by design | Nov 4, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Harvey By Joe Rector Amy and I recently added a member to our household. Harvey came to live with us at the end of September. Circumstances dictated that we take him in. Now, the last thing in this world we wanted was another pet, but God has a mystifying way of...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Overblown emotions on games By Joe Rector (This piece was written a couple of weeks ago, but it continues for sports fans every weekend.) At this moment, I’m sitting on a couch at my daughter’s house in Hendersonville. I’m watching the Vols piddle away a football game...
by design | Oct 14, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Lists By Joe Rector How many people in their 20s and 30s spend much time planning out their lives? Those who are like me know what I’m referring to. So many things to be done in our daily existences have us writing things down on paper or listing them on cell phones....
by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Kuwohi joins other Cherokee-based place names in our region A Day Away By Mike Steely The U.S. Board of Geographic Names recently approved a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, the Cherokee name for...
by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Cooking with new-fangled machines By Joe Rector I watched Amy prepare supper the other night. The stove and counter areas were covered with a variety of new appliances for the task. I marveled at how easily she worked those machines and how delicious the meal that she...
by design | Sep 23, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Friends ease the bad times By Joe Rector The time seems right to brag on some friends of mine. Yes, I do have friends, even though some of them don’t know. One group consists of men from all walks of life who like to play golf together. The second group includes the...
