Across the Mountains - Drew Hines

Sleeping at the funeral home

Back in the day, morticians at Greer’s Wood Mortuary took turns spending the night at the iconic Greer ...

Film Talk with Tryon Theatre

Bubbly, cheeky comedy in “The Fabulous Four”

This week at The Tryon Theatre is the last summer fun film before we move into the more ...

Steps to Hope - Diane Nelson

National Suicide Awareness Month

By Diane Nelson   September is National Suicide Awareness Month. Each year at this time, Steps to Hope ...

Ask Aunty Pam - Pam Stone

Throwing cold water on political outbursts

Dear Aunty Pam,   My wife and I live in the suburbs, and a new family just moved ...

Film Talk with Tryon Theatre

Unsecured guns, unanswered tragedies

The press conferences are almost always the same now. They feel like a familiar old hat. Every imaginable ...

I'm Just Saying - Pam Stone

It came to me in a dream

Generally, when I have dreams, they tend to be streams of consciousness that, during the actual dream, make ...

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Start trimming up

I’ll start by saying that this column has nothing to do with growing pains like it mistakenly says ...

Ask Aunty Pam - Pam Stone

Crush fizzles after an awkward moment

Dear Aunty Pam, I’m in a quandary. I met a really nice man at a ‘Volunteer appreciation’ get-together ...

Shelf Life - Jen Pace Dickenson

More Library Staff Favorites

Here are some books that staff members at Polk County Public Libraries have read and enjoyed recently!   ...

Life on the farm- Larry McDermott

There’s no harm in questioning authority 

The world around us is imperfect, filled with controversies, disagreements, and imperfection, but it never suffers from the ...

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