RICH: The rusty truck
Now I understand all the other folks who have quoted such high prices -- returning calls and showing up makes a person valuable so they can charge more.
RICH: Paying for my raising
Sure, I don't have to pay for my raising, but I've also missed the opportunity to pay it forward.
RICH: The scolding
Here's the trouble with some Christians (I said "some", not "all") is they believe that the authority of the Word of God gives them the authority to annihilate those who do not share their exact same beliefs. Wrong. The Word of God commissions those who believe to go forth with love and kindness to friends and enemies alike. It tells us to stand brave for what we believe but "be ye kind one to another." We can disagree civilly.
RICH: Uncle Jesse's truth
Twain once said, "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." When it comes to writing, I'll spin that a bit: The writer who won't invest thought in the lives of others has no advantage over those who can't.
RICH: Best wishes for a happy new year
I'll probably be repeating these resolutions again next year. Just like all my previous resolutions.
RICH: An Appalachian Christmas
Each year when Christmas arrived for Mama and her family, there was no money for gifts. They celebrated the holidays with a fresh cut tree and focused on what they, as born again Christians, believed the day to commemorate: the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. "We'd usually have a stocking really a sock filled with fruit and nuts," she remembered.
RICH: Mama loved a long story
"Have you ever told a short story in your life?" I asked one day during one of marathon length. She twisted her mouth tightly as oft she did when annoyed. "If it's too short, it ain't worth tellin'. Why waste the time?"
RICH: Coming home
As Truman Capote, the Alabama-raised writer, often said, "Every Southerner goes home sooner or later, even if in a pine box."
RICH: Giving thanks for Christmas traditions
As you reflect on your many blessings and celebrate them for Thanksgiving, please think of how you can share those blessings during Christmas. A card, a casserole or a Christmas tree could be the most important gift you give. I guess what it boils down to is this: A merry Christmas starts with a happy, blessed Thanksgiving.
RICH: Charlie's diaries
The second installment of my husband's great-great-grandfather, Charlie Tinker, a White House telegrapher who had been friends with President Abraham Lincoln.
RICH: Soaking up knowledge
The future belongs to both those in age and those in youth. May we all be wise enough to know when to teach and when to learn, for to each, there is a season.
RICH: An introduction to Charlie Tinker
Charlie Tinker, great-great-grandfather of my beloved, was close friends with the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The pair had met when they both lived in Illinois and Lincoln had become fascinated by a new-fangled invention that Charlie had become an expert at the telegraph.
