If you visit historic Heritage Park in McDonough, one of the attractions you’ll see is a replica of a train engine with the number 7 on it. The replica commemorates… Read more »
Good riddance to 2020, a horrible year of killer wildfires, monster hurricanes, and murder hornets. Worst of all, we continue to fight a cruel enemy, and for the moment,… Read more »
In the last decade or so, there has been a surge in fiction revolving around books, bookstores, libraries, and book scholars. These may be mysteries, romances, historical fiction, or… Read more »
Once in a while you’ll get a recommendation from someone who is so enthusiastic about a book that they use that phrase. If a book makes that kind of… Read more »
Let there be no mention of the “c” word today, but here’s a prediction of mine: with school now in session, desperate parents have developed a new appreciation for… Read more »
They say we’re getting back to normal now – or should I say “normal with quotes?” It’s no coincidence that the word pandemic is related to the word pandemonium…. Read more »
(This column is dedicated to Carole at Huddle House in McDonough. When it comes to waitressing, she wrote the book.) For me, the most difficult part of self-quarantining… Read more »
(This column is dedicated to two beautiful canines in my neighborhood, the serene Azura and the train-whistle-plagued Lulu) Google me this: Why does the human species feel so… Read more »
(This column is dedicated to some fabulous felines: Stumpy, Tux, Atlas, Harrison, Sherlock, Taz, and yes, even you, Rambo) At an earlier time we talked about books that feature… Read more »
People born between 1945 and 1960 have taken a pummeling lately. Even the youngest Boomers turn 60 this year, and that’s considered over-the-hill (or worse, invisible) by some. Many… Read more »