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Armchair Ponderings Flag Day

The country celebrates several patriotic National Holidays, with more or less, pomp and circumstance. One the less recognized holidays by Congress is Flag Day. Flag day celebrates the adoption of the flag of the United...

June 15, 2023 · Guy Geller

Felder's Sumac Plant

One of my favorite native plants for the landscape is seriously overlooked by MS gardeners partly because it is so ubiquitous in the countryside, and spreads a bit. Yet it is widely used in all the finest English and...

June 3, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Terry’s Creek News

Praise Team opened our worship service with beautiful song and music. Our guest pianist was Jeanette Hall in the absence of our pianist and organist. We appreciate you Jeanette for blessing us with the music you...

June 2, 2023 · Catherine Brown

Armchair Ponderings Remembrance poppies

This week I procrastinated a bit too long for my weekly column. Then yesterday was trumped (no pun intended) by a three hour sitting in a medical lab followed by an almost two hour waiting room session in the...

June 1, 2023 · Guy Geller

Felder’s Gardening Myths

Gardeners gonna do what gardeners gonna do. And I’m not here to try stopping anyone from following their own hopeful bliss, however they choose. But there is a lot of garden misinformation floating around, once spread...

May 28, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Armchair Ponderings Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day

One directive to my children was “never let a day pass without learning at least one new thing.” It is still applicable today in a letter of graduation to my great granddaughter this week. We all know that next...

May 27, 2023 · Guy Geller

Terry’s Creek News

Chris Myers was in charge of the Percy Quin Park ministry last Sunday morning with other deacons and men attending to help with the service. They reported a very good service. Will be another group to bring the message...

May 23, 2023 · Catherine Brown

Felder’s Fungicides

What does my neighbor’s pear tree have in common with my nose? Both could have used a little preemptive defense from predictable ailments that aren’t easy to fix. For the first, I’m seeing pears with burnt-looking...

May 20, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Armchair Ponderings The migrant conundrum

Title 42 ended on May 11, 2023. Dire consequences were anticipated with the unrestricted influx of humans looking for a better life for their families. I know why people are paying exorbitant prices to be either dumped...

May 19, 2023 · Guy Geller

Terry’s Creek News

Call to worship was by the Praise Team and Choir as they led us in beautiful music. Then the children’s story time was by Bud Spencer. This is a highlight that the children really look forward to each Sunday morning...

May 17, 2023 · Catherine Brown

Felder’s Gardening Tools

Poor aching back and arm muscles. And sunburnt nose. Putting the finishing touches on cleaning up the garden after a disastrous winter and readying it for a for summer was rough on this old gardener’s body. But I got...

April 23, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Terry’s Creek News

It was so very good to have our Minister of Music Dennis Lea back with us last Sunday after being out with Covid, then he had the flu. Thank God healed his body and he was back leading our music program last Sunday, We...

April 22, 2023 · Catherine Brown

Armchair Ponderings Middle of the night ponderings

Pondering #1 As I write this on Wednesday my uppermost wondering is due to my Cardiologists appointment tomorrow. Will we have scheduled a surgery date for my heart? Pondering #2 Should I rethink my belief in the Second...

April 21, 2023 · Guy Geller

Felder’s Cherry Red Garden Paint

If this winter has shown me anything, it is that nearly everyone thinks their garden problems are worse than mine. Wailing about their losses, they don’t understand that I feel their pain through my own grief. But...

March 5, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Armchair Ponderings Road trash is everyone’s problem

This past Saturday’s Enterprise Journal opinion page, which I read on a daily basis, featured a column by Patsy R. Brumfield concerning a tremendous litter problem in McComb. I completely agree with portions of that...

March 4, 2023 · Guy Geller

Felder’s Snowdrops

Just saw my first snowdrops of the season, which alerts Southern horticulturists that I am nowhere near my Mississippi garden, where real snowdrops grow poorly if at all. True snowdrops, named Galanthus, are winter...

January 28, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Armchair Ponderings Why I love Mississippi

I first learned of Mississippi when in the early grades I learned to spell it like many other young students, with the,” Mi crooked letter, crooked letter I, and the rest.” My next foray into Mississippi was in...

January 28, 2023 · Guy Geller

Terry’s Creek News

The Praise Team opened our morning service with praises to our Heavenly Father. Bro. LaVerne Summerlin had the opening prayer, welcome and announcements. We had a very good number of people in attendance. Bro....

January 27, 2023 · Catherine Brown

Pasta has Been on Americans’ - and my - Mind

“After extensive efforts, we regretfully announce that Ronzoni Pastina is being discontinued.” The Jan. 3 announcement from the long-time pasta manufacturer sent shock waves through America. Headlines like,...

January 26, 2023 · Kara Kimbrough

Felder’s Indoor Plants: Mid-Winter Maintenance Tips

Just like people, cooped up indoor plants can use a midwinter break. But unlike humans’ Seasonal Affective Disorder, tropical plants have their own brand of misery andcan’t just waltz out the door for a stretch in...

January 22, 2023 · Felder Rushing

Armchair Ponderings Public speaking, a lost art!

I never cease to be amazed by the lack of preparedness of public speakers in today’s times. Starting with the president of the United States reading his speeches; whether they are written for him by a room-full of...

January 21, 2023 · Guy Geller

‘Best Sandwiches in Mississippi’ - Here are my Favorites

Forgetting one of my “favorites” from the Top Restaurant Meals and Supermarket Products of 2022” list – the Burger-Burger at the Biloxi restaurant by the same name - triggered a train of thought that ultimately...

January 18, 2023 · Kara Kimbrough

Progress BC News

This will be another short writing. I don’t get out much although I did go with Susan on Friday to put flowers on the cemeteries (Bluff Springs, Silver Creek, and Progress). I watched our church song service on fb. I...

December 24, 2022 · Aline Knippers

Terry’s Creek News

Had beautiful music last Sunday as we sang Christmas music. Danny Spencer led the music in the absence of Dennis Lea and did a very good job. The Children came forward for the story time which was by Bud Spencer. Then...

December 23, 2022 · Catherine Brown