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The summer of 1990 was memorable for me. I learned a valuable lesson and discovered that no place is completely safe for kids. Not even the parking lot of a church.
It was a bright sunny morning …
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By Vicki Brown
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9/5/24
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Voters should know the major news outlets including television, newspapers and social media companies are deliberately letting Kamala off the hook during her campaign for president. She talks and …
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9/5/24
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In the mid 60s, my family moved to Syracuse, New York. Previously, we had lived in Buffalo on the second story of a house owned by a crazy Italian lady who looked to be 150 years old. I was scared to …
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By Vicki Brown
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8/29/24
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I am clumsy. Not just a little clumsy, but a complete clutz. My parents should have never listened to my grandmother who said dancing was from the devil when I wanted to take ballet. I would have …
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By Vicki Brown
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8/22/24
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For several years, my husband has taken over the responsibility of washing, drying, and folding our clothes. I still find this remarkable since he rarely did anything like that for the first 40 years …
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By Vicki Brown
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8/15/24
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Gov. Walz of Minnesota has been selected as Kamala’s Vice President nominee. Here are some undeniable facts about this super liberal progressive candidate:
1. He bragged about his National Guard …
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8/15/24
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My parents are my greatest fans. They usually call me weekly after reading my column to comment on what they read. This time, however, my father called with a complaint.
“You said in your column …
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By Vicki Brown
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8/8/24
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I was doing research on Nathan Hale and found this headline on a page I found on the internet. This ridiculous statement was made without any documentation or source. The fact is the term Banana …
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8/8/24
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Many years ago, my husband and I had friends who were living at Edisto Beach. They had another home near the mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. We all had become very close friends and really …
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By Vicki Brown
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8/1/24
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They lied for three years deceiving Americans on inflation, Afghanistan, and the border, and then they gave us the Biggest Lie. Kamala said in an interview that she worked with Biden closely in the …
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8/1/24
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Do you remember that old children’s song about the little old lady who swallowed a fly? If you recall the song, she next swallowed a spider to catch the fly… and on and on it goes. Well, I once …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/25/24
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Every year when summer begins, I buy hanging baskets for my back patio. I love flowers and have always had really good luck with geraniums. So this year I decided to surround my patio with geranium …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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By Vicki Brown
My husband was turning 70, and my daughter-in-law thought he needed a party to commemorate such a special occasion. She is from the Dominican Republic, and they will party for any …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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By Vicki Brown
I am highly involved in a turf war. It is vicious and ugly.
No, it is not between me and any of my delightful neighbors; it is between me and my yard.
It all started 30 years …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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It was 1964, and I was five years old. I had just enjoyed Christmas followed by a birthday in January. We were living in Buffalo, New York, at the time, and though we didn’t have much money, we had …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/27/24
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In 1969, President Nixon gave a speech referring to the “Silent Majority”. He was speaking of average Americans who never formed a special interest group to promote their desires or political …
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6/27/24
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Few things cause more distress in a parent’s life than sending a kid off to college. For some parents it is heart wrenching. But for others, it is an absolute relief.
Our oldest son was rather …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/20/24
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In 1968-69, I was in the 5th grade, and we had just moved to a suburb of Atlanta.
The school year had started rather badly. I had missed the first few weeks of school due to the move, and found …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/13/24
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On the evening of May 7th while shopping at IGA, I fell. Two young men got me up and waited until I was balanced. An employee came and pushed by buggy while I shopped. The two young men and lady …
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6/13/24
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The Honorable Kenneth Arthur “K.C.” Campbell, Jr., age 66, of Walterboro, entered into rest eternal Thursday afternoon, June 6, 2024. Born July 17, 1957, in Salem, Massachusetts, he was …
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6/13/24
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