Category Archives: Opinions
Here we go again
I’m not the only one who has opted, once again, to stay home. Both the rec center and the senior 
center are cutting back on classes and hours because of the lack of participation, again, but mostly because of the sudden increase in cases of COVID, again. Of course this could include the
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Champagne, kisses, and hangovers
Being thrust into a new year is stressful and a little “toast” gives you the courage to admit mistakes of the past and the 
strength to face the future. You can’t toast the future with just any old drink, certainly not a beer, it’s too ordinary. Margaritas are too salty. Wine is too bland. It should be something bubbly and sparkly and expensive — like
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Letters to the Editor
New Year’s musings
Dear Editor,
Just a few words on New Year’s Day.
New Year’s is here. How time flies the older you become! I remember old superstitions about New Year’s from when I was growing up.
Things like don’t take the ashes out of the stove on New Year’s Day. Supposed to be bad luck. If a woman is the first
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What does standing for God mean to you?
It’s the New Year and everyone is celebrating a fresh start and making resolutions. However, simply wishing that our lives 
would change for the better, is nothing more than a fantasy or whim that will not just magically happen. It is said that over eighty percent of resolutions fail within the first month. Why? We must develop a strong vision of what
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What to look for in a nursing home
Choosing a nursing home isn’t easy, even in the best of circumstances. Whether it’s for you or a spouse, or for your 
parents, for now or for later, there are things you need to know and red flags to beware of.
When you want accurate information, you have to consider the
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Every day is a new opportunity
I hope everyone is having blessed holidays with family and friends. Spending time with those you love is much more meaningful than all the customs and traditions. The same is true with our spiritual lives, as it comes down to our personal 
relationship with God and the peace and joy we have living in His presence.
I’ve spoken with several people over the last few weeks who have no family
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Couier Letters to the Editor
A rant on the safety of our children
Dear Editor,
Just an old senior life citizen of Pickens County ranting a little.
About three months ago, I called the county works department and requested a sign for my neighborhood. We have like 18 homes in this subdivision, and up until a couple of years ago, all of us were elderly folks. There is no exit out other than to go back out the way you came in. It has one 20 mph speed limit sign on the right as soon as you enter.
Since we have had a few who have sold and moved, younger families have bought and have small children. Myself and a
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Don’t give up
This is not the world we grew up in, or even the world we knew for much of our lives. If my informal poll of friends and acquaintances is correct, we don’t like it much. The current state of the world has taken an emotional, physical and social 
toll on us. This isn’t the retirement we planned.
I hear:
We’re too trusting and it gets us into trouble when we fall for scams coming to
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Putting all the pain in perspective
He has been called the Prince of Peace, this babe who was born in Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago.
And peace, the kind that passeth understanding, He gives to those who are open to receiving it.
But He did not bring “peace on earth.”
Even in his lifetime it was not peace that followed Him, but violence — from the time He escaped the slaughter of the innocents by the swords of King
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The science of Santa
We all know Santa Claus is real. He lives in the North Pole with Mrs. Claus and a bunch of merry elves who make the toys that Santa delivers to good little girls and boys at Christmas. You can recognize an elf by his large pointy ears.
The big mystery is how Santa is able to deliver toys to 700 million children,
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