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Last week I went to visit my parents who live on a mountain outside of Greenville. As I’ve told you before, my father is 87 years old and my mother is 85. Visiting them is always a great source of …
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By Vicki Brown
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10/10/24
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The Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society is presenting its annual awards on October 10th. I was a very active member of the society 20 years ago, and am dismayed at its inability to …
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10/10/24
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The Colleton County Animal Shelter Needs You! Part 2
Our shelter’s non-profit partner, Friends of Colleton County Animal Shelter (FoCCAS), provides financial and volunteer support by sponsoring …
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10/10/24
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I went to college after I had been out of high school for 10 years. I decided to relive my teen years and become a high school teacher, and when I graduated, I eagerly started looking for jobs. I …
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By Vicki Brown
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10/3/24
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In one of the small communities in North Carolina where my husband pastored, we lived in a parsonage surrounded by tobacco fields. My husband never preached on the evils of smoking because if he had …
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By Vicki Brown
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9/26/24
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PLEASE, PLEASE spay and neuter your pets, hunting dogs and other animals in your care. Also provide them with your updated identification - name plates on collars, rabies tags, and microchips. Your …
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9/26/24
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Recently I had to book a flight for a trip to Orlando FL to be with my son who was having surgery.
I was planning to fly out of Charleston. Charleston airport is really passenger friendly. It is …
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By Vicki Brown
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9/19/24
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I have never had a lot of luck with jewelry. I’m really rough on jewelry, constantly forgetting I am wearing a necklace, bracelet, earrings, or rings.
One time I was wearing a necklace that had …
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By Vicki Brown
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9/12/24
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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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