The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Are You Thankful, or Are You Appreciative? The difference is action. Do you want to just be thankful, or do you want to do something about it? Just think how many people celebrate their thankfulness: by over-consuming....

Your Health Matters – for November 23/24, 2010 Parties, family dinners, and other gatherings where food is served are all part of the holiday cheer.  But the merriment can change to misery if food makes you or others ill. Typical symptoms of foodborne illness are stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea,...

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS – for 11-17-10 The French call it mal de mer; and even the most seasoned sailors can suffer from it.  In the air, it’s airsickness.  On land (especially in the mountains), it’s carsickness.  And then there’s amusement park ride sickness—Space Mountain just about ruined...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Country Music Artist Don Byers Tapped for Atlanta County Music Hall of Fame “Autumn leaves were falling Down in Adams Park We sat and watched the river ‘Til it was almost dark And there were children playing They never noticed you and me Down in...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Don Byers’ Music Career Leads to Induction into Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame Don Byers of Blairsville will experience a highlight of his country music career on November 27 when he is inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame.  This signal...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald Even while fighting to ensure that the wealthiest among us keep their Bush tax cut, House Republicans just voted to deny any extension of unemployment benefits. I suppose it does not matter unless you are on unemployment but if so, what a Christmas present from conservatives....

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald We were blessed, well, maybe blessed is not the correct word here, with a broad overview of the sweeping changes proposed by the leaders of the Deficit Reduction Panel this week. Frankly, in looking over the details, I agree with Gerald Seib, a columnist for the Wall Street...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Are You Thankful, or Are You Appreciative? The difference is action. Do you want to just be thankful, or do you want to do something about it? Just think how many people celebrate their thankfulness: by over-consuming....

Ah, it is that time that women slave for hours and sometimes days to make a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner.  If it is a success, the meal is consumed faster than Superman can change into his tights. It is also that time to get together with relatives and /or friends that we haven’t seen for a while....

Do you know what the Pilgrims were thanking God for at the first Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth? If you go to Wikipedia you will not find the answer. It was not to thank the Native Americans for saving their butts although they did teach the Pilgrims how to grow corn and beans. The natives also...