Rock Wall

I’m sitting down for our weekly chat on Halloween, Oct. 31, which is our 47th wedding anniversary. I have had the pleasure today of talking to two outstanding individuals – Terry Nichols, the new CEO at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, and my long-time friend, J. D. Stephens, who I had not seen in several years

I was making an appointment with Dr. Wyant and got a pleasant surprise. The young lady with whom I was speaking said that our friend, Vicky, trained her before she retired. News to me. The young lady said now Vicky could spend more time with her husband. Then she told me Vicky got remarried a

I’m usually the last to know here at the office. Kimball told me last week, “Snider is supposed to have surgery today. I told you he swallowed a quarter.” “No, you didn’t. I wouldn’t forget something like that.” Snider is Adrian and Cain’s three year old. He and his brother, Van, age 5,were playing with

The Wayside Inn Museum’s Chili Cookoff is this Saturday, Oct. 15. Oct 15 is the traditional day for peak fall color. And I just noticed the beautiful tree on West Broadway. It is “engulfed” with beautiful orange leaves. The Chili Cook-off is a wonderful tradition. There are a lot of people outside milling around, eating

I plan to listen to the advice from Florida Governor Ron Desantis “you can hide from the wind, but run from the water. I’ve been caught in one hurricane, Rita, because Kimball and Adrian wanted to stay for breakfast with friends when Adrian’s college told everybody they could go home. Not much rain but the

A magazine has been lying on Ma’s (Kimball’s grandmother’s) coffee table for weeks telling the world, “King Tut’s family secrets.” I was up about 2 a,m. Monday and decided a little heavy reading would put me back to sleep. You know who King Tut was – the Egyptian boy King who died at 19 a

In case you didn’t notice, the sons or the two big bosses at the elevator died within about a week of each other. When Dad started to work there when he was 19, the No. 1 boss was Bill Jackson. His son, JT died last week. No. 2 boss was George Barker. His son, Brent

Kimball plunked a color photo down on my desk Monday that I didn’t immediately recognize but I was suspicious. It was obviously a school picture. Sandy hair. Blue eyes. So I started asking questions. She told me it was Van, Adrian’s oldest. I held him when he was a newborn. We have his photo up

I sent last week’s Rock Wall to Pat Crew, wife of Allen Crew, the best man in out wedding. We wound up trading photos of grand children. We have never met their two children, Amy Elaine Crew (same initials as her daddy, Allen Evan Crew) and Ryan Crew. Pat a retired school, quit her job

Sometimes you don’t know how good you’ve got it. Like the time my fishing buddy, Allen Crew (who was also the best man in our wedding) came from Birmingham to go fishing on Toledo Bend with me. I took him to a hole Kimball and I had discovered that had schooling bass up to six