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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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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
There are two deaths to report this week. The first one is that of longtime Terry resident Mary Joyce Kister. She attended high school here in Terry, although she graduated from Central High School in Jackson. She...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
On Saturday morning, Susan Champion Yates announced the death of her father, J.B. Champion. This was particularly sad to most of us in town, as J.B. had built the car garage on Cunningham Avenue in between Sweeney’s...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:19-20)Columns
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, you will recognize them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:19-20) Can we lament together for a moment? Our society has robbed man of...
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Felder’s Indoor Plants: Mid-Winter Maintenance TipsColumns
Just like people, cooped up indoor plants can use a midwinter break. But unlike humans’ Seasonal Affective Disorder, tropical plants have their own brand of misery andcan’t just waltz out the door for a stretch in...
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Armchair Ponderings Public speaking, a lost art!Columns Editorial
I never cease to be amazed by the lack of preparedness of public speakers in today’s times. Starting with the president of the United States reading his speeches; whether they are written for him by a room-full of...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
January 2023 has come. It is already the 16th when I write this week’s column. 2023 is the year during which most of our elected officials in Mississippi will be elected (on November 7th) after being elected in the...
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From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:12)Columns Editorial
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12) “The Golden Rule” - how many of us have heard this rule echoed into our ears after some...
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Christmas Gifts, the SequelColumns Editorial
Before you call me hypocritical for my next statement, yes, it’s true: I advocated buying Marie Callender’s pies for Thanksgiving if baking was not in your wheelhouse or time frame. With that disclaimer out of the...
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