Yarbrough: The bare facts about gardeners shucking more than corn

The things I do for you.

Rich: Missing a couple of good mothers

It is not without a stab of pain that I, sometimes, drive past a spot where once stood a hometown restaurant. Nothing remains of it, other than paved parking.

Letters to the Editor: In appreciation of mothers

Dear Editor, Following her own mother’s death in 1905, Anna Maria Jarvis conceived of Mother’s Day as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children.

Yarbrough: Finding some good news in a bad news business

In a Sunday School class I have been attending, the subject of the media’s constant barrage of bad news was discussed.

Rich: Mountain quare, Southern eccentric

It has been duly noted here how odd are my ways or how my thinking doesn’t always line up with genuine logic. Any Southerner, born and bred, has charming degrees of eccentricity. In the Southern reach of the Appalachians, however, many of us have a heaping helping of oddness.

Letters To The Editor: A time for resoluteness

Dear Editor: Located between Egypt to its north and Ethiopia to its south, with an eastern border on the Red Sea, the Republic of Sudan is Africa’s third-largest country by area. Two weeks ago, Sudan was not a topic of conversation.

Smith: Three generations

TEMPE, Ariz. – Last weekend here in the Valley of the Sun, there was a gathering of three generations—grandfather, father, and son.

Yarbrough: Talking politics with Skeeter Skates, Ryo Morning Coffee Club

It had been a while since I heard from Skeeter Skates and his colleagues at the Ryo Morning Coffee Club. That ended this week. In case you are new to these parts, Skeeter is the owner and operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia.

Yarbrough: What they say and what it means

The following is a Public Service Announcement: Congress is in recess and members are back home. Kiwanis, Rotarians, Chambers of Commerce, and other assorted groups can expect likely visits from their intrepid public servants.

Smith: Song of the Chattahoochee

HELEN – The spring and the fall are glorious times to take respite in the North Georgia mountains. Anytime you go near the Chattahoochee River, you can expect a good time to be enjoyed by all. Come here and you will be charmed by history, Indian heritage, and mountain lore.