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05-29-2026 5:16:33 PM EST

 

 

 HERE WE ARE MAY 29, 2026 AND SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.  PROM'S ARE ALL OVER AND NOW WE HAVE NEW COLLEGE CANDIDATES AND NEW WORKERS.   LOT'S HAPPENING IN DAVIDSON COUNTY AS WE HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS ADVERTISERS AND ROADS GETTING WORKED ON AND YES SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN.

   LOOKS LIKE THE CAROLINA PANTHERS ARE STARTING TRAINING, AND LOTS OF FESTIVALS AND COOKOUTS GOING ON.  FAMILIES GETTING TOGETHER AND LAUGHING AND REMEMBERING OLE TIMES.  

   REMEMBER INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO YOU, MAYBE IT'S YOU THAT NEEDS TO REACH OUT AND DO SOME INVITES.  WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT WE GET TOGETHER WTIH FOR TACO TUESDAY .  IMA GONNA TRY AND PUT SOMETHING UP HERE EVERYDAY AND SHARE SOME EXPERIENCES AND MAYBE CREATE  SOME LAUGHTER AND JOY. 

SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR!


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04-16-2026 8:55:05 AM EST

 

"Their marriage was good, their dreams focused.
Their best friends lived barely a wave away.
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, work shirt and a hat;
and Mom in a house dress, fryin pan in one hand,
and dish-towel in the other!
It was the time for fixing things:
a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door,
the oven door, the hem in a dress."

Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy!
All that re-fixing, re-heating leftovers, renewing;
I wanted just once to be wasteful.
Waste meant affluence.
Throwing things away meant you knew there'd
always be more.
But when my mother died,
and I was standing in that clear morning light
in the warmth of the hospital room,
I was struck with the pain of learning
that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most
gets all used up and goes away...never to return.
So... While we have it, it's best we love it...
And care for it.... And fix it when it's broken...
And heal it when it's sick.
This is true: For marriage... And old cars...
And children with bad report cards...
Dogs and cats with bad hips... And aging parents...
And grandparents.
We keep them because they are worth it,
because we are worth it.
Some things we keep,
like a best friend that moved away
or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things
that make life important,
Like people we know who are special...
And so, we keep them close!
that are 'keepers' in your life?
Good friends are like stars...
You don't always see them,
but you know they are always there!
 

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03-02-2026 7:01:02 PM EST

FEBRUARY 21ST WAS OUR 35TH ANNIVERSERY OF THE SOUTHERNER NEWSPAPER. FAR AS I CAN TELL WE ARE THE LAST FREE NEWPAPER IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. WE DON'T PUT ANY BAD NEWS, JUST UPLIFTING AND GOOD NEWS. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE A LITTLE CATAWOMPT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE ARE BACK WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY GOOD NEWS, ANNIVERSERYS, ENGAGEMENTS, ETC. PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN PUBLISH IT.   STAY TUNED!!!


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02-24-2026 8:00:51 AM EST

   

 LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE USING THIS SITE FOR A WHILE AS THE OTHER COMPANY SEEMED TO HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS.  TODAY OF COURSE IS TACO TUESDAY AND ABOUT 10 OF US GET TOGETHER EVERY WEEK FOR FINE EATIN AND FELLOWSHIP.  WHEN WE GO OUT TO EAT IT IS USUALLY AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT ADVERTISE WITH US.  AND MOST HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS.

     AS YOU KNOW THE WEATHER HERE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN UNCERTAIN AS ONE WEEK YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO MOW THE YARD AND NEXT YOU ARE SHOVELING SNOW.  OH WELL, COME ON SPRING AND POLLEN FOR OUR ALLERGIES.  DOES SEEM LIKE ABOUT EVERYONE WE TALK TO HAS SOME KIND OF SINUR DRAINAGE.  OUR DAUGHTER WHO IS DEEP INTO HOLLISTIC HEALING SAYS TO DRING TEA WITH GINGER AND MULLEN IN IT

REMEMBER ON THIS SITE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE REGISTER TO MAKE A REMARK, JUST NO POLITICS OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.  OF COURSE YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVE YOU ARE NOT A BOT SO JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.  THIS IS A SECURE SITE.

    


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02-21-2026 11:43:37 AM EST

WELL HERE WE ARE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21ST AND OUR 35TH YEAR IN BUSINESS.  WHO'D THUNK IT.  YA KNOW THE NEWS SEEMS TO REALLY THRIVE OF BAD NEWS FOR SOME REASON AND THERE IS MORE GOOD NEWS OUT THERE THEN BAD.

SPRING JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND REDBIRDS AND SQUIRRELS ABOUND MUCH AND SOME GRASS IS POPPING UP AND YOU AND I ARE HERE ON THIS PAGE, ME TYPING AND YOU READING AND YOU CAN ALSO ANSWER OR ADD TO.  NOTHING BAD AND NO POLITICS, JUST GOOD GREAT NEWSMAYBE YOU HAVE AN OLD FAMILY RECIPE TO SHARE OR SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA LIKE A FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING.  

LET'S BE AMERICAN AND BE PROUD OF IT.  OH YEAH!  TURN OFF THE NEWS ONCE IN A WHILE! 

 


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01-13-2026 9:04:22 AM EST

     

WELL HERE WE ARE TUESDAY AND FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT I HAVE THE SHINGLES ON MY HIP.  REALLY PRETTY PAINFUL WHEN YOUR BELT TO YOUR PANTS IS STRAPPED AROUND IT.  BUT LIFE GOES ON AND WE WILL BE MEETING OUR DEAR FRIENDS TODAY AT MI CASA FOR TACO TUESDAY.  

    SUPPOSE TO BE 56 DEGREES HERE TODAY AND GONNA DO SOME CLEANING UP AROUND THE YARD.  IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT SOMEBODY GOTS TO DO IT.

      WATCHED A GREAT MOVIE LAST NIGHT CALLED "NEVER GIVE UP" AND I MEAN IT WAS SO INSPIRATIONAL AND I REALLY NEEDED THAT.  IT WAS ALSO A TRUE STORY.  WELL, GOTTA GET READY TO GO TO THE DR. SO CATCH UP WITH YA LATER. STAY GOLDEN 


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01-12-2026 10:16:58 AM EST

AND A GOOD MORNING TO YOU!   WHAT A WONDERFUL SUNDAY WE HAD AT CHURCH.  AN OLD FRIEND OF CLOSE TO 50 YEARS BROUGHT A WONDERFUL VISIION FILLED MESSAGE THAT BLESSED EVERYONE THERE AND ON LINE.   AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A PITCH IN DINNER AFTER CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND I MEAN SOME GOOD EATIN.+

HATED TO SEE THE PANTHERS LOSE BUT THEY PLAYED A GREAT GAME AND WATCH OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.  CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPSHIP GAME BETWEEN INDIANA AND MIAMI.  GOOOOO HOOSIERS.

TODAY IS A DAY OF RELAXATION AND MEDICATION.  AND ALSON PREPARING FOR OUR ROOM DEDICATION FOR OUR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY.  I AM SO PROUD OF THE FEW THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY ARE SOME REALLY HARD WORKERS AND LOVE BEING SERVANTS.

MIGHT PUT UP SOME MORE LATER TODAY, BUT UNTIL THEN, STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.  GOD LOVES YOU


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11-10-2025 8:06:33 AM EST

 

 

WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMPANY THAT WAS HOSTING OUR WEBSITE SERVER WENT DOWN TEMPORAILY SO WE WILL BE POSTING EVERYTHING OVER HERE AND IF YOU HAVE SOME MORE IDEAS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THEM AS WE ENJOY HEARING FROM YOU.

Good old NC...where the tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, macaroni & cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey. Someone is always getting their heart blessed, and we are all "fixin" to do something.


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