Opinion
Kara’s Sights & Bites: Last-minute Christmas gifts for the foodie and traveler
Christmas is almost here, so technically, your shopping needs to be complete. However, if you’re like me, there are always a few last-minute gifts to buy. Here are a few suggestions for the food-lover, home chef and traveler (and some may fit into all three categories) on your list. If you can’t find them before…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Just Flappin’ His Gums”
The old man is sitting on his front porch is his favorite rocking chair and talking to a his freshly minted twenty-one-year-old grandson – attempting to encourage him to think things over clearly before deciding. To make decisions for his life based on clear facts, a living God, and real love. Instead of impulse, illogical…
Read MoreHudson’s Journey: EXTRA Kisses at Midnight
Happy 2024! As we all plan for the coming year, the possible and impossible resolutions made, the highest hope for a better tomorrow, I know whose hands our future falls in: Our children. Linda Creed wrote the lyrics for the mega hit that originally was recorded by George Benson and later by the…
Read MoreMovie Review: “The Boy and the Heron”
NOTE: This Japanese film is available in both “Subbed” and “Dubbed” versions. This review will focus on the “Dubbed” version with the English-language voice cast. Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has come out of retirement for “The Boy and the Heron,” a sprawling fantasy with semiautobiographical elements. Surprisingly, it’s the more grounded…
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: Gaither star, Mississippi native honors late mom with a new cookbook
“Reggie and Ladye Love Smith…” when you hear the names that are often printed or spoken together, you might know them from one of many different places and events. Reggie may be remembered as someone with whom you grew up in Jones County. Same with Ladye if you’re an Iuka native. Or it may be an…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé”
When the writers’ and actors’ strikes of 2023 forced several movies off the fall schedule, it was a pair of musicians that came to the rescue with two of the most heavily-promoted concert …
Read MoreKara’s Bites & Sights: A bag of homemade Christmas treats might be a lifesaver
Borrowing a phrase from a former college student of mine who once said, “Wow, you lecture a LOT about stuff you’re passionate about!” I’m continuing my series (not lecture) on …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “MOM’S CANTELOUPEY BOYFRIEND TEST”
Mom and her teen-age daughter were grocery shopping together, preparing for the family dinner on Friday night. The family always enjoyed fresh fruits, so before paying out at the cash register, they …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “DON’T PUT FLOWERS ON THEIR GRAVE”
Here’s what happens so often. A person becomes an adult, marries, has children, grows ill or old, and dies. Then the family of the deceased comes together to grieve, and to then plan the funeral. The flower shop gets notified to send flowers, and they all attend the service where the bouquets are usually on…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Napoleon”
Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” did rather well for itself over Thanksgiving weekend, opening in the #2 position at the domestic box office behind the second weekend of the new …
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