Taste the Difference
Science is everywhere, but I feel like I spend most of my life ignoring it, or trying to figure it out and taking a nap instead, or pretending I know what I’m talking about when I don’t. Like photosynthesis or
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Humor
Hallmark of the South
Imagine how lucky is the person who has dirt from his childhood. If I had a box of dirt from every house I ever lived in, I would have a lot of dirt.
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Let There be Lights
Edward Hibberd Johnson, known as the Father of Christmas Tree Lights, was a close associate of Thomas Edison — yes, that Thomas Edison, who, as we know, invented the lightbulb and the phonograph. In many ways, he founded the industrialized
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The Family Table
One reason I’m not a hundred percent sure that I’m Southern is that I don’t know what a second cousin is or why I might be related to him. (Another reason: I sometimes order grits in the singular form. “I
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Bigfoot Believer
Here’s something I think about: If a creature such as Bigfoot exists, why haven’t we found him yet? Why hasn’t any hard evidence supported his existence? No dwelling, no tracks, no scat piles one could look at and think, Wow.
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Art Lesson
Artists spend a lifetime perfecting their craft, but much of what they learn can be summarized in just a few seconds for those of you who love art yet want to spend your life doing something productive. For instance, it
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A Photo or a Picture?
It took me longer than it should have to realize a photographer is no different than any other kind of artist; they just wield a different tool.
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Backseat Blues
All in all, my memories consist of a series of painful, embarrassing moments I almost wish I could forget.
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Comfort Food
I used to think homesick and cabin fever meant the same thing. The distinction, I thought, was less about how you felt but where you felt it: in a house or in a cabin. Imagine my dismay when I learned
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Keep Off the Grass!
As my father became more successful, we moved to bigger and bigger houses and with the houses, came bigger and bigger lawns. In Edgewood, our lawn was about 10 feet by 12 feet, the size of a living room carpet
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