Category Archives: Opinions
Courier Letters to the Editor
Do you think you’re old?
Dear Editor,
I’m old. How old? Old enough to remember phone booths that you walked into and shut the door. Only a dime to make local call. Had to dial a number, not push buttons.
Old enough to remember when TV was black and white. And 21 inches was considered big screen. Movies were 75 cents, as were haircuts. Movies were often
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Walk faster, live longer
We’ve known for years that walking is a good form of exercise for seniors … we just didn’t know why. Now a new study not only explains how it works, but why brisk walking is even more effective.
Ten years ago, researchers at Leicester University Biomedical Research Centre started looking at genetic data in the biobanks in the U.K. for clues about why seniors who walk seemed to live longer. They didn’t fool around with a
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Understand the past to help the future
I’ll never forget my first visit to Mathis’ Bar & Grill in downtown Macon, Ga.
It was 1974, the heyday of the Allman Brothers Band, and I had moved down there to get in on the music scene.
I had heard Mathis was a jazz-blues virtuoso on the Hammond B-3 organ and had a great band. So one night I slipped down there to check them out.
The music was incredible, as I expected. But that wasn’t why that particular night stands out in my memory.
It was because I was the only white person in a dark, smoky, packed room of about 200.
It was my first time ever being in that situation. And if you’re white and you’ve never been in that situation,
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Special Lions group culmination of Boyer’s culture
‘‘I can’t lie and say I always believed the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team was going to pull out the state championship win against Brookland-Cayce on Friday.
When the Lions went up 2-0 in the first half, I was ready to call the game. Then, when Brookland-Cayce stormed back to take the lead in the final five minutes, 
I was ready to call it once again for the other side, and once again I was proven to be wrong as Liam Desjardins hit the equalizer from 52 yards out.
By the start of extra time, I realized that neither team was going to give until the final whistle, and for the first time I got it right, with the Lions pulling out the heart-pounding state championship win in penalty
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Prepare to age in place? Been there, done that
I read an article the other day encouraging seniors to make plans to age in place. Aging in place means to stay in our own homes as we get older so we can maintain our independence.
Planning for it means making whatever changes are necessary to ensure that our homes are safe. Planning also can include surrounding ourselves with a network of people and services for support.
My first thought was … that’s what we’ve been doing for the past two years, and we certainly didn’t have
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Remembering ‘a rock star among cats’
I here are many controversies I could write about today: critical race theory, abortion or the causes of inflation and the rollercoaster stock market.
I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not going to wade into those waters today.
This is a story about a cat.
Well, two cats. Or three.
And a squirrel.
This week marks one year since my cat Smokey spent the last of her nine lives and left me behind.
I never thought I’d care much about a cat, but that one became a friend and a comfort to
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Try it, you might like it
I enjoy cooking. It’s recreational and gives me a chance to be creative.
Measuring things doesn’t play a big part of recipes in my kitchen unless there’s a cake involved or some other dessert. For the most part, I sort of play it ear, or in this case eye. Adjusting the flavor and deciding to leave out an ingredient or add something else to the mix is part of the process.
Watching cooking shows is part of the relaxation routine, and it’s a good way to get ideas.
Sometimes the mood strikes and I read a new recipe or see a picture of something delicious
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Justice uplifts us all
Does the presence of bigotry and prejudice upset you? Does the cruelty, aggression and suffering as a result of injustice bother you? Do you wish that you could 
make a difference in the world to create justice? In order to have a meaningful response to injustice and to feel empowered to take action, we must have a clear vision of the nature of justice and its implications.
For us as individuals, justice simply means to be fair and equitable, to be good to others and to ensure that all people receive what is their due — that is, what is their natural right — and it necessarily involves the qualities of
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Some trivia to pass time
Dear Editor,
Bored?
Here’s some trivia for you.
States with the most borders are Tennessee and Missouri. Both border eight states.
The least bordered are two also. Alaska and Hawaii. None.
Longest bridge in the world is the Danyang-Kurshan Grand Bridge in China, running for 102.4
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Legislators step into the batter’s box
Well it’s time once again, baseball fans, to calculate the batting averages of our beloved home team, the Mudville nine.
Just kidding; I meant the Pickens County legislative delegation.
With this being the close of a two-year session, it should give some kind of picture of what the boys we’ve sent to Columbia have been doing down there.
I hate to say it, but a quick glance at the statistics gives not much hope for our guys to make the playoffs.
That is, except for the star slugger in our lineup — who primarily represents Oconee County but has a small slice
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