Don’t Stop Worrying
November 25, 2025
One thing you must remember is that ANXIETY AND WORRY feed off each other. More anxiety produces more worry. More worry produces more anxiety.
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Mr. Paschall Understood Those Atwood Boys
November 25, 2025
Ah, Thanksgiving is here. What a special time! The meal is carefully laid out. Family is gathered around the table. Memories entwine themselves in the aroma of homemade dressing, honey baked ham, and Aunt May White’s exquisite sweet potato casserole.
Editorial: Thankful Determination
November 25, 2025
It is the time of year where we count our blessings and realize all that we have to be thankful for.
Knowing Where Our Bread is Buttered
November 18, 2025
There is something special about a local weekly newspaper. It’s news about your friends and neighbors. It alerts you to upcoming events…that actually pertain to you. It will give you every single detail on how Homer Cunningham got his 1955 Dodge pickup entangled with a telephone pole alongside that sharp curve out on the Shiloh Road.
Don’t Stop Worrying
November 11, 2025
One thing you must remember is that ANXIETY AND WORRY feed off each other. More anxiety produces more worry. More worry produces more anxiety.
Nothing Ordinary About These Ordinary People
November 11, 2025
We pause every year in November to recognize the veterans who have stood in the gap for us. From those brave soldiers who won our freedom at Lexington Green, Bunker Hill, Trenton, and Yorktown, to those who defended it, and us, at San Juan Hill, in the Argonne Forest, at Omaha Beach, in the freezing cold of Korea’s Chosin Reservoir, the jungles of Vietnam, and the blazing heat in the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq.
I Feel Hopeful
November 11, 2025
For the first time in an entire year, I feel hopeful.
Editorial: A Phoenix with 1,000 Cuts
November 11, 2025
If you want a lesson in survival, talk to an entertainer (or public figure).
David Johnson Releases ‘Ransom’s Surprise’
November 4, 2025
How does your definition of love evolve as you age? Has your definition of love changed in 50 years?
Editorial: ‘Tis The Season
November 4, 2025
This weekend, I talked to someone at the grocery store who looks and sounds different from me that has been targeted recently for being different. It broke my heart because if I had to make a list of the best people I know in this world, that person would be near the top.
Solving the West Tennessee Time Tangle
November 4, 2025
I don’t have any idea who invented Daylight Savings Time, but I can guarantee you, whoever it was never had to milk a cow in the dark.
Control Your Breathing and You’ll Control Your Anxiety
October 28, 2025
It's all about the breath.
Those Were The Days My Friend….
October 28, 2025
It was all about the candy at first. No one is too young to eat Tootsie Rolls or a Bit-O-Honey bar.
Editorial: A Call to Action
October 28, 2025
For many, Halloween signals the start of the holiday season. For the next two months, the theme of the holidays is to celebrate family, worship, feast, honor the past, be grateful, think of others, and give back, among other things. There are many traditions and observances that take place between now and January 1, but the theme that runs through all of it is connection.
I Never Did Make It to Paducah
October 21, 2025
This is not “A Tale of Two Cities.” But the books’ iconic opening line does sum up my sophomore year in high school, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Anxiety is a Liar
October 21, 2025
Don't listen to your anxiety—IT'S A LIAR!
Here’s One For The Dogs, Literally
October 14, 2025
I recently read an article that flat out stated we may not understand Daisy, Rover, or Fido like we ought to.
Diseased Relationships
October 14, 2025
During supper the next week, Daddy seemed quieter than usual. As we all finished and pushed back from the table, he said, “David, I’ve got some bad news.”
Diseased Relationships
October 7, 2025
King was a half-shepherd, half-collie mix I’d raised from a pup.
No Man Is An Island
October 7, 2025
I have no idea what bonded us together. I know it was for real, and forever.
