OXFORD — I shot my first squirrel with my grandfather’s .410-gauge shotgun when I was about 8 years old, thanks to coaching by an uncle who took me hunting.
By age 12, I owned by own .410, followed by a 20-gauge and then a 12-gauge, as well as a .22 rifle.
I’ve said it before and I’m saying it now: I don’t like this fall switch of the clocks.
I guess that means I prefer daylight saving time to the standard time that we now find ourselves operating under after the recent setting back of our clocks.
JACKSON — A friend of mine recently sent me an email about President Obama’s daughter, Malia.
OXFORD — Maybe I would have stayed in the Boy Scouts if they had decided to let girls in 70 years earlier.
But maybe not. As I recall, I gave up on the Scouts before my interest in the opposite sex peaked.
Autumn began five weeks ago, not that one really could tell from some of the warmer than usual weather we have had during the period since.
Take a look at practically any newspaper and you will probably find that a majority of their photographs are submitted from outside sources.
STARKVILLE — We continue to pray for families and friends who lost loved ones or were injured in the shooting in Las Vegas.
GREENWOOD — Let’s forget this idea that the aftermath of a horrendous mass shooting, such as the one that occurred about a week ago in Las Vegas, is not the time to talk about gun control.
It is difficult to imagine how Saturday’s seventh annual Gateway to the Delta Festival in Charleston could have been any better than it was.
COLUMBIA — Our statewide pastime, after college football, could be lamenting Mississippi’s problems and positing solutions. I’ve done that many times in print and conversation.
CHARLESTON — Charley Lee Williams, age 64, passed away at his home Tuesday, April 17.
OXFORD — With the exception of the interstates, I’m not familiar with many Alabama highways.
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OXFORD — With the exception of the interstates, I’m not familiar with many Alabama highways.
