By Joe Hobby It struck me when I was driving on a little back road near my house. There in a small, well kept yard were several forsythia, aka yellow bells, in full bloom. Right in the mi... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Today, I celebrated International Women’s Day by buying my wife a valuable lottery ticket, potentially worth $20 million dollars. I had to driv... Read more
By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, I am interested in possibly donating my body to science when I pass away. What can you tell me about this, and what would I need to do to set it up? Getting... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary “I am a little old woman who lives in an assisted living facility…” her email began. Her following message was about the length of “War and Pea... Read more
By Ken Lass Generally speaking, when you’re in your car trying to get somewhere, stoplights are your enemy. Well, maybe that’s a bit overstated. They are at least a nuisance. Aft... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary A gas station. Rural east Texas. A young man sits in front of the ice machine, and he’s babbling nonsense. He is shirtless. He is dirty. People... Read more
By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, What tools can you recommend to help protect trusting seniors from scam calls? My 74-year-old mother gets tons of unwanted telemarketing and robocalls on her... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Happy 11th birthday, Becca. I hope you eat enough cake to qualify as a misdemeanor. There is one thing I want you to remember on this wondrous... Read more
By Joe Hobby Well, the Super Bowl is history, which means football season is finally over, and husbands are talking to their wives for the first time in months. It also means we’ve seen the... Read more
Sean of the South: Sleepless in New Orleans
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary “It’s my birthday,” the email said, “and my dad forgot me…” The young man writing to me just turned 14 years old. We’re going to call him Mark.... Read more