HAL BRADY: Why we need Christmas to come Dec 11, 2024 As you know, the frontiers of our world have rapidly changed. They’ve changed from earth to space, from manual to computer and from horsepower…
RONDA RICH: Two Strangers Linked Forever Updated Sep 10, 2024 Several years ago, an obituary in the Atlanta paper caught my eye and I clipped it out. I ran across it recently and, again as then, I found m…
RONDA RICH: Close cousins and childhood memories Updated Sep 1, 2024 It was a simple gesture. Probably meaningless to anyone but me.
RONDA RICH: The Wedding Gift Updated Aug 27, 2024 It was a wedding gift. We never knew from whom it came. Even after all these years.
HAL BRADY: A Catchy — But Foolish — Message Aug 21, 2024 A bumper sticker reads, “Don’t vote for anybody, it only encourages them.” While that bumper sticker may have a catchy ring, it is totally ina…
RONDA RICH: In praise of the fried baloney sandwich Updated Aug 19, 2024 It happened in Kentucky a while back. Perhaps 13 years. The name of the small town in which we had stopped, escapes me completely, but that ma…
RONDA RICH: Tim Flock — One of a Kind Updated Aug 13, 2024 It was such a sweet moment at the time and thrilling, too. Now, when I think about it, I’m sentimentally sad.
RONDA RICH: The Sad Happenings in A Small Town Updated Aug 5, 2024 Hemingway, S.C., is a tiny town of less than 500 people. There, one of my favorite people was born, calling Hemingway her hometown until colle…
RONDA RICH: In patriotic pursuit of flying a flag Updated Jul 29, 2024 When my husband makes up his mind that he wants something, he is like young Ralphie in "A Christmas Story." He does not give up. Remember when…
HAL BRADY: The common thread Updated Jul 15, 2024 The late historian/educator Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote a book entitled “The Disuniting of America” that was published in 1991. The book conc…
RONDA RICH: The beauty of the homemade dress Updated Jul 15, 2024 One of the privileges of our blessed life is the interesting people we meet. From carpenters to old timey moonshiners, to movie stars and coun…
RONDA RICH: The Man Who Lived Well Updated Jun 16, 2024 It is an inherited, family trait. The same as stubbornness, oddness, and humor.
RONDA RICH: The little girl who was Updated Jun 10, 2024 A text popped up from my sister. It was a faded photograph of four little girls sitting in grass, that badly needed cutting, in front of a bri…
RONDA RICH: Pokey and possum popularity Updated Dec 2, 2024 Of all the animals on the Rondarosa, perhaps the most unusual is a possum I raised from a baby. His name is Pokey.
RONDA RICH: Lessons taught by My David — Part Two Updated Nov 25, 2024 This is the second column in a two-part series.
RONDA RICH: Harmony that is born in the blood Updated Nov 18, 2024 It became a tradition when Mama died 15 years ago that I would drive the winding, mountain roads and travel to a little church in the piney wo…
HAL BRADY: Sitting down together? Updated Nov 11, 2024 In Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, he expressed hope that people “will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhoo…
RONDA RICH: Getting to Know David - Part One Updated Nov 11, 2024 Over the bathroom tub hangs a small painting of a turn-of-the-20th-century high society woman, dressed in an orange, silk, off-the-shoulder dr…
HAL BRADY: Standing in the Gap Updated Nov 4, 2024 A unique television program went on the air in 1968 and continued until the year 2001. The program was "Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood." This amazin…
RONDA RICH: The Once Incredible Friend Updated Nov 4, 2024 There was once a friend I had who was incredible. Remarkable. Exciting. Too splendid for any adjective in the English language.
RONDA RICH: A Childhood Without Books Updated Oct 14, 2024 Please, forgive me if you’ve heard this story before, either on page or in person. I tend to tell it two or three times a year.
RONDA RICH: Obituaries tell the story of a lifetime Updated Sep 23, 2024 It is an inherited family trait. The same as stubbornness, oddness, and humor.
RONDA RICH: Memories of George Harrison Updated Sep 16, 2024 There is a disagreement that Tink and I have had a couple of times. Not an argument, mind you. But a half-joking, half-serious disagreement.
RONDA RICH: Not Really an Emmy Nominee Updated Sep 9, 2024 Perhaps, it was two years into our marriage when my reality sank in: I, a country girl born of the purest of Appalachian folks, had married in…
+9 REVIEW: 'Hamilton' Brings History Alive With Fire And Heart Updated Feb 8, 2024 It's easy to see why "Hamilton" has gained a reputation for being such a high demand ticket, both on Broadway and on the road. This is musical…
RONDA RICH: The Folks Who Are Proud of You Updated Aug 5, 2024 About a year ago, Tink and I were visiting our friends, Don and Debbie Reid, in Staunton, Va.
RONDA RICH: Trusting Your Gut Updated Jul 29, 2024 It’s one of life’s hardest lessons to learn and then, just as hard to make it stick: Trusting an unseeable force – intuition.
