by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Olde Time Memories More Than A Day Away by Mike Steely One of the benefits of getting old, which we assume begins at age 60 or 65, isn’t just qualifying for social security, retirement, Medicare or “senior discounts” but age bringing back memories of childhood. We can...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Kindness of Strangers By Ralphine Major I could almost hear a “hush” as white beauty blanketed the earth. Millions of tiny white crystals fell from the sky. They could be seen clinging to barren tree bark and turning hayfields of summer into a sea of white. 2024’s...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
One and done By Dr. Jim Ferguson Well, it’s finally gone. In a recent essay, I wrote that Becky and I like snow. And we do, but not the stuff that seemingly lasts forever. I enjoy winter weather through the Christmas holidays, a crackling fire, and Christmas music....
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Two Men By Joe Rector I know an older man who has been around the area for a long time. He grew up in the Ball Camp community and went to the elementary school when it was grades 1-8. Like all the boys he grew up with, he played baseball, basketball and football,...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Fake meat and regime change By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a deer hunter and since 1971 I have not eaten any red meat except venison. I have no explanation except that since I can hunt and take enough game to last from the...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Terrible Tragedies Continue In Unjust War By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The CBS national newscast on Jan. 20 showed the terrible anguish of a father holding a photograph of a little girl who had been killed a few days short of her first birthday by an...
