Seems I have always been fascinated with mules. My fascination goes all the way back to my boyhood days and the Brim Hollow. My grandfather, W…
“That all sounds great, but really, no one cares.”
This past weekend, I traveled to Indianapolis to be a part of the inaugural class of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Student Leadersh…
My mother made really good lasagna when I was growing up, and just like the warm oatmeal cookies and baked custard, it was for me a comfort food.
They can hit you anytime, anyplace and for a myriad of reasons. A song, a smell, a person, etc., it really doesn’t matter.
Not too long ago I read an interesting book titled “The Noticer”. It was written by Andy Andrews, a well-known motivational speaker and writer.
I’ll never let an idea slip away again. Those ideas that pop up, and we let those sit in the back of our minds, then they are gone. Poof! But …
I grew up in an idyllic small town in the Midwest. With little traffic and friendly neighbors who kept an eye on all the kids on my street, my…
In 2017, over 73,000 people died of an overdose, and each one of them left a deep and lasting mark on someone who grieves for them — a mother,…
We have a lot of voices in our world, but too often they are just noisy. The voices we need to hear are often silent.
His picture hung in my grandparents’ house, along with all of the other pictures of the kids.
Through the years, I have been very fortunate to have some wonderful interns come through that wanted to make working in television their care…
As we make our way out of a pandemic and begin to reenter life, many of us, myself included, find it more difficult than anticipated to steer …
Recently, I was going through some old tools which belonged to my maternal grandfather, W. H. Brim.
Twenty-six jobs in 11 years. Yes, I had 26 jobs in 11 years, and that is from the time I graduated from high school until I was hired as a par…
Staying focused on a project of any size is easiest when we remember that one word, “No.”
In the Catholic cycle of readings for Sunday Mass, which we share with many of our Protestant brethren, we are currently moving through the Go…
It’s undeniable small business is the backbone of this great nation. And it ought to remain that way. After all, there are 31.7 million small …
I suppose we all could use a little encouragement from time to time.
We frequently see patients who have complaints of painful and tight muscles. It is not uncommon for a patient to tell us that they have nearly…
A person’s character develops over time, as Karsh compares it to developing a photograph -- in the darkness.
As a chaplain at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, I loved the challenge and the invitation of taking a religious ritual or…
What’s the difference between a tweet and the latest product’s tag line?
McKINNON – You want to get on the water, but you don’t own a boat, you don’t have a friend with a boat and you’re still squeamish about bookin…
Now is the time of year when I get tomato questions. Tomatoes can be susceptible to many diseases, but many people call them all “blights.”
From time to time my granddaughters ask me to tell them about the “olden days.”
While we mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day every year in the month of June, it’s vital to continually raise awareness and promote a better …
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise awareness of the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s and to educa…