I found Chestnut Street while scrolling through Facebook Reels for relief from the heaviness of the world. Serendipity. What a find. It makes me laugh. The stories about life on Chestnut St. with all …

Note: This is a personal commentary based on my experience attending the Call to Action meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at First Missionary Baptist Church. I am not a reporter. Reporters’ accounts of …

Would you attend a well-researched lecture by a highly qualified professional on a relevant topic that costs only $5?  That is less than the price of a fancy coffee. To attend, you didn’t have …

Wendell Berry, poet, essayist, novelist, social critic, environmental activist and farmer, died this week at the age of 92 at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. If you look up Port Royal in Google …

The title for last week’s commentary was “Living large by living tiny.” This week, I continue a big and little comparison, but in a different way. Last Sunday afternoon, I was a member of …

I spent the first two weeks of August on an extended road trip. For two weeks, I had a nomadic lifestyle. Now, I have two weeks of going to medical appointments and then recovery. I don’t need to …

The main purpose of our stop in Chicago was to visit this recently opened museum and center. My commentary about our visit is not just for those who voted for this person. It is to tell you about the …

I am traveling very OTB (over the bridge). A friend and I are on a long road trip. The first two days, we drove all the way to Chicago. Yes, on purpose. We drove through or around various cities …

Plants in containers do not like summer heat. Hot summer weather with water restrictions in place means containers need hand watering once or twice a day. They dry out very quickly. Plants go limp in …

Fifty-six years ago, I participated in a sit-in over the issue of wearing jeans to high school. Events on the news seemed distant. However, we tried our wings at challenging institutional authority. …

I have a cacophony of thoughts swirling in my head about the events in the world. However, for this commentary, I will stay close to home. My capacity for grieving was stretched in the first …

I took the opening photograph in the Republic of Ireland. The idyllic scene of sheep grazing on a hillside is visible around almost every bend of the winding roads. One does not see the hard work of …

Folk singer and songwriting legend Woody Guthrie wrote this well-known song in 1940. It became his most famous song, among the thousands that he wrote. He created prolifically, writing poems, drawing …

“That was amazing!” This description is overused. People use it to describe everything from a meal they cooked to a rock concert. Were they amazed, or are they hyping the experience in order to …

I was ordained in 1978 by the American Baptist Churches, USA. I knew women who were educated in and ordained by the Southern Baptist Convention. The policies that are in place now regarding women …

My only qualification for writing on this topic is that I had a father. I love seeing the young dads of today walking downtown, wearing baby carriers on their chests or pushing strollers. I also love …

You may think the process of creating art is totally intuitive. It may be, for some. Most of the time, it is not. Artists learn to use tools that help them create and interpret what they draw or …

My fellow contributor to this journal, Pat Foster-Turley, also likes this little Georgia town, 69 miles north of Amelia Island. It is nestled on the Darien River, a 10-mile-long tidal river. It …

Do you have a family member or friend who died in the service of their country? This is the weekend to pause and remember them, and commemorate the sacrifice they made on our behalf. I had an …

I admit it. I fell in love with a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus this week. My love interest has thousands of other admirers. He is one of the stars of the wildly popular movie released May 8 …