Rich: The beauty of Easter

Every Easter Sunday morning, my husband, Tink, doesn’t crawl out of bed to attend Sunrise Service.He jumps out of bed, dresses, then leans over to kiss me goodbye. “I’ll be back to get you for church,” he says softly.“Okay,” I mumble while pulling the covers up to my chin and going back to sleep.

Yarbrough: Eulogy to a friend who made a difference

I received a note from a reader last week chiding me for writing about the Okefenokee so much, saying he and others were tired of it. In fact, I have done only two columns on the Okefenokee this year, but I did allow mining proponents and opponents to express their positions on the subject.

Crane: What a difference a year makes

Each year at this time, I am filled with hope as the opportunity and new growth arrive with each spring. This year was even more special for me. Although the first day of spring is technically March 20, I tend to start the party on March 17, and this year I had a third big reason to do so.

Rich: What to write

A famous friend of mine was with me at an event, and I came home with three stories. I sat down and composed them in a breeze.She was perplexed. “I was at the same event, and I didn’t see that. How can you see a story where I don’t?”I thought about it for a moment, then answered.

Letter to the Editor: Our country can be destroyed

It can happen! Our country, as we know it, can be destroyed. Believe it! In fact, it is happening. Corruption within our government and the influx of millions of “undocumented immigrants” who have no allegiance to the laws of our country are making it happen.

Letter to the Editor: To do what’s right

Due to the significant impact the construction of a three-story mixed-use development proposal to replace property lost on Hancock St.

Crane: Leadership means making tough calls

“I find it impossible to keep it from naturally spreading thro’ the whole Army… necessity not only authorizes but seems to require the measure.

Stone: Something completely different

The hiss was now becoming a roar; the whole world was a vast moving screen of snow, but even now it said peace, it said remoteness, it said cold, it said sleep.

Rich: The trophy

The good Lord has a sense of humor. Of this, I am very certain. I’ve seen His sense of humor a few times, but I was reminded of it the other day.I was in the barn looking for something when I walked by a box of Tink’s father’s things.

Letter to the Editor: Patriotism and politics collide

Dear Editor,During the month of February, for two weeks, most Americans were made aware of the unifying, patriotic spectacle of the 2026 Winter Olympics.