Wit and Wisdom: Stress is Good for Us
May 12, 2026
I think God allows these things to happen to give us an opportunity to grow stronger. If we never had to struggle to get through hard times, our spirit wouldn’t grow.
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Musings from the Gordon Browning Museum
May 12, 2026
About the time I married Barry Summers many years ago, his younger brother Joel finished mortuary school in Cincinnati and moved home.
Wit and Wisdom: Don’t Do Just What’s Most Convenient
May 5, 2026
It was just one brief scene from our marriage of ten thousand scenes, but it was one that had the power of the burning of Atlanta scene in “Gone With the Wind.”
Kes: Mothers Spend Their Lives on the Front Line
May 5, 2026
When I was nine years old Elvis Presley was the biggest thing in the universe. You could not turn on the radio without hearing “Heartbreak Hotel” or “You Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog.” Everybody in the world was enthralled with him….
Musings from the Gordon Browning Museum
May 5, 2026
Through the years, my mother utilized the local Governor Gordon Browning Museum a lot.
Wit and Wisdom: Suicide
April 28, 2026
It’s one of the few if not the only scarier word than “cancer”.
Kes: I Want To Have My Operation On TV
April 28, 2026
Folks, this is pretty serious today.
Kes: Leon Invented Carpe Diem
April 21, 2026
We grew up playing basketball, football, and baseball. We’d never heard of soccer or synchronized swimming. And golf was too expensive.
Wit And Wisdom: She Was a Long Shot
April 21, 2026
It’s an amazing and mysterious process that brings us into contact with people who influence and affect our lives.
Wit and Wisdom: Prejudiced But Didn’t Know It; Part III
April 14, 2026
When Coach whistled us off the court, Eugene and I sat together on the bleachers – two outsiders having found common ground, sitting together as new-found friends.
Letter: A Response to a Kes Story
April 14, 2026
I am submitting this response regarding an article written by Kes - “Be Careful Whose Snake You Are Picking Up” in a recent submission in The McKenzie Banner under his column “Hunker Down With Kes” in the February 24, 2026 issue.
Kes: Talk About Heaven On Earth
April 14, 2026
I think it was the green grass. And maybe the maple trees putting on their leaves in the front yard. The soft breezes were refreshing. And the longer days were fraught with possibilities. You could feel it in the crispy morning air. It was actually fun to wake up and meet this kind of day.
Wit and Wisdom: Prejudiced But Didn’t Know It; Part II
April 7, 2026
Nodding, I held up my small bag containing tennis shoes, shorts and t-shirt.
Kes: Making Silk Purses Out Of Sows’ Ears
April 7, 2026
I go downtown at 8 a.m. to get Irene to cut my hair, and I can’t find a place to park.
Letter: Many Thanks...
April 7, 2026
Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the March 28th #NoKings rally in downtown McKenzie a success:
Kes: Not Exactly Hallmark Moments
March 31, 2026
Daddy was working on our washing machine. I crawled down under there to get a better look.
Wit and Wisdom: Prejudiced But Didn’t Know It
March 31, 2026
It’s easy to be deluded into thinking that you know yourself, especially at the age of fifteen.
Reader’s Letter on Recent Advertising on the Back Page
March 31, 2026
Christy Walton (born 1949) is a billionaire Walmart heiress and is known for her high-profile political activism.
Meet the Illustrator: Charlie Manfredi
March 24, 2026
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Kes: Fading Symbol Of A Bygone Time
March 24, 2026
I stared at the empty lot with abject disbelief. Confusion reigned. I had stopped the car in the middle of Stonewall Street and stumbled out to get a better look. I must be at the wrong place! I hadn’t been back in years. And things change.
