Yarbrough: Happy to be living in such a happy state of mind

Are you happy? If so, I am so glad. But you and I might be exceptions.I just read a report by WalletHub, a personal finance company, that ranks the 50 states on various metrics to determine which states are the happiest.Georgia is listed as the 20th most-happy state.

Yarbrough: Okefenokee drag-mining controversy continues

Since we last discussed efforts to drill in our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide so that mankind will never experience life without toothpaste whitener, nothing has changed – except a lot.What hasn’t changed?Gov.

Yarbrough: Sing a song to September

Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December. But the days grow short when you reach September. Truer words were never spoken – or sung. I wish I had written those words, but they come from playwright Maxwell Anderson for the 1938 Broadway production of “Knickerbocker Holiday.

Yarbrough: Presidential politics with Skeeter Skates

Uh-oh! The sound of the phone told me who was on the other end: Skeeter Skates, owner and operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia. When Skeeter calls, the phone doesn’t just ring. It jumps.Skeeter can do that to phones – and people.

Yarbrough: Tribute to a special nurse

A point of personal privilege, please. Last week, the Georgia Board of Regents officially approved the Jane J. Yarbrough Nursing Fellowship at the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University: Jane J. Yarbrough, the beloved woman who shared my name.This is no small thing.

Yarbrough: Random thoughts on random subjects

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.And you know the rest.That familiar proverb is my way of saying that a critical fact got botched, for lack of a better word.

Yarbrough: Nothing artificial about Southern intelligence

Ring! Ring! Ring!“Hello. This is Dick Yarbrough, your modest and much-beloved columnist speaking. How may I help you?“Dickie, it’s your old pal, Artie!”“Artie? Artie who?” “Artie Fishel, of Artie Fishel Intelligence. Surely, you remember me.”“Ah, yes.

Yarbrough: When being a UGA grad is a beautiful thing

Now, I’m going to blush. Not only am I smarter than smart, but I am also a chick magnet. My cup runneth over. With what little modesty I can muster, I must admit I didn’t set out to be this wonderful. I just picked the right university to attend.A firm called DatingAdvice.

Yarbrough: Correcting the record on the Vietnam generation

For those of you who know what goes into this space each week, you know that I write what I mean and mean what I write. But today, I am going to revisit something I said a few weeks ago because I didn’t say it well.

Yarbrough: What do Bulgarians know about the South?

According to QR Code Generator – whatever that is – Georgia is the least friendly state in the union. If that is true, you may not be of the mind to share this information with anyone at the next church social because you may not be feeling sociable, and apparently, neither will anyone else.