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Summer in the South
The rising humidity has begun its yearly tradition of choking out what breathable cool air there once was like a kudzu vine pulling down an ... Read more
3 days ago by Jacob Hatcher.
My Home State
One night I was at a concert in downtown Nashville and a band I had never heard before was opening for the artist I had ... Read more
1 week ago by Jacob Hatcher.
Wishing Flowers
To the scientific world its taraxacum; to a country club greenskeeper its seeds blow in the breeze and plant themselves into every nightmare they have ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Jacob Hatcher.
Easter on the Farm
Cousin Bonnie has a basket in her hand and a big smile on her face. Her sister, Robbie, has what may be a potato sack. ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Jacob Hatcher.
Spring Break
When my siblings and I were children, we would usually end up at my Nana’s house during spring and summer breaks. At the time I ... Read more
1 month ago by Jacob Hatcher.
Andy Griffith
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and learned something that absolutely mortified me. He laid his confession there on the table ... Read more
1 month ago by Jacob Hatcher.
Quitting time
A. Ray Lee Columnist In my childhood days spent on a small cotton farm, we ordered our work according to “sun time” even after someone ... Read more
1 month ago by Rebekah Yancey.
For Beau
It’s not supposed to be this way. You’re not supposed to see your friends’ pictures on news articles about their four-year-old dying. You’re not supposed ... Read more
1 month ago by Jacob Hatcher.
The Picky Eater
When it comes to food, I’m basically a toddler. In most other areas of life I like to think I’ve transitioned fully into adulthood; I’ve ... Read more
2 months ago by Jacob Hatcher.
The Melody of Pages
It’s handy, having the world at our fingertips. Even though I lived it, it is hard to imagine there once was a time when we ... Read more