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Felder’s Old-Fashioned FlowersColumns
What went around is coming back around; multi-season old-garden plants are fashionable again. Decades ago, I started noticing that most new Mississippi landscapes were populated by a relatively small number of easily...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
What did summer say to spring? “Help, I’m going to fall!” In last week’s column, many of the enjoyment of a Mississippi summer were mentioned. I am sure that many, many more were omitted. One of the things...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 3 is the correct date for the Meet - and - Greet the Terry Candidates in the town park across from Town Hall. We hope to see a good crowd there. In my looking at the calendar last week, I only got as...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “Objections to the Church...” (Acts 2:47)Columns Editorial
“And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:47) Summer time in Mississippi - heat, humidity, and VBS. Over the course of the summer, would you join me as we slow down and...
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Armchair Ponderings Remembrance poppiesColumns Editorial
This week I procrastinated a bit too long for my weekly column. Then yesterday was trumped (no pun intended) by a three hour sitting in a medical lab followed by an almost two hour waiting room session in the...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
There was a major error in last week’s column that will now be corrected. I think that everyone realized that the date for the Meet - the - Candidates in the Terry Park was incorrect. The correct date is Saturday,...
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Felder’s Gardening MythsColumns
Gardeners gonna do what gardeners gonna do. And I’m not here to try stopping anyone from following their own hopeful bliss, however they choose. But there is a lot of garden misinformation floating around, once spread...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “God is Love...” (I John 4:8)Columns Editorial
“God is love.” (1 John 4:8) One of the late classics would sing, “What is love?” We ought not to assume to know the answer. Prior generations defined love as a feeling; current generations define love as...
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Felder’s FungicidesColumns
What does my neighbor’s pear tree have in common with my nose? Both could have used a little preemptive defense from predictable ailments that aren’t easy to fix. For the first, I’m seeing pears with burnt-looking...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
On this coming Saturday (May 20th) from 10:00 a. m. until 2:00 p. m., there will be a Meet-and-Greet the Candidates whose names will appear on the primary ballots on August 6th at the park in Terry (on Cunningham Avenue...
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King Charles’ Coronation Quiche: Don’t Try This at HomeColumns
King Charles just can’t win. As the cameras rolled last Saturday on Coronation Day, he threw a tantrum while seated in his gold carriage on Coronation Day. Professional lipreaders say he testily shouted, “This is...
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Armchair Ponderings The migrant conundrumColumns Editorial
Title 42 ended on May 11, 2023. Dire consequences were anticipated with the unrestricted influx of humans looking for a better life for their families. I know why people are paying exorbitant prices to be either dumped...
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Felder’s Gardening ToolsColumns
Poor aching back and arm muscles. And sunburnt nose. Putting the finishing touches on cleaning up the garden after a disastrous winter and readying it for a for summer was rough on this old gardener’s body. But I got...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “God is All Wise...” (Romans 11:33)Columns
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Romans 11:33) On 60 Minutes, Google CEO SundarPichai was asked how AI(Artificial...
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Know Your Noodles When it Comes to Asian Bowls of GoodnessColumns
I’ve been open about my obsession with soup. I could easily eat soup every day of the week with one caveat: someone else would have to make it. As much as I love and in fact, do make soup quite often, it’s a...
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Armchair Ponderings Middle of the night ponderingsColumns Editorial
Pondering #1 As I write this on Wednesday my uppermost wondering is due to my Cardiologists appointment tomorrow. Will we have scheduled a surgery date for my heart? Pondering #2 Should I rethink my belief in the Second...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “God is Almighty...” (Psalm 145:3)Columns Editorial
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.” (Psalm 145:3) Many of us confess the Apostles’ Creed each Sunday, and the first line pulsates with both power and comfort. “I...
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Armchair Ponderings An Uncertain FutureColumns Editorial
Eighty years ago, last month, my father pencil wrote a farewell letter to my mother. It had in it,” tomorrow we face an uncertain future.” He was loaded onto a train with 997 men, women and children to end up in...
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Felder’s Cherry Red Garden PaintColumns
If this winter has shown me anything, it is that nearly everyone thinks their garden problems are worse than mine. Wailing about their losses, they don’t understand that I feel their pain through my own grief. But...
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Armchair Ponderings Road trash is everyone’s problemColumns Editorial
This past Saturday’s Enterprise Journal opinion page, which I read on a daily basis, featured a column by Patsy R. Brumfield concerning a tremendous litter problem in McComb. I completely agree with portions of that...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
Are you enjoying these beautiful May days that we have been having this February? I know that I have! But, it should be remember that during this month of February, it has thundered at least twice - on the 9th and on...
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Spring Is the Best Time to Explore Mississippi’s TreasuresColumns Editorial
Spring and for some, a weeklong break from school, are on the horizon. Instead of jumping ship to other states, why not stay in Mississippi, a state filled with interesting places to explore and enjoy? Here are a few of...
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‘Retro Food’ is a New Trend I Can EmbraceColumns
It’s 2023 – a new year filled with a dizzying array of food and beverage trends filtering down from the “experts.” A few I simply can’t wrap my head around are kelp-based burgers and sauces, climate-conscious...
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Armchair Ponderings Hospice versus chemotherapyColumns Editorial
As a disclaimer, I have no formal medical training but I have 86 years of observing life around me. I am not reporting my own opinion but that of others that either have suffered or are presently suffering for what is...
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