Spring is just around the corner. We likely believe that more in Atlanta, Ga. than you do in Highland County at the moment, but trust me, it is. With spring, comes graduations. Whether from high school or college, young graduates view this as a liberating time, a time to spend a little money.

You have had a year. Have you cleaned up your home and grounds? Would a stranger walking by think, “Someone who lives there loves that place?” Notice, I didn’t talk about spending a dime on paint or anything other expense like that. Just your idle elbow grease. By now, we should have the whole world cleaned up – if we love this place.

One seldom makes headlines unless they are doing something exceptional or extraordinary. Extraordinary seems to work very well if headlines are your goal. For everyone else, you will find they go to work (if allowed to do so these days), take care of their families and quietly go about their business. My estimate is that the extraordinary crowd in this country is fewer than 3 million people; these are the ones who steal the headlines in print and online. If there are 330 million people in the country, give or take a couple million, that means 3/330, or fewer than 1 percent are making the headlines affecting the rest of us.

Natural Gas will continue to be the number-one source in 2050, according to this model. Jumping to number two will be utility scale photovoltaics (as are proposed for Highland County). Coal is still a significant factor. But it is declining significantly. There are two sets of assumptions driving this model: Energy policy and economics.

Natural Gas will continue to be the number-one source in 2050, according to this model. Jumping to number two will be utility scale photovoltaics (as are proposed for Highland County). Coal is still a significant factor. But it is declining significantly. There are two sets of assumptions driving this model: Energy policy and economics.

Let us start with the obvious. If you are reading this, you have made it through the year. It may have been with some (perhaps a lot) of stress, sorrow and an empty stomach at times. But you are here. You made it.

During cotton vacation, Priscilla had decided to make it a point to visit each child’s home. She would do this between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Money was scarce, but she would take each family a small bag of oranges and bananas.

Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio on Oct. 4, 1822. He was an attorney and served as city solicitor of Cincinnati from 1858-61. Joining the Union Army, he fought in the Civil War, and was wounded five times. He had a reputation for bravery and achieved the rank of brevet major general. He served in Congress from 1865-67 as a Republican. He served as governor of Ohio from 1868-72 and from 1876-77.

I think the word “entitled” stirs up so much ill will and bad feelings among people, societies and nations that we should ban it and the concepts it stands for. It is a word that came into widespread use in the 20th century.

As a nation, we may be divorced from one another, but our Christian duty is to pray for one another. You might want to remember this column when I, your humble columnist, get excited about politics in our country. Despite my passion, I need to remember the words of Peter, and you may need to remind me of them.

I will not be a sheep for the corrupt left-wing crowd that manipulated the “election” just past. If it looks like this will continue in the future, the best thing to do is not participate; for by participating, one adds an air of legitimacy to what is going on.

There are many other things Trump can do when unleashed from the Oval Office. Trump can run again in 2024. After all, even then he will be a few months younger than Biden is now. Grover Cleveland is the only president thus far to serve two non-consecutive terms, 1885-89 and 1893-97. There is no reason Trump cannot do this.

In our rush to assure we don’t discriminate due to all the things in the modern world that are identified as discriminatory, we have forgotten the thoughts of Socrates. But corporate social media and the mainstream press have not forgotten. They have capitalized on it. In fact, the Left has gone so far as to be totally inclusive, bringing non-citizens, the dead and the duplicates registered in multiple voting precincts into the voting booth.

If you haven’t voted already, it’s time to get personal. What is keeping you up at night? What are your worries that fall into the areas that government can do something about them? When you figure that out, you’ll know which way to vote.

We are at a serious place when it comes to the amendments that are there for our rights and our protection. I hope, in the brief time that is left, you look carefully at the choices on Nov. 3 where you live and then vote to protect your rights and your freedoms. We lose these freedoms and there is nothing else to talk about.