JENKINS: How to be a guy: Money management for married men
If you don't want credit card debt to ruin your marriage, however, you'll need to take steps to curb your spending. One recommendation is that you avoid using credit cards to pay for routine expenses, such as groceries, gasoline, and full body waxes.
LARSON: Book the time to meet some authors
The local library system continues to provide great opportunities to meet best-selling writers.
RICH: The importance of the chipped bowl
At a garage sale, that bowl would bring no more than a nickel or a dime, bought by someone who would use it for dog food or fertilizer or such. But from me, you couldn't buy it for a million dollars.
MCLEOD: 3 things successful happy people do differently
There are distinct differences between the way successful happy people approach life versus those who continually struggle.
LARSON: Huffman House cheefully helps the hungry
In May, Barbara Huffman's non-profit organization Huffman House will celebrate its second anniversary of providing grass-roots social services to people of all faiths or no faith at all in Gwinnett County.
JENKINS: The AAU Effect is damaging college basketball
Next time you're watching a college basketball game, and supposedly "big-time" players are clanking the ball off the rim over and over again, remember that we mainly have the AAU culture to thank.
RICH: A loss of decency
Though I come from hardscrabble folks where education was a luxury, they had enough learning to know that others should be treated with decency and respect.
MCLEOD: Are your metaphors ruining your relationships?
Your metaphors create the narrative of your life. Choose imagery that will help you show up with passion for the people who matter to you.
JENKINS: How did SACS wind up as the villain?
Although I'm fortunate to live in a county that appears to have relatively functional schools, I can't help but look at DeKalb and think, "There but for the grace of God go we."
LARSON: Let's be more exact about Easter
Let's start with the word Easter, itself. The word comes from the Greek "Eos" and Latin "Aurora," both meaning dawn, and according to some authorities are also root words for "estrogen." From that, Anglo-Saxon pagans derived the name Eostre for their goddess of spring, honored with fertility symbols of rabbits and eggs. Not sure what any of that had to do with Jesus.
MCLEOD: How to become the most persuasive person in the room
Acknowledging and appreciating uncertainty doesn't make you less powerful. It makes you more powerful.
RICH: Old-fashion harmony
In churches like ours, the men gather on one side and the women on the other so they can sing parts and blend deliciously together. To me, it is simply beautiful to hear songs like "I'll Fly Away" or "When We All Get To Heaven" sung with such gusto, almost always ending with a soprano refrain.
JENKINS: Another ill-conceived educational fad
The idea that online classes are no different from traditional classrooms, or that we can herd all our students into online and the majority of them will be just fine is, to be blunt, a little bit nuts.
LARSON: Pope chooses winner in name game
The Prayer of St. Francis is proof the new pope picked a great name.
Health and Wellness
- GMC to host EMS awards event
- One year later, Copeland looks ahead to busy summer 1 comment
- Prevalence of food, skin allergies rises with income
- Gwinnett Relay raises $1.5 million so far
- G-Braves to honor two Barrow County boys
- Journey begins with hard work, rewards for new moms 1 comment
- Thousands show up for Relay for Life
- Thousands expected for annual Relay event
- GMC announces new office of research
- Marrow drive Friday at Peachtree Ridge
Home and Garden
- DALY: If given proper care, tomatoes will produce an abundant harvest
- DALY: Zoysia makes an attractive and durable lawn
- DALY: Heirloom vegetables valued for superior flavor
- DALY: Keeping carpenter bees away from your home
- DALY: If you lack space for a vegetable garden, consider using containers
- DALY: The native dogwood colors the spring landscape
- Annual spring plant sale at Gwinnett Tech
- DALY: Georgia Gold Medal plants are proven winners for the home landscape
- The Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association hosts tour of gardens
- DALY: Lawn care during early spring affects quality through the year
