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Mother’s Day is next Sunday, and I’ve been thinking about how mothers influence their children. Someone said, “Each of us should appreciate what we have in our mothers. They are our teachers and our role models.” I’ve heard many say that mothers are our first teachers.

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Last Tuesday evening, my granddaughter, Sabria, got out her little guitar and tried to play a tune.  Ten minutes later she was in the kitchen, where I was cooking dinner.  “I’m terrible at the guitar,” she said, “I’m going to see if Papa will let me play his banjo.”  Garey’s banjo belonged to his grandfather Hughes, and is more of an heirloom than a playable banjo, but Garey gets it out from time to time to try his hand at

Finding the right running shoe is a very tricky situation.  I’d been wearing a pair of white New Balance shoes for a long time.  I’ve actually been through several pair.  Years ago, I had a blue and grey pair of Sketchers Go Run.  The problem with those, and if you’re a fellow runner, pay close attention: they weren’t substantial.

     Last year, one of our friends fell out of a deer stand and messed up his hand and arm to the point that he had to have a bone transplant.  The surgeon used a cadaver bone for the transplant.  On Saturday, he told u

IT IS WELL?  There were a couple of different titles floating around in my head for this particular column, before I finally settled on “It is well.” One of the titles considered was “Lazarus' Awakening,' the other one was “Colossus Tumbles.” Most of us are familiar with the tale of Lazarus being raised from the dead.

For some reason over the years, I’ve gotten into the habit of doing household and yard chores in the spring and fall. This might be because summers are too dry and hot for some of the chores and winters are cold. As May draws near, I am reminded of the things I still want to accomplish: rework two flower beds, clean out the winter debris along a fence line, clean the windows and finish my house cleaning.