Hindsight: The way to the hot roll form of Nirvana
Smells. First grade smells. They say that the memory of particular smells stick with you longer than any other.
View ArticleHindsight: Forrest in pursuit of the Jackass Cavalry, 1863
One hundred and fifty years ago this morning saw the beginning of one of the great pursuits of the Civil War.
View ArticleHindsight: A lurid crime of passion in 1863 Spring Hill
It was a dark day in Spring Hill when Ready, Willing and Able met right in the middle of town.
View ArticleHindsight: Grandpa was in jail, and other closet skeletons
It used to surprise me as to how folks dealt with the skeletons in their family's closet.
View ArticleHindsight: 1982 and the planned revitalization of downtown
We had wandered long enough. It was time to come home.
View ArticleHindsight: The Forrest-Gould Affair 150 years ago
Bedford Forrest was famous among his troopers for his hot temper. He demanded, and usually received, the very best efforts his men had to offer. He commanded, he compelled, he directed — he did not...
View ArticleNo man kills me and lives!
Gould, knowing that he was grievously wounded, stumbled out the door, across the courtyard and into the street. Forrest lurched back into the office and fell into one of the chairs. Forrest's staff...
View ArticleThe aftermath of the Forrest-Gould affair
Gould's friends had carried the unconscious artilleryman to the Nelson House Hotel where he was placed in the second floor room on the north side of the building. Even with the best of medical care he...
View ArticleOn the road to discover North Carolina
The last time I mentioned my life-long female traveling companion's name in the pages of this newspaper, I received a near fatal dose of stink eye, and was made to promise, at the end of a pointed...
View ArticleExploring the watery coast of North Carolina: Part II
The landscape was flat. It wasn't as flat as a flitter, it was flatter than that.
View ArticleA lifetime to collect, gone in a morning
In so many cases, an old-time country auction is like a funeral. Somebody has passed away, and now the family is trying to settle their estate.
View ArticleVanished frontier: Last days of Brown’s Stand
Today we zoom along on Nashville Highway, our minds on other things.
View ArticleUlterior motives, aluminum and National Ice Cream Day
The old wanderlust got the better of us back in July, so we decided to hit the road one more time before Miss Dorothy had to report back to work as Assistant Warden at E.A. Cox Middle School.
View ArticleWheeler, Forrest and aluminum home furnishings
After a restful night's sleep, the Messick's and the Duncan's were up early, and raring for breakfast at the Joe Wheeler Lodge restaurant. We had done yeoman's service at the seafood feast the night...
View ArticleEverybody hates Gen. Braxton Bragg
Maybe I shouldn't feel bad that I do not understand Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, as it appears that none of the real experts do either.
View ArticleHindsight: Chickamauga; who can make the biggest mistake
Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army of Tennessee skedaddled over Monteagle Mountain and hunkered down in Chattanooga, passively waiting for Rosecran's next move.
View ArticleHindsight: Bragg versus Forrest; the end of Chickamauga
Snodgrass Hill was the cork in the bottle and, as long as the Union army held it, blocked any passage by the Confederates toward Chattanooga.
View ArticleHindsight: Miss Hattie’s crooked little house in Williamsport
Sometimes, when it's quiet and peaceful, my mind goes back to my beginnings at Williamsport.
View ArticleAnnouncer bids adieu to CHS Marching Band
I have turned in my resignation — well, maybe my retirement papers. After many years of being the announcer for the CHS Band's annual "Columbia Invitational Marching Contest."
View ArticleAn Indian uprising and a call to arms
Sarah Oliphant was tending to her three young children, and was keeping watch for her husband.
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