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Walks on Lee Street
I enjoy walking down Lee Street. But it’s not just the exercise. The reason I enjoy it, is ...
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Orange shirts
When I first came here most of the groundskeeping around the City was done by men in orange ...
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Why I like Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables, a series I enjoyed because of its characters. Especially the ...
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A Gardening enthusiast exiled to an apartment
Its not yet the season, but once again I turn my mind to gardening. Only, living in an ...
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Opinion: Art Galleries
I like our art gallery. I’m probably biased, since it provides a fairly reliable meeting place for other ...
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Covering President Jimmy Carter
I was never able to meet President Jimmy Carter. I came close to seeing him once. I was ...
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Coffee shops
I like coffee shops. I’ve always found this a good place to be creative. Thankfully, this town has ...
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Fishing for bass
Growing up, I would occasionally fish for bass in my grandfather’s pond. I admit, I was usually interested ...
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How I try to keep a social life
I admit, my life probably isn’t very social. I’m introverted, and have often held the habit of avoiding ...
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Thankfulness
I am not always a very thankful person. It’s quite easy for me to try and constantly improve, ...
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Beekeeping
Another of the many fields that span my varied misadventures is the field of apiculture. What is apiculture, ...
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How to be generous if you have nothing
Sometimes, it’s easy not to feel like you are enough, or could provide enough. Things are more expensive, ...
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Wood Carving: An Editorial
I remember carving wood in my early teens. When I was first given a knife, I would start ...
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My adventures with gardening
I remembering hunting. My dad would get me up before dark, and it was cold. I would go ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: About Football Today
There is so much uneasiness about college football today, and while I am comfortable with paying the players, ...
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An advantage of being a reporter
Most everyone agrees our society is more polarized. It’s the least polarizing assertion. The age of individualism has ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Erk Campaign
As another football season is about to get underway, I thought about all the lustful and enduring praise ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Ladd McConkey
After a brief respite in the hills of Northwest Georgia, the Chatsworth Cheetah—a most appropriate byname for Ladd ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Orlean Castronis
Orlean Castronis is a retired former journalist, the widow of one of the most popular players and coaches ...
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Loran Smith’s sports column: Wimbledon
The fortnight that it takes to determine the various champions of Wimbledon, one of the classiest sporting events, ...
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Privilege: An Editorial
I once read that France created an elaborate system of etiquette as a way to distinguish between classes. ...
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Loran Smith’s sports column: Willie Mays
The tributes to Willie Mays last week were bittersweet. He, of course, deserved all the lofty praise, but ...
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Loran Smith’s sports column: Wes Johnson
In all likelihood, Georgia baseball coach Wes Johnson is not a devotee of medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer. He ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Charlie Condon
A few weeks ago in Phoenix, the Arizona Diamondbacks were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers which brought about ...
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47 Minutes: A Book Review
Local author Jon D. Marsh sets a brisk pace with every event in his novella spanning 47 minutes. ...
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My Experiences in Small Town Georgia: An Editorial
I remember when I first went to Leslie. Someone was talking about raising wolf dogs. A lady was ...
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A Reluctant Defense of the Arts: An Editorial
I used to be an engineering major. That lasted two semesters. One would think the countless hours spent ...
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Players Championship
When Wyndham Clark’s birdie putt lipped out of the cup late last Sunday at Ponte Vedra, it was ...
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