-something woman took me aside and told me that her parents were bad role models. One was verbally abusive; the other, distant and emotionally unavailable.
It's officially holiday season, and if you're like me, visions of green bean casserole, sweet potato soufflé and pumpkin pie have been dancing in your head. This time of year, I'm always itching to entertain - I spend my spare time planning what to bake and take to Thanksgiving dinner, and conjuring up a few seasonal parties of my own.
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at the founding and general history of southeast Georgia and Bulloch County.
The month of November seems to inadvertently call attention to the grateful gauge in one's heart. How's the gratitude attitude in your home? Take time this month - during family mealtime, while riding in the car, just before bedtime, while cooking dinner, while doing chores - to share blessings aloud. Talk about small blessings, huge ones and everything in between. Be sure to point out personal blessings, but talk about the good fortune of others in your circle of friends and family. Teach your kids to be thankful for others' blessings, also. Count your blessings so often this month that ...
The only thing scarier than the news reports that we read and see on television is the prospect of not knowing what is happening.
Shelly Nettles Barber and Shannon Keith Middleton were united in marriage on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Surrounded by close family and friends, the celebration took place at The Belle House in Statesboro.
Q: Our son, age 8, did fine in school in first grade, but has struggled in second. We've taken your advice and not helped ...
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at points of interest throughout the history of Bulloch County.
April is National BLT month, and it just so happens that one of my signature recipes takes this classic sandwich to the next level with ...
This is the sixth in a series on turpentining in the U.S.
The Archibald Bulloch Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held the 2018 DAR awards ceremony and presented a host of awards to local ...
Do we - here in the USA, that is - or do we not have a child and teen mental health crisis and if the answer is ...
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at points of interest throughout the history of Bulloch County.
Late last night, fueled by the residual adrenaline of a hectic court day and the leftover caffeine from a combination of migraine medicine and sweet ...
Portal Middle High School's FFA Nursery-Landscape team won the state title for their Career Development Event on March 24 at the University of Georgia ...
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at points of interest throughout the history of Bulloch County.
Spring has sprung and it's my favorite time of the year. I love it when the azaleas and dogwood trees bloom filling the streets ...
Q: Even though he had an early-August birthday, we started our son in kindergarten this past fall at a private Christian school. They did some ...
This is the fifth in a series on turpentining in the U.S.
If you watched the new "American Idol" on ABC on March 25, you got a glimpse of the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustee's Garden ...
Upon arrival on site for a recent speaking engagement, I am told that several rather vocal parents refused to attend because I am not an ...
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