Finding the joy
We have enjoyed watching the Elkins Elks football team all season. It has been a long and rewarding year for all the athletes involved...
New year, same old me
New Year resolutions, how many of you make them? I think in theory it is a good idea, but I have never been one...
The thing about gunny sacks
I never imagined, when I was a boy on the farm, that the day would come when I couldn’t count on finding a tow...
Thankful for fellowship
The teenage season of parenthood has been upon us for several years now. This is our first fall to have a child leave home...
Getting ready for deer season
For several year I was a diehard deer hunter.
Come September I would have had a handful of yellow permits. I would have dusted off...
Driving Ms. Debbie
Driving, its something I do alot. I am usually on the road every weekend and sometimes during the week. Driving to pick up kids,...
Moroccan Adventure
This month, I will graduate with 20 Arkansans from the LeadAR program, a community and economic leadership program offered by The University of Arkansas...
Reflections of a country newspaper editor
Nearly all my life I was a country newspaper editor.
No exaggeration. Forty-nine years ago I started work as editor of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press....
Courage
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway” – John Wayne
This movie line from True Grit is one I have had above...
Once Upon a Homecoming
This year the theme was “Once Upon a Homecoming” for our children’s Elkins High School homecoming parade. Our students are junior, freshman and 7th...
