Darrell Huckaby
Darrell Huckaby is an author and teacher in Rockdale County. E-mail him at dhuck08@bellsouth.net.
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HUCKABY: Sometimes laws are hustled by vile people
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Last Updated: 3:52 PM 03/09/10 - In America, we are supposed to be governed by the rule of law, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Policemen, judges and government officials aren’t allowed to bring charges or punishment against people for political reasons or because it may be the popular thing to do — or on a whim. And none of us are supposed to be exempt from the rule of law — which is the only way any of us can be protected by the rule of law. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: Georgia cannot afford to lose 4-H
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Last Updated: 9:31 PM 03/05/10 - There’s that great scene in “Gone with the Wind” where Rhett has come back from Europe with a pretty new bonnet for the recently widowed Scarlett O’Hara Kennedy. She hesitates before trying it on, not knowing which end of the bonnet is the front and which is the back. Rhett says, with obvious disgust, something like, “This war has stopped being a joke when a woman like you doesn’t know how to wear the latest Paris fashions.” (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: Everybody has a story worth telling
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Last Updated: 8:41 PM 02/26/10 - I have said many times that one of the best things about writing a newspaper column is all of the letters and e-mails I get from my readers — plus the occasional phone call. And I have said many times that one of the worst things about writing a newspaper column is all of the letters and e-mails I get from my readers — plus the occasional phone call. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: A hero in every sense of the word
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Last Updated: 6:03 PM 02/19/10 - Every time I saw Edward Pickett he looked exactly the same. He was always immaculately dressed and standing ramrod straight. He was the epitome of the word dignified. I don’t remember when we became friends, but I will never forget the first time I met him. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: We Southerners treat snow like the rarity it is
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Last Updated: 7:04 PM 02/12/10 - “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” That was written by Robert Burns, who was a great Scottish poet. We usually translate it, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Either way, a funny thing happened to my lovely wife Lisa and me on our way to a Valentine’s weekend on Tybee Island. The weatherman predicted snow in Macon. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: The things you see at a Bulldog basketball game
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Last Updated: 4:55 PM 02/05/10 - I have been a lot of places and seen a lot of things in my lifetime. I have been to three World Series, four Sugar Bowls, five Final Fours, the Calgary Stampede and a goat roping. I have seen Brenda Lee perform at the Grand Ole Opry and heard Johnny Cash sing in a cow pasture in South Georgia and walked out on David Alan Coe at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth because he wouldn’t sing. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: Finding my way to Bogart
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Last Updated: 2:25 AM 01/30/10 - I know where Bogart, Ga., is. I want to make that clear right up front. In 1970, when I first came to the University of Georgia on a basketball scholarship — I was a manager; the Southeastern Conference hasn’t changed that much — I had the rare privilege of spending a couple of hours with Bob Hope, who was in town to perform in what is now Stegeman Coliseum. (Full Story) |
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Huckaby: I’m ready for more ‘Pants on the Ground’
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Last Updated: 7:50 PM 01/22/10 - I don’t know what army Larry Platt is a general in, but I am ready to enlist. He speaks my language. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: When disaster hits, America responds
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Last Updated: 7:20 PM 01/15/10 - I was a brand new teacher at Cousins Middle School, in Covington, and Christmas was coming. A local church contacted some of the staff at Cousins and asked us to have our classes “adopt” local families for the approaching holiday and help provide food, clothing and a few small toys for the children. I don’t know if such activities are allowed in public schools these days. Come to think of it, I’m not sure such activities were allowed in public schools back then, either. We didn’t ask permission. We just did it. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: A new year marred by a senseless loss
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Last Updated: 8:10 PM 01/08/10 - The year — and the decade — are about a week old and I have already seen a lot of remarkable images on my television screen. (Full Story) |
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