Smith: So many things to be thankful for on Thanksgiving and every other day

Each of us is given the gift of 86,400 seconds each day. How often have you used one of those seconds to say, “Thank you,” to those who extend a helping hand or those who are doing good for the world? It may be a neighbor, a family member, a waitress, a bellman, a construction worker, or a friend.

Smith: Facing Tennessee

Although Georgia and Tennessee competed in football in the early 1900s, the two teams did not play each other from 1937 to 1968. Over the years I have been asked about that but don’t know exactly why there was no competition between the two schools.

Smith: South Georgia peanuts

During the harvest season in October, I rode by a farm in South Georgia where the harvesting of peanuts was taking place. I pulled over and watched the peanut harvester do its thing—digging up the peanuts, shaking them, and collecting the popular product in a box container.

Smith: Competitors in Jacksonville

Not many fans among the 76,251 in attendance at the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday, were aware of the latent friendships that exist in the longtime rivalry. The George Bobo family and the Bill Napier family were good friends as high school coaches in Georgia.

Smith: Vernon and Patricia

Owing to a college friendship, I was the beneficiary of the most desired accommodations for a long weekend recently at this golf-oriented resort where golfing elite, nationally and internationally, often hang out. The centerpiece of my weekend, however, was the annual Georgia- Florida game.

Smith: Henderson and Worley

In sports, we always flash back to a time when there was a singular moment that remains unforgettable. You always enjoy reliving those memorable plays and games – precious memories, how they linger.

Smith: Traveling to the Golden Isles

This town, Darien, is a focal point of the Georgia Coast, where tradition and history are as entrenched as marsh hen, moss-draped oaks, and shrimp boats.

Smith: Arnold Harrison

At a prosperous automobile dealership, it seems like everyone is always in motion. Nothing is idling except for a smooth-running engine that has just been finely tuned to make a satisfied customer even more satisfied.

Smith: Helen reminisces

I have had a love affair with this community dating back to the first time I ventured here in the Sixties which came about when a far-sighted man suggested that Helen was an especial place. He was right. Dr. Hugh B. Masters was an aficionado of the Chattahoochee and the North Georgia mountains.

Smith: Pumpkin soup

Where I grew up, life was centered around “making do.” You never threw anything away. Your mother could make clothes out of flower sacks and sofa cushions from seed sacks. Crocker sacks were used for many things, and you patched them up when they became battered and kept on using them.