Life
Whenever some guy boasts that he's “gone outside” his “comfort zone” to deliberately risk life and limb, my instinctive response is “Better you than me.” I did not spend years constructing MY comfort zone (which boasts climate control, cushioned furniture and a well-stocked bar) to depart from it
Life
On this bleak arctic evening as the wind rattles my door like a debt collector on commission, I collapse into an easy chair, a flagon of medicinal brandy at my elbow, and commence leafing through a volume of the greatest stories ever told. I refer, of course, to my checkbook.
Life
Although Cupid and I have occasionally crossed paths on Spring Break (and once or twice at Winter Solstice), I am but an avid amateur in the amorous arts. The anatomizing of love — the delicate prodding and prying into that gossamer snowflake — is a task I leave to experts, by which
Life
"Drip, Drip, Drip" As a veritable artesian well of unsolicited opinions, I am forever confronted by those eager to tell me that my gems of wit and wisdom are falling on barren ground. “Surely you don't think you're changing any minds,” they scorn, implying
Life
"Maybe. But Maybe Not." If I can do it, anyone can. Haven't we all said that at one time or another? We utter it like a self-evident truth. But it's not true at all, because it implies the engine of achievement lies solely within
Life
Butt Seriously: A Meditation on “That Thing” Being a cautious and timid man with absolutely no tolerance for risk, I was foraging through Amazon the other day in search of padding with which to cushion my fragile hindquarters when it occurred to me that vast swaths of our culture is
Events
Life
"Our Blue Christmas" If I survive the 2024 edition, I will have lived through 89 Christmases. Of these, only one stands out in my memory. It was not a happy one. Here's why: In July 1959, I finished writing the thesis for my master's
News
The South Cheatham County Friends of the Library (FOTL) is once again no more. After FOTL president Kandace Kapanka and treasurer Lana Fosterannounced their resignation on Nov. 7, no one from the community stepped up to replace them, ultimately dissolving the group back into the Ashland City Friends of the
Life
“The Foolish Milkmaid” and the Movies in My Head Did you ever come across the tale of “The Foolish Milkmaid” when you were in elementary school? In case you missed it, here’s how the story goes: A young woman has just finished milking the family cow and is walking
Life
Songs of Thanksgiving — Sort Of The South Cheatham corridor pulsates with singers, songwriters and music industry execs who've made Nashville's Music Row world famous. So as Thanksgiving barrels toward us like a crazed cousin, it's only fitting that we turn to songs to reflect
Life
The Car in the Driveway “Return with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear.” If you're absolutely ancient, you'll recall that this was the intro to the radio version of “The Lone Ranger.” But all I'm asking you to do now is return