There is help out there for those in crisis

What should you do when a relative or friend is in serious psychological distress?       Northeast Georgia residents may have thought about it once or twice, particularly at those moments when violence erupts at the hands of a mentally ill person, as occurred in Atlanta on May 3.

Peaks and valleys of summer

When faced with an inconvenience, people tend to exaggerate their circumstances. They take a normal, everyday life experience and contort it into some big bad bugaboo. A minor infraction quickly escalates into an irrational reaction. I, at times, am as guilty as they come.

Seeking D-Day’s America

We have turned the corner and begun the 80th year since our brave American soldiers stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Seeing my son smile beats virtual football player’s happiness

I laugh at my kids all the time, deriding how dumb some of their video games are. Sure, they still play Legend of Zelda – or at least modern derivations of it – but they are always trying to catch Pokemon, or nab some dude in Fortnite, or whatever and none of it matters to me at all.

Problems with policy

To the editor: Here we are in June, and my paperwork from 2022 is still waiting to be filed. Just too busy with “this/that.” And the problem with “this/that” is it sometimes gets you blacklisted by an organization you felt was your friend and protector.

Be part of the plan

With the promise and possibilities of growth coming to Habersham County, there are often differing opinions among officials and residents about what form growth will take.