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Coffee shops

I like coffee shops. I’ve always found this a good place to be creative. Thankfully, this town has ...

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Fishing for bass

Growing up, I would occasionally fish for bass in my grandfather’s pond. I admit, I was usually interested ...

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How I try to keep a social life

I admit, my life probably isn’t very social. I’m introverted, and have often held the habit of avoiding ...

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Thankfulness

I am not always a very thankful person. It’s quite easy for me to try and constantly improve, ...

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Beekeeping

Another of the many fields that span my varied misadventures is the field of apiculture. What is apiculture, ...

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How to be generous if you have nothing

Sometimes, it’s easy not to feel like you are enough, or could provide enough. Things are more expensive, ...

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Wood Carving: An Editorial

I remember carving wood in my early teens. When I was first given a knife, I would start ...

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My adventures with gardening

I remembering hunting. My dad would get me up before dark, and it was cold. I would go ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: About Football Today

There is so much uneasiness about college football today, and while I am comfortable with paying the players, ...

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An advantage of being a reporter

Most everyone agrees our society is more polarized. It’s the least polarizing assertion. The age of individualism has ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Erk Campaign

As another football season is about to get underway, I thought about all the lustful and enduring praise ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Ladd McConkey

After a brief respite in the hills of Northwest Georgia, the Chatsworth Cheetah—a most appropriate byname for Ladd ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Orlean Castronis

Orlean Castronis is a retired former journalist, the widow of one of the most popular players and coaches ...

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Loran Smith’s sports column: Wimbledon

The fortnight that it takes to determine the various champions of Wimbledon, one of the classiest sporting events, ...

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Privilege: An Editorial

I once read that France created an elaborate system of etiquette as a way to distinguish between classes. ...

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Loran Smith’s sports column: Willie Mays

The tributes to Willie Mays last week were bittersweet. He, of course, deserved all the lofty praise, but ...

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Loran Smith’s sports column: Wes Johnson

In all likelihood, Georgia baseball coach Wes Johnson is not a devotee of medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer. He ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Charlie Condon

A few weeks ago in Phoenix, the Arizona Diamondbacks were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers which brought about ...

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47 Minutes: A Book Review

Local author Jon D. Marsh sets a brisk pace with every event in his novella spanning 47 minutes. ...

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My Experiences in Small Town Georgia: An Editorial

I remember when I first went to Leslie. Someone was talking about raising wolf dogs. A lady was ...

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A Reluctant Defense of the Arts: An Editorial

I used to be an engineering major. That lasted two semesters. One would think the countless hours spent ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Players Championship

When Wyndham Clark’s birdie putt lipped out of the cup late last Sunday at Ponte Vedra, it was ...

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Loren Smith’s Sports Column: The Steg and the Coach

The Steg in winter is now the place to be unless you have a fireplace, firewood, and a ...

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Loren Smith’s Sports Column: Super Dawg

There will be a Georgia player in the forthcoming Super Bowl for the 23rd consecutive season on February ...

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Loran Smith’s feature column: Homer Harding

It has been several seasons since I have pheasant hunted in South Dakota, but I fully expect to ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Norman King

Years ago, Reader’s Digest, published a periodic feature under the heading of, “The Most Unforgettable Character I ever ...

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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Mark Richt

LAS VEGAS – Not sure how many halls of fame Mark Richt will become a member of, but ...

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Loran Smith’s Thanksgiving Column

I’m Thankful   Each of us is given the gift of 86,400 seconds each day. How often have ...

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