Hunker Down With Kes
- She’s Looking at the Wrong Zodiac!
- Kesley Colbert
- The longer I’m married the less I understand. Life seems to have speeded up and I’m still in the far right lane. I’ve watched too many Mayberry reruns. Or, perhaps, the drum I’m beating has gone the way of the Dodo bird and... Full story
- BCS Polls Don’t Tell The Half Of It!
- “Four!”
I spun—but not fast enough! Bob Cassidy crashed helmet first into my left rib cage. I staggered but... Full story
- You Don’t Know Cold……
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Listen, you think it is cold now. You should have survived some of those early 1960’s West Tennessee winters. One year we had ducks from off of Archie Moore’s pond... Full story
- “A Thing of Beauty, Is a Joy Forever”
- Phyllis Willis called me “Coach” all of her life. If I live to be a hundred I will never forget the love and respect with which she said it. I never coached her in any sport. Neither of us worried much about technicalities, then or... Full story
- Jane Had A Plan For The New Year…..
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We didn’t do much “looking back” in high school. It didn’t matter what time of the year it was. Oh, we were very aware of the grown-up custom of... Full story
- Ten I Can’t Forget…….
- The year in review is a natural phenomenon as December comes to a close. I’ve seen more top ten lists than Carter’s got little liver pills. The ten worst dressed; the ten best golf shots; the ten leading news stories; the ten least... Full story
- We Have Entertained Angels Unaware
- I’d watch Mother stick that needle through another piece of pop corn and marvel at her patience. Piece after piece after piece…. I’d tried it once or twice those first couple of Christmases. Too slow for me! But those “pop... Full story
- You Can Preset God’s Area Code
- It’s CHRISTMAS holidays for Christ’s sake! In December, saying holiday without Christmas is a’kin to thinking dumplings with no chicken; putting peanut butter on light bread and forgetting... Full story
- She Was Taller Than I Thought!
- Me and Brenda Lee started out at about the same time. I don’t remember the first time I heard her sing “Jambalaya” but it put a little jump in my life. I was only seven or eight at the time and just beginning to take notice of a... Full story
- A Little "Good News" Can't Hurt
- Listen, I can take a smidge of criticism. I had an earful, and then some, just this week. Seems a fella took exception to my little nothing stories. At least, he questioned why I... Full story
