Category Archives: Opinions
Getting ready for open enrollment
Before we know it, that yearly event will be here — when we have to decide what to do about our Medicare plans between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7 for coverage that will begin Jan. 1.
There are several things we have to consider, such as taking on a prescription drug plan or changing to a new one, or staying with original Medicare or going with an Advantage plan or changing
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He has a wonderful plan for you
God loves you. This deserves repeating … God loves you! Sometimes people feel that no one cares, but this is not 
true. Jesus proved how much He loved you when He gave His life for you. How much more can He do than to die and come back from the dead so that you can enjoy a relationship with Him and have eternal
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Considering Clemson council races
Dear Editor,
I read the last edition of the Pickens County Courier very closely. I liked the comprehensive coverage of Clemson elections. Clemson University is so big today it has changed the town to a city, and it is spilling into Central and starting to affect my town of Six Mile, too.
Reading the articles, I wondered who could best address all the problems the growing university is creating? Thecity council election has many qualified candidates. I was impressed by Lillian Boatwright wanting to hold the
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Another COVID winter
We’re in our third summer of the COVID pandemic and another winter is coming.
Think about that statement for a minute. Did any of us imagine, back in the summer of 2020, that the problems would still be with us in 2022? I for one was betting that once the vaccines started coming out, COVID would surely be vanquished. Oh, how wrong I was.
Many of us settled in during that first year of COVID isolation, missing
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Could it be PTSD?
Do you ever wonder if you possibly have PTSD? The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a very short PTSD 
screening webpage designed to see whether any symptoms you have could be related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
The screening test consists of five short questions. At the end you’ll click
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Unity is the means of healing our world
Unity is a much talked about ideal, and like many ideals, it may appear to be unrealistic or unattainable. But what is unity, and can it exist? Well, if we reflect a little, we can see that in fact, unity is everywhere around us.
From the smallest atoms to the largest stars, there is a oneness and wholeness, harmony and interconnectedness of everything in the universe operating with perfect order and precision. In fact, the word universe means “out of many, all things, turned into one whole.”
Unity, or oneness and wholeness, is the essential and fundamental characteristic of creation, because without it,
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Our character reflects the things we love
Most of us have heard that having lots of money cannot buy love or bring happiness. Since I’ve never been mega-wealthy, I will trust God on this one.
Most people are trying to build financial security, but it’s also common for those who succeed to encounter frustration and disappointment. Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 gives us this divine insight, “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them, and what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? The
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New number for suicide crisis line
Across the country there is a new mental health suicide and crisis line phone number: 988. The Department of Veterans Affairs has merged services with that number to provide an additional resource for veterans to call when they’re in crisis.
A result of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, the bill was passed and signed off as law. It’s startling, however, to learn that this bill was first created and sponsored by 34 U.S. senators in 2019. (You can go here to learn whether your state’s senators were among those
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The tale of the star-crossed lovers
Boomer is our beloved boxer bulldog. He’s five years old, an avid soccer player, handsome, personable and kind to children. He watches television through the window of the front porch if there’s something on he’s interested in.
He gets upset during a football game, because he is uneasy when people hit each other.
In other words, he is a very civilized dog.
Because he is five and soon to be six, we thought seriously about finding him a mate, but we didn’t want just anybody.
He is such a wonderful dog, we wanted to have a puppy from a litter he had sired.
After looking for some time, an opportunity seemed to fall into our laps.
A lady we know said her sister had a beautiful bulldog who needed a
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I speak to the trees
I have a confession to make…
I talk to my plants.
Whether they can hear me or not is questionable — but they certainly talk to me.
“Hey, Señor TaterBug! How about some water over here!” one of my banana pepper plants hollered as I walked by.
“Can’t you see it’s going to be raining in a few minutes?” I replied, patiently. “And my name’s not TaterBug!”
JoJo — that’s his name — just glared at me and muttered in Spanish about something
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