Do you have “best days” anymore? These are the days that you look forward to so much that is seems that time has stopped, and the day will never arrive.
When I was a kid, those days were always: church homecoming, Easter egg hunt, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my birthday. While I am very thankful to still have birthdays, I have decided not to count them anymore.
Life in Union County has dramatically changed for most families in the last 100 years.
In my last article I explained how the Tennessee Valley Authority started to provide electricity to the people in the area. At the time a lot of this electricity would be generated from the power of the Clinch River.
I have received emails for some time generated by several writers stating they were members of the greatest generation and were, therefore, “HIP!”
What, in the writer’s opinion, did this mean?
This makes a tasty dish for lunch or meatless supper. To make this quiche extra special, cook and crumble 4 slices bacon, adding it to the egg mixture with the cheese and onions.
September is a time when most of our flowers look pretty worn out, almost as worn out as I feel. Exhausted from garden weeding, mowing, and endless watering, I am ready for a change. Fortunately, fall is right around the corner.
With it arrives cooler nights, falling leaves and bright chrysanthemums in autumnal colors. What a word “chrysanthemum” is, and quite the tongue twister of a plant name. William J. Johnson said, “A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.” I agree, so let’s refer to them as “mums.”
Country Connections By James and Ellen Perry
While sitting on my front porch this late August afternoon listening to Tony Williams and the Platters’ version of “Sleepy Lagoon,” my mind wanders back to the early 1980s.
My family and I lived in Dothan, Alabama. The house next door sold and a new family moved in. They were from New Jersey and had bought the local Greyhound Bus Station. The people who owned the Greyhound franchise for Dothan had built a new bus station in a more accessible part of Dothan.
Fishing on the wrong side of the boat
John 21:6 KJV [6] And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
While springtime is noted for wildflowers, late summer and autumn also offer an impressive burst of color, when some plants make a last push to propagate before the killing frosts. Asters are particularly easy to find blooming now, and come in shades of yellow, white, and purple/blue.
Norris Lake Quilt Bee created a thin blue line flag quilt for Sharps Chapel resident, Kelly Clarke, in support of her mentorship and commitment to the training of women in law enforcement. Kelly retired from service after 30 years in law enforcement as a Captain Commander for the
Food, the soul and heart of a culture and community. While kitchens are usually the center of a home and allow for a soul to be fed.
Donna Riddle and other Union County Farmer’s Market (UCFM) members hope to do just that through the addition of the Heritage Community Kitchen.
“We wish to help small culinary businesses flourish, creating a healthier and sustainable community through food access, security, equity and education,” Riddle said.
The Heritage Community Kitchen is a commercial kitchen located inside the Union County Farmer’s Market Pavilion at Heritage Park.