Springtime makes me smile, sneeze

   Ahhhhhhh, April is here.    What’s your favorite season of the year?    Each has its highlights, but I vote for springtime.    Spring is when you can shuck your sweater and feel the warmth of what’s to come. Well, let me back up.    Spring flirted with us in mid-March.

Cheers and jeers

Thumbs up    To the Raider Soccer teams on maintaining an undefeated season so far. Go Raiders. Thumbs up    To Sen. Bo Hatchett for pushing a domestic violence bill that allows victims to contextualize their case before a courtroom.

Letters to the Editor

Supporting democracy To the editor:    My thanks to all of you who have spoken out in support of our democracy.  Sometimes, I feel like I am the only person in Habersham County thinking our democracy is being disemboweled.

Thinking about 1925, 2025

By Billy Chism      A number of years ago, while browsing in a used bookstore on St. Simons Island, I found a thick volume titled: “American Newspaper Annual and Directory - 1926.”    I carefully lifted the heavy book from the shelf, noting it was in fair condition.

Creating accepting spaces

   Today, April 2, is World Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Acceptance Month.    According to the Autism Society, Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental condition that typically appears in early childhood.

Letters to the Editor

Is it time to be a Christian? To the editor:    The first question for you must be, am I truly a Christian? Before you answer that question, you need to know just what makes someone a Christian.

Here’s to all you Ballpark Mommas

   You know who you are. The ones with the uniform pants soaking overnight in the laundry room, floormats that always need to be vacuumed and three folding chairs in your vehicle.

Keep calm

   It can be hard to sift through the information being presented to us about the federal government and determine which is fact and which is propaganda.    A perfect example is the Social Security Administration changes.    On Feb. 28, Sen.

Letters to the Editor

Social Security, Medicare under attack To the editor:    I have been retired here in Northeast Georgia for nearly 20 years. Like my retired friends we rely on Social Security and Medicare to help pay for our living expenses and health care.

Happily-ever-aftering

   Spring was an interesting time for me growing up.    It was a magical time.    Not many kids can say they sat in a castle doing homework one year, then in a flower shop next to a very hungry plant another.