A few days ago I saw a short film-clip from "way back" in my life, awakening a lot of nostalgic memories. Before making any comments, I should probably define what I mean by "way back" which is the time between the 1930's and 1960. The film I saw shows a segment of Market Street – in color – with several store-fronts I immediately recognized. How neatly they had all been designed, ... (click for more)

(Editor’s Note: Dr. Wayne Shearer, 95, is a retired optometrist and retired colonel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve now living in Hixson. In his early 90s, he decided to sit down and write from memory and a few records he still possesses his recollections of going through Army Air Corps pilot training at several bases in the United States during World War II. A lifelong writer, ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that another 14 people have died from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 362. The confirmed cases are now at 9,881, up from 9,156 on Tuesday. Officials said 1,981 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,899 on Monday. Whitfield County remains at 21 cases, but now has three deaths. Walker ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Tuesday that 348 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - up from 294 on Monday. The confirmed cases are now at 9,156, up from 7,558 on Sunday. Officials said 1,899 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,393 on Monday. Whitfield County has 21 cases and a second death - a 78-year-old man. Walker ... (click for more)

Social media and memes. They seem to be made for each other. If you’re looking for laughs, they often give great comic relief, particularly in this difficult time we are facing. But as I’ve seen many of the memes that regularly get posted and shared, I felt compelled to share a few thoughts. This is the main one: “Never get your theology from memes.” Typically memes are ... (click for more)

On Friday morning the phone rang at 1 a.m., calling Manny Sethi – who is in a race to become the next senator from Tennessee – to come to the hospital. Sethi, who is one of Nashville’s premier trauma surgeons, would then perform not one surgery, but nine more before he went back home about mid-morning on Monday. “I guess I was working about 80 hours a week in the operating room,” ... (click for more)