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Columns January 23rd, 2008
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The Usuals do New York, part 2
Katelyn Moore
      If you've never hailed a taxi in New York, you really have never experienced the absolute hopelessness and feeling of self idiocy that really defines the sport. Maybe it was just me, but standing on the side of the street waving your arm like crazy so an utter stranger can pick you up and take you...
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'Macedonia Passage--Dangerous Cargo'
Barb Moore
      While Christmas shopping in Savannah this season, Andy & I were strolling by Borders Bookstore in Savannah Mall. A man was signing copies of his books outside the store. As we grew closer, he looked more and more familiar to both of us. "Isn't that Wright Gres?" I asked my husband.
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The suckers are still biting
Bill Shipp
      First, it was the all-out rush to enact legislation to stop gay marriages. But gay marriages were already illegal. Then it was the mad dash to require voter IDs to stop fraud at the polls. But there was no fraud at the polls. Absentee voting was fraught with crookedness and might have needed rein...
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Looking in the mirror
Rev. Donna Ashworth
      I once heard a story about a back-woods man who went to town and saw a mirror hanging in the old general store. He had never seen a mirror before and did not understand he was looking at himself. Thinking it was a picture of his Dad, he purchased the mirror and took it home.
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Great passion can often result in amazing feats
Lance Bolton
      Have you wondered if you're too old, too set in your ways, too much a victim of the old dog/new tricks problems to take on new challenges? Sometimes folks go along in life for years on auto pilot, never stepping out of their comfort zone, never aware of their abilities, power, and potential and n...
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Nutrition for elementary school age children
Marnie Dekle
      Are you worried about your elementary school aged child's eating habits? When children begin school, they are faced with many new experiences and challenges. One of these new experiences is eating lunch, and sometimes breakfast, at school. They will be making more of their own choices about what f...
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Savvy Senior:
Do-it-yourself wills
      Dear Savvy Senior, What self-help resources do you recommend for writing a will? At age 60, I need to get my affairs organized, but I don't want to go to a high-priced attorney to do it. Willing Wilma Dear Wilma, Creating a will doesn't have to involve expensive visits to a lawyer anymore.
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