Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Not too long ago, I was sitting in a waiting area at a local establishment reading my copy of the Riverbend News when a person in the waiting…
Category: Editorials
Practice believing the best of others
Sheryl Boldt Guest Columnist “Peter wants a divorce,” my friend Stacey said, taking quick breaths. It pained me to see her struggling to keep from falling completely apart. “I’m so sorry.” When…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist I am writing this column on Friday, June 21. Yesterday was officially the longest day of the year. Summer is here, no doubt about it. When Daddy and…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Captain Charles Floyd Cone (1835-1924) was born in Camden County, Ga. He fought during the War Between the States and was an officer. As land was readily available…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist You know I can still hear the sound of an organ keyboard being played and, at times, I am back in our den here at the Eight Mile…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist The calendar may indicate we have a few weeks until summer officially begins, but let me assure you, for those of us descended from families who have been…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Seventy-two years old — that’s how old the Florida Folk Festival is this year! It’s the oldest state sponsored Folk Festival in the United States of America, and…
Turning the Page:“The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson
Genre: Historical Non-fiction My rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Erik Larson weaves the whimsical and the macabre into the story of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Ill., and the sinister serial killer…
Cagle grams: Friendship
“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14 KJV). For a person to know and experience a friendship, they must first make friends. And to make friends,…
Living God’s way: Speak with Integrity
For the third time Jesus quotes what “the ancients were told” to the crowd. This time it is about making vows and making oaths (Matthew 5:33:37). He tells them that if their…
Around the Banks
This past Friday, May 10, parts of North Central Florida were hit by a brief but very intense storm. On portions of our road, the Woodpecker Route, north of White Springs, trees…
Mickey’s movie review: “Sound of Freedom”
Mickey Starling Guest Columnist If you are looking for a great film to rent or stream, “Sound of Freedom” is a riveting portrayal of the horrors of child trafficking. The film offers…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Family is one of the “big three” here in our region: faith, family and friends. My Bullard family celebrated a Family Reunion last weekend at the Stephen Foster…
Around the Banks
Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Southern families in rural provincial areas always have a few members who know how “so and so” is kin to “so and so.” Years ago, a lady from…
Living God’s way: Conditions to receiving wisdom
Carlton G. McPeak Guest Columnist One sure way to navigate the trials of this life is to get the wisdom God provides. Wisdom can come from many places and be attained in…
Cagle grams: Words
James H. Cagle Guest Columnist “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1 KJV). We love words. We love taking them…
Soap language
Rev. Cheryl Cruce Contributor Growing up, I recall the phrase “soap language.” I do not ever remember the taste of a soap bar; the threat of it was enough to keep me…