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Every day was Thanksgiving at grandma’s

Well, another Thanksgiving has passed. We’ve all eaten enough turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce and pumpkin, pecan and apple pies to last us ‘til ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, November 29, 2019 8:15 pm

Columns

Preacher Miller walks the walk

Happy Thanksgiving to all. It was Thanksgiving, 1997, when we first shared the following story together here. Including that year – and today’s – we’ve ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, November 22, 2019 8:23 pm

Columns

The one question gentlemen should never ever ask

As you know by now, one of the responsibilities that fall to a humble newspaper columnist is to help gentlemen and husbands avoid some of ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, November 15, 2019 6:14 pm

Columns

Get into nature as soon as possible

On Aug. 4, 2007, I took a long, meditative walk in the Smoky Mountains. I know, because this column, for better or worse, has kept ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, November 8, 2019 8:00 pm

Columns

The sun is shining through the window, and I don’t know why

As I write, the sun is beaming through the window as if my favorite player just hit the game-winning home run, and the sun wants ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, November 1, 2019 7:08 pm

Columns

Go Astros! The class of 1974 is gettin’ behind ya!

Believe it or not at the time of this writing, my Astros are down two games to none in the World Series, and I’m still ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, October 25, 2019 7:01 pm

Columns

Bring on the derricks: We have some drilling to do!

It’s a brisk, cool fall morning out here in Texas as I write — a good time to go out on the front porch for ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 7:48 pm

Columns

Remembering my dog, Charlie

I let an important date slip by without notice: Sept. 9, 2009. That’s Charlie’s birthday. You may remember that our little “Boston Terror” — he with ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, October 4, 2019 4:24 pm

Columns

Preacher Miller could ‘take care of his self’

You’d never know that a humble Georgia preacher who lived most of his life down on modest Truitt Avenue in LaGrange could be one of ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, September 20, 2019 6:58 pm

Columns

In-laws became gracious gift-givers

My mama-in-law Jimie Dickinson was a simple woman. She worked in the home the old-fashioned way all of her life — raising two boys and ... Read more

by Steven Ray Bowen, Friday, September 13, 2019 6:55 pm

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