A bit ago, a dedicated County Supervisor’s newsletter mentioned that his County Budget included a significant amount of money for Mosquito control. He suggested that all the citizens of his Beat patrol their yards and neighborhoods and turn over any container that held water so as to help keep down proliferation of the terrible pests. [...]
Fishing is such wonderful fun. Add absolutely perfect weather at daylight with a very light clean breeze, full Springtime colors, & life-giving sunshine, Voila! we have a recipe for “NICE”! Add a dash of really fun fishing buddy with some talent for catching fish & the recipe is getting spicy. You take it from there, [...]
“A day in the life of some people is more interesting than a month in the life of others.” I know one whose life is interesting like that, since her mind twists differently from the clock work of most others. She sees things from angles so diverse.
I am sure that this hypothesis is true. Pictured [...]
This week, if you go look outside New Years Eve, you will see a “blue moon”. You will be ringing in 2010 with a special treat that only happens every 17 years. A Blue Moon is this romantic vision portrayed in many songs & many tales; but really it is little more than an occasional [...]
How do you hold a dream in your hand? Drive down to Jones County Junior College and view one road to success. It is called the Math Bowl. The entire math department, led by one dedicated algebra teacher and supported by the Academic Dean, hosts a competition of math teams that comes from High Schools [...]
Some months ago there appeared an idea; it sprang from one of those long nights where there is little sleep but lots of BrainStorming. That night the BS was about how to improve public education in Mississippi. You see, Mississippi is a wonderful place to live, full of good people who care about their neighbors. [...]
“Education” is on everyone’s list of solutions these days. The Papers are full of stories. Most are about Football, Homecoming Queens, Clubs off to some event, or fundraising effort. It seems to me that what the articles and stories should focus on, in City Councilman Trey Chinn’s words, should be “educating” and not “education”.
Wayne County [...]
The new office of Chris Wilson, Realtor is in downtown Laurel. What began in downtown, now has returned. Opening a small commercial real estate business in Laurel, Mississippi long ago involved some social networking, even back in 1974. (There’s hardly anything really new under the sun.) One way was starting a Civic Club not represented [...]
Another way to look at it is, “If you find a path in which there are no forks, you will get where you planned to go too quickly and miss something.”
Last week an opportunity to serve a client’s interests working with his commercial real property led me to Waynesboro, then Leakesville, Mississippi. There is [...]
Saturday in downtown Laurel was a warm, friendly early Fall day that felt like “Community”. There was an event called the Loblolly Festival billed as a fun day for family and friends to come downtown and enjoy our town. There were a good many people milling around the streets in the warm sun. All our [...]