by design | May 13, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Madden is Sixteen, Oh Lord! By Joe Rector Amy and I traveled to Hendersonville to celebrate our grandson’s birthday. He was born on May 1, 2019. On that day, the rain poured, and Nashville flooded. Fifteen years later, the boy is 16 and street legal. Yep, he has a...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Dangerous Detour By Joe Rector Work continues on the new road that will relieve congestion on Ball Camp Pike. Those of us at this end of the county have waited plenty long enough to have completion of the project in sight. The road work began about 15 years ago, but...
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Still Alive By Joe Rector This past weekend, I was thrilled to find out that my neighbors weren’t dead. I mean nearly all of them. They disappeared at the end of October 2023. So few sightings of them had me wondering if they’d moved or died. Not until last Saturday...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
How smart are we? By Joe Rector I certainly love this country. So often, I give thanks that I was born here and have had all the opportunities that the United States offers. We are the greatest country in the world at this time, and I hope the same holds true for...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
The Better Parts of School By Joe Rector I am lucky to have grown up when I did. A member of the Baby Boomer generation, I spent my youth worry-free. The most important things involved having fun and just being a boy in the country community of Ball Camp. Even school,...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Parents have phone responsibilities By Joe Rector Don’t get me wrong; I have no love whatsoever for Florida Governor Ron Desantis. However, I like his ideas on social media: no person under 14 may create a social media account. His idea would further require parental...
