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3 days ago by Jacob Hatcher.
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The Hatcher Family Cemetery
On a hill in Tennessee, behind the tall grass and thick brush, there’s a little cemetery tucked away in a stand of trees. It’s like ... Read more
Summer in the South
The rising humidity has begun its yearly tradition of choking out what breathable cool air there once was like a kudzu vine pulling down an ... Read more
My Home State
One night I was at a concert in downtown Nashville and a band I had never heard before was opening for the artist I had ... Read more
Wishing Flowers
To the scientific world its taraxacum; to a country club greenskeeper its seeds blow in the breeze and plant themselves into every nightmare they have ... Read more
Easter on the Farm
Cousin Bonnie has a basket in her hand and a big smile on her face. Her sister, Robbie, has what may be a potato sack. ... Read more
Spring Break
When my siblings and I were children, we would usually end up at my Nana’s house during spring and summer breaks. At the time I ... Read more
Andy Griffith
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and learned something that absolutely mortified me. He laid his confession there on the table ... Read more
Quitting time
A. Ray Lee Columnist In my childhood days spent on a small cotton farm, we ordered our work according to “sun time” even after someone ... Read more
For Beau
It’s not supposed to be this way. You’re not supposed to see your friends’ pictures on news articles about their four-year-old dying. You’re not supposed ... Read more
The Picky Eater
When it comes to food, I’m basically a toddler. In most other areas of life I like to think I’ve transitioned fully into adulthood; I’ve ... Read more
