Natalie Lynn Alday I once pondered about older sitcoms from the 1960’s and 1970’s. I recollect watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show and googled the theme song “Love is All Around” by Sonny Curtis. How about Marlo Thomas in “That Girl!”? For those of you who do not know who or what I am talking…
Aromatherapy Judy Conlin Nurse Judy, my diva alter ego, is lying on the couch in her pink negligee and open-toed pink high heel slippers with a fashion magazine across her lap. She scowls at me. “Will you please sit down? You’re making me nervous flitting around like a Junebug.”“It’s a good thing I do flit,”…
Wisdom in a cap and gownNancy Kennedy Last week (as I write this), the local high schools had their graduations.In reading the excerpts from some of the students’ speeches, this year’s crop seemed different from years past.Less bravado and “our class will conquer the world because we’re awesome” sentiments, also less carefree.In one local student’s…
Are your thoughts keeping you awake?Sheryl Boldt Your mind is racing. It won’t be long before your boss realizes that you’re not as experienced as your resume suggested. Or perhaps you’re wondering if you’ll ever manage to pay down the mountain of debt that threatens to bankrupt you. Maybe your marriage is so strained that…
This old bird and her nest Judy Conlin For all these many years, I’ve lived with that silly alter ego of mine, Nurse Judy, and I have thought of myself as the sensible, clear-headed, forward thinking member of this duo. At this stage in our lives, I have decided that we should probably move into…
I appreciate the solemnity of Memorial Day Sheryl Boldt In the mid-1990s, when my son, Joshua, announced that he had enlisted in the Army, I felt nervous yet proud of his decision to serve his country. When Kuwait was becoming increasingly unstable, Joshua called to say his unit was awaiting word on whether they would…
Slim Randles “Before we begin our regular commencement tonight,” said combined elementary/high school principal Jim Albertson, “we have a special award to present. Will Windy Wilson please come up here on the stage with us?” Windy looked up at the stage in the gymnasium and all he saw were black choir robes and smiles. He…
Natalie Lynn Alday I read the following post online: “Only speak words that make souls STRONGER” (written by Ann Voskamp). That sure made sense to me. So many times we think we need to say or do something, yet being silent is what is needed. Sometimes just a smile or a hug or a few…
The magic closet Judy Conlin All is quiet at our house at last. The weeping and wailing and the wringing of hands subsided when I finally drove away with 2 huge bags of clothing from Nurse Judy’s (she’s(my clotheshorse alter ego) and my walk-in closet. I left her weeping surrounded by the hundreds of hangers…
Local resident receives degree from University of Tennessee Martin A Gadsden County resident was among students who received degrees from the University of Tennessee at Martin during spring commencement ceremonies held May 4, 2024, on the University of Tennessee Martin campus in Martin, Tennessee. Some 600 students participated in University of Tennessee at Martin’s spring…
