Category Archives: Writing

When I’m 95, we’ll just teleport. But if TSA is still checking diapers, I’ll give them something extra special to check.

Serena Williams’ loss today at Wimbledon reminds me even the best get beat. The difference is that the best don’t STAY beat.

I drove 1,250 miles last week.  I did my radio show in Greenville and Monticello, Mississippi.  I spoke in Biloxi and San Destin.  Here are a few notes from my travels: Greenville, Mississippi is a historic city on the banks … Continue reading →

Growing up, I was like Sarah Palin and Russia; I could see Kennesaw Mountain from my front porch.  It loomed in the distance — an unmovable sentinel to the South. During Civil War,  General Sherman (bad words in the South), … Continue reading →

I drove several hundred miles yesterday in the Mississippi Delta. I saw corn.  A lot of corn. I saw soybeans, rice, a few catfish ponds (many were drained) and some cotton.  I even saw the new Highway 82 Bridge in … Continue reading →

I drove through the Delta in a pouring rain this afternoon to do my radio show in Greenville, MS. The show was broadcast from Oakes Toyota (Thanks to Bryan Oakes — Bryan is a trucker who trucked Uncle Ben’s Rice … Continue reading →

There are days when I wish change was just the nickels and dimes in my pocket.  Don’t get me wrong, I normally embrace change. But there are times when it completely is a bull in my life’s china shop. The … Continue reading →

The last time I played a down of football was 26 years ago.  But as I sit in my chair this morning pondering and planning the week, there is one lesson from my playing days that sticks in my head: … Continue reading →