Stone: Wayfaring stranger

An excellent day can disintegrate into an existential crisis with the introduction of an unpleasant idea.Just the other day, I was enjoying a really good wedge of pineapple cheesecake when my phone chirped to tell me I had an email.

Smith: Lexington, Kentucky

Flying into Bluegrass Field has always been emotionally intoxicating — even before you tour a distillery upon disembarking. There is something special about Kentucky “Horse Country,” which reminds you this environment is as rare as a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle.

Rich: Roosevelt and the ‘govenmint’ cheese

Most admire Franklin D. Roosevelt, a crafty, pleasant, get-it-done type of president.He had been raised as an only child to his mother and father, though he had step-siblings. He was tremendously spoiled but not in the way that turned him mean.

Yarbrough: Mr. President, you have the wrong number

Uh Oh. If I were the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, I might want to get out of town as soon as possible, or preferably out of the country. Maybe even hitch a ride on one of Elon Musk’s rockets and cool it in outer space for a while.

Stone: I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam

I’m Popeye the sailor man, I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to the finish 'cause I eats my spinach I’m Popeye the Sailor Man Popeye themeIn the morning, if I had Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, and Dancing Bear, I was a happy child.

Rich: The marble girl

It’s no secret – in fact, it’s becoming “fabled” pretty quickly – that Tink and I come from worlds as far apart as Mars and Jupiter.

Letter to the Editor: We deserve leaders who fight for all of us

Dear Editor,Too often, local elections slip by quietly, with little attention paid to who will be sitting in the city council chambers or the county commission seats.

Crane: Another GOP family feud?

As of November 2002, the long minority party Georgia GOP, had won just two upset victories for governor and U.S. senator. Incumbent Democrats Governor Roy Barnes and U.S. Senator Max Cleland both led in almost every poll heading into the election by double digits.

Smith: Singing in the Rain

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, The swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum-trees in tremulous white . . .

Rich: The homeless

It was many winters ago in Washington, D.C., that I saw my first homeless person. He was lying over a warm vent atop the Metro train. Behind him, across the street, the Washington Monument stood gloriously bathed in light.