by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
TWO WORDS strike fear and dread in our hearts. Cancer is number two. While number one is associated with it, it is no longer exclusive to it. Any number of conditions can lead to a call for it; the word is hospice. Whispers of a patient in the care of hospice paint...
by Wesley Bryant | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
I AM IN the middle of my third decade of life, and within the last two years, I’ve discovered something I always ignored: music from the midcentury. Life does not seem to be slowing down. Our schedules are more packed than ever before, and we’re still somehow adding...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
DAVID MCGEE always had a doctor’s kit in his toybox; medicine intrigued him. He applied to med school for a career in dentistry and pharmacy school as a backup. Pharmacy school answered first. Today he fills prescriptions instead of teeth, on the spot he picked out...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
MANY CHILDREN dream of being teachers when they grow up. They play teacher at home with siblings and stuffed animals, grade papers, teach lessons, and imagine themselves behind the desk and at the whiteboard. But stuffed animals and siblings don’t always give the...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
THE SET is iconic, the family known to those who planned their evenings by the TV Guide in the 70s. “Goodnight, John Boy” became a household phrase. It began as the 1972 movie, “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” born from the writing of Earl Hamner, Jr. There, it...
by Guest Writer | Jan 1, 2023 | Stories
OUR COMMUNITY has a rich history. Businesses, people, and locations have created the foundation of who we are today. Each decade is a building block to our identity, creating a beautiful masterpiece that only gets better with the next block. Today, there are times...
