Yarbrough: Do politicians even care about the Okefenokee Swamp?

Between the time I write, and you read this, conditions can change.Particularly in politics.

Letter to the Editor: The well went dry – and God sent an angel

Dear Editor,As a Christian, I’ve come to accept that angels(messengers) come in many forms. A couple of weeks ago, a dedicated member and secretary of the Greater Jefferson Missionary Baptist Church – Gloria Hurt – reached out to other family members to locate a repair person for the well pump.

Rich: How prayer works

This is how prayer works: Tink and I were one hour into a seven-hour trip home from Memphis.I’d been on a book tour for two exhausting weeks and had a stomach bug, very rare for me. Our good friend and house sitter, Kathy Lanning, is alert and doesn’t miss a thing.

Yarbrough: The state of this column can’t be overstated

My fellow Americans, my fellow Georgians, and my loyal readers without whom I would have to go get a real job! (Laughter and applause!)I come before you today to submit to you my annual State of the Column address.

Letters to the Editor: Many thanks from Seuss on the Loose

Dear Editor,Ferst Readers of Putnam County wants to say a great big thank you to so many for their support of our 10th annual Seuss on the Loose festival held March 2 at Putnam County Primary School.

Rich: Tellers of songs — part four

This is how prayer works: Tink and I were one hour into a seven-hour trip home from Memphis.I’d been on a book tour for two exhausting weeks and had a stomach bug, very rare for me. Our good friend and house sitter, Kathy Lanning, is alert and doesn’t miss a thing.

Letter to the Editor: What’s wrong with Trump? Let me count the ways …

This letter is an attempt to get something off my mind and off my chest. I am concerned about our country. I am concerned about the path it may take in the next few years. It all depends on who our next president will be. We apparently have two choices: Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

Yarbrough: A reader’s reminder of the goodness within us

I get a number of suggestions from readers regarding topics for a column. For that, I am grateful. I also get suggestions from some readers about what I can do with the column and where I can go while placing it where they suggest. That, I will leave to your imagination.

Letter to the Editor: Will history repeat itself?

In 1860, during the infant stage of the Republican Party, Lincoln had to be written into the ballot in the South because the Republican Party did not even offer ballots in 10 southern states.

Rich: Tellers of songs — part three

Dolly Parton is, unquestionably, one of music’s best songwriters. Arguably, she is the best writer of the “girl singers,” as they were called in the 1960s, to come out of Nashville. Loretta Lynn was smart and unique in her view of marriage and relationships.