Memorial Day Weekend
Hey y’all and Happy Memorial Day Weekend to everyone. I wanted to drop in and let you know that ATS LIVE will be airing a classic tomorrow evening. I’ll really miss being with y’all, especially since I was out last week with the little Bellerinas’ dance recital. I don’t think I’ve missed two weeks in a row since I started doing live radio, but I
Our Town Pauses to Remember
I just returned from our town's Memorial Day service on the banks of beautiful Lake Providence. The service never fails to leaves me sober-spirited. As well it should. I listened closely as Mr. Al Rawls, a Marine Corps Captain who served in Vietnam and the Civics teacher from our local high school, spoke eloquently of his fallen comrades in general and emotionally of one of his buddies in particular, a friend whose life was
Update: What the Mighty Mississippi Did This Spring
Many of you will remember that this past spring my small town was living under the threat of a main levee break, even as water flooded over an older levee that protected a number of area farms. I wrote about it here. Sunday evening we drove out to see the damage firsthand from where the old levee gave way as work is to begin this week on filling