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)

Tennessee now has 72 coronavirus deaths - up seven since the Monday report. Cases have gone up from 3,802 to 4,138. Officials said 408 people have been hospitalized in the state from coronavirus. Becky Barnes of the Hamilton County Health Department said there are now 94 cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton County. There were no additional deaths from Monday’s tally. Of those, ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Tuesday that 329 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - up from 294 on Monday. The confirmed cases are now at 8,818, up from 7,558 on Sunday, an increase of 1,260 cases. Officials said 1,774 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,393 on Monday. Whitfield County has increased to 21 cases with one ... (click for more)

I have to ask, What kind of an idiot picks a fight with Rhonda Thurman? Good grief; there is ignorant, there is dumb, there is stupid, and then there are those who think this good lady doesn't know what she's doing? Yes, she seems to have an answer for everything. And her answers always seem to be right on point -- thorough, well thought out, and devastating ... (click for more)

First, the coronavirus problem: We all know the current numbers of 'cases' and deaths attributed to the coronavirus keep changing -- always increasing, moment by moment. (Except in China; somehow it seems they quickly got their latest invention completely under control! Makes you wonder, don't it?) The number of recoveries is also increasing, although we don't hear much about recoveries; ... (click for more)