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.

Smith: Farmer’s markets

You may be familiar with past references in this space to farmer’s markets. If the subject is like hearing a favorite song again, I hope you will hang on and reflect with me.

Smith: Kim Braswell

Kim Braswell, the left-footed placement practitioner for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1970-72 – one of the last of the “toe” kickers – has written a book. It probably won’t make the best-sellers list, but it is an enlightening treatise about a young man who succeeded despite deafness and diabetes.

Smith: Masters Week in Augusta

AUGUSTA – This has been an eventful week at the Augusta National Golf Club with rain or the threat of rain accompanying the competition for a Green Jacket on one of the classic golf courses in the world.

Smith: Jackie Bradford

March Madness to a basketball aficionado is pulsating and enrapturing – it satiates the hunger for intense competition like mana from heaven. Perhaps its appeal is so widespread because it encompasses so many hopefuls across the land.

Smith: Monte Markham was a ‘UGA Renaissance Man’

When Monte Markham came to visit the campus of his alma mater in late February, arrangements were made by a group, which calls itself “The Enquiring Minds Club,” to host UGA’s accomplished alumnus for a presentation on his career in which he has distinguished himself as an actor, director, and...

Smith: Crops and Mother Nature

The recent cold snap left this one-time farm boy emotionally bothered, and depressed. It was again a reminder of how fickle Mother Nature can be, smiling so encouragingly one day and frowning with unadulterated contempt the next.

Smith: The return of offensive coordinator Mike Bobo

While I prefer never to begin any essay or treatise with anything negative, I realize that images sometimes become entrenched and often are inaccurate. Dean Martin, for example, was not an alcoholic. The glass you often saw in his hand contained apple juice.

Smith: The loss of Parade magazine

Although I was not aware of what was going on, it was a little disconcerting in the last couple of years when on occasional weekends no Parade magazine was among the inserts in the Sunday papers. That should have been a signal—that the popular supplement was headed for extinction.

Smith: Hall of Famer Mark Richt

The State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame inducted a blue-ribbon class this past weekend— players, coaches, and administrators—highlighted by the inclusion of former Bulldog football coach Mark Richt. The Hall has seldom honored a more popular figure in our state.