Supporting Tennessee’s rural citizens has been a top priority of mine since I signed my very first executive order. Executive Order 1 required each State department to examine its impact on our rural communities and make recommendations on how to better serve rural Tennesseans. As a result, ...
Johnson, one of Doc’s grandsons, was visiting this week from Los Angeles, so I asked Doc if I could put him to work in the garden. “Hell, yes,” said Doc, or words to that effect. He didn’t ask Johnson before committing him to help me dig potatoes. A retired general, Doc is used to making quick command decisions. Johnson is slim and tall for his 15 years of age. The height he gets from Doc, I suppose. His features and coal-black hair – long, thick locks that hang over his eyes a lot - bespeak his Vietnamese heritage. He is soft-spoken, respectful, smart and ready to join in ...
Dear Annie: I have been married for 11 years and have a wonderful 10-year-old son; however, my marriage is on very shaky ground. I work more than 70 hours a week to maintain a wonderful home in a great community for the sake of my son. My husband, on the other hand, can barely see fit to get himself to work and is incredibly selfish on a regular basis. For example, we recently had an argument about me donating money to charity — about $50 to $100 a month — which we can afford. This was something my son wanted us to do, and I believe our charity is a wonderful lesson for him. My ...
For every home improvement project, big or small, you need the right tools to get the job done. That’s one way to think about the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Since 1965, ARC has been committed to investing in Appalachia by providing essential resources to build our communities, ...
Dear Annie: My 10-year-old’s school administrators are over-the-top nosey and won’t stay out of our business. I think they mean well, but at times, they try to micromanage the care of our child. For example, his favorite pair of shoes are falling apart, and although he has new shoes, he prefers the old ones. The school sent home a pair of shoes, as if we couldn’t afford to buy any. It seemed insulting and passive-aggressive, and my son liked those shoes even less than the new ones we’d bought him. So that was a waste. Also, our son recently had a cut that became infected. The ...
If you’re a Miller and something breaks, you don’t throw it away, at least, not right away. You put it up somewhere, to be fixed later. . .”later” often meaning in a generation or two. Or three or four. If you are a Miller you have no problem with waiting for someone to be born into the family, or married into the family, who knows how to fix whatever it is, and cares enough to go to the trouble. We Millers are patient, if nothing else. “Too broke to use and too good to throw away.” I’m not sure whether our parents ever used exactly those words, but certainly the ...
