Lord, thank you for the spring. Is there a more beautiful time or place than Lookout Mountain in the spring? I say nay nay. Twenty-six hundred. That’s the number of daffodil bulbs we have planted in the 10 years since we » Read More
Did you know you are holding a copy of the largest-circulation newspaper in DeKalb County? If you love Mentone and Lookout Mountain, take a little pride in that. Yes, The Groundhog is only once a month, but some 4,000 copies are » Read More
It’s hard to outrun your shadow, not that I’d want to in this case. Rob Hammond, left, and Eric Sieb It was midsummer of 1960, and I was 9 years old, still sporting the then very stylish hairstyle we » Read More
Sing along with me. You know the tune. “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to be known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to His name, He forgets not His » Read More
Do you ever have flashbacks? Such occasions are generally good ones, when the memories triggered are pleasant, even wonderful reminders of something I enjoyed. The flashback that hit me this week was a bit different but a good one, in retrospect. » Read More
The Rev. Dr. Ethan Ferguson Returns to the Bahamas Mentone is losing one of its most important citizens, although the Rev. Dr. Ethan Ferguson has actually resided here only a few months. The popular rector of St. Joseph’s on-the-Mountain Episcopal Church » Read More
I have a great memory of becoming ill when I was a child, maybe seven years old. Yes, that’s strange, so you are due a bit of an explanation. My mother’s dear friend and bridge partner – I called her Mrs. » Read More
Fifty years is a long time. People change a lot in 50 years. There’s weight gain and hair loss, some careers flourish while others flounder. Some achieve their dreams and others are left to wonder what might have been. In the » Read More
Hickory nuts are not my friend. They fall loudly to the ground and, when they hit my roof, it sounds like a baseball has been dropped from 10,000 feet. My car top is dimpled with pockmarks where these demons have fallen » Read More