Category: Editorials

This Friday, Nov. 27, my oldest daughter, Cheltsie, will turn 28-years-old. This year her birthday falls on the day after Thanksgiving, just like it did the day she was born. As a…

Shop Locally This Season (especially this season) Support your hometown businesses In one week we will gather around our tables, with our family and friends, and celebrate Thanksgiving. This is the time…

Florida signed a death warrant for small businesses A death warrant for small businesses was signed with the approval of Florida Amendment 2 on last week’s ballot. Amendment 2 (Raising Florida’s Minimum…

By the time this paper hits the streets, the polls will still be open for a few more hours. Tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day, we will find out…

State Amendments and what they really mean We are down to the wire! It is officially VOTING TIME! Early voting has begun and the polls have been bustling; absentee ballots are being…

Two years ago, I entered into the elite and amazing group of grandparenthood; and I must say being a grandmother (AKA Glamma) is absolutely wonderful. My perfect little granddaughter, Kennedy Elizabeth Holbrook,…

We are all cracked in one way or another As told in an old Chinese Proverb – – – An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends…

Get spooked in Madison County This year has been crazy; wasn’t it just yesterday it was March? We have no memories of anything we did for six months, for we were not…

I want to change my corner of the world As children grow up, they always have something they want to grow up to be/do: nurse/doctor, veterinarian, policeman, fireman, and the list goes…

Articles, Columns, and Editorials – Oh My!   We, the staff at the newspaper business, sometimes catch a lot of “slack” from our readers for various things. Either we printed a story/letter/column…

Wake up early and seize the day My alarm clock goes off early every morning, at 3 a.m. I get up, I exercise, take a shower, get ready for the day, do…

The boiling frog effect With more and more states and cities mandating face mask requirements, we are finding more and more of our freedoms slowly being taken away. While the “maskers” are…

In life, sometimes, we all tend to get caught up with our own emotions and problems and we seem to let those emotions run our lives. Especially in the times we are…

The other day a friend and I were discussing yard work, planting flowers and crafts (and the fact that I do not like to do any of those things) and she brought…

There’s a country song named “Voices” that explains how he (the singer) walks around hearing voices in his mind. The voices are from his parents and grandparents and the lessons that they…

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh) I can remember exactly where I was when I got the text from…

Too many times in life we get caught up in our “own world” and we forget the importance of the thoughts and ideas of others. We are all guilty of this, from…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Earlier this week, I was driving down a dusty dirt road on my way home. The mixture of red clay and sand sent my little red car…

Heritage or Hate? So much controversy these last few weeks. . . Riots, looting, and now killings…killings of small children. So many people wanting to take down monuments and change street names….

I fully anticipate getting angry responses from this column; these days, saying you don’t agree with the “must wear a mask” requirements is taken as if I had said “I support a…