I’m writing to you today from Biloxi, Mississippi from the Beau Rivage Casino Hotel Resort where we are attending the 143rd annual Mississippi Press Association’s summer convention. That’s a long time, folks, for newspapers in Mississippi (and newspapers in general) to have been such a big part of American life. I mean – we’re talking [...]
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I have every letter my sister has ever written me. I consider them to be a vast treasure of memories, creative writing, poetry, humorous renditions of the stories of her life and and deep insights into her evolving personality and character through the years as she grew from a child of 11 into a [...]
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You know . . . this technological, fast paced, instant communication between total strangers across vast spaces around the world society we live in has its pitfalls. Using our computers the way we all do is one of the leading ones. Yep – I’ve been duped again. And I’m mad at myself because I should [...]
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I have very exciting news for you all today, both readers and fellow bloggers. My web hosts (and hosts for several other great Christian blogs) – TheoBloggers – are sponsoring the first ever Christian Blogger Awards, with the "Blogger of the Year" and winners in 8 categories (see below) to be announced on March 28th [...]
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[Note: This tag thing (see title above) has been making the rounds of Facebook. (Why did I ever join up two months ago? I thought I was getting away from tagging!) Here's part of the "rules" below: Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, [...]
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One final funny one for you today. I got this one in an email, too, from a young fire-fighter friend of ours in Illinois – our "adopted" son, Chicago Dave. It’s a long story, but we met him in New Orleans one Mardi Gras holiday when I was in law school. He was down with [...]
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I was tagged by Bill Williams over at Spiritual Oasis Saturday to do this, so am going to give it a shot. I normally hate these things, but this one is interesting and shouldn’t take long. Not that I’m one without words to write, you understand. I’m rarely at a loss for words, as all [...]
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It's all about seeking out a better way, while exploring the less traveled side roads along the path . . .
I want you to leave here feeling better about yourself than when you dropped by, having either learned something new, thought about something differently or having just had a good laugh or two.
Dee Andrews, Esq.
Attorney, Former Journalist, Author
South Mississippi