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Power outage and a low stock tank

It’s been a long time since I’ve gone even a few hours without power. When my household awoke on a Thursday morning after the remnants of a tropical storm had passed through our area, we were among many who had lost power, so we sat tight. If nothing else, we thought, it would be a […]

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A lifelong friend: familiar, but untamed

A recent waning summer evening found me rounding a curve on the road to my parents’ cabin in Ellijay, Georgia. Having traveled it since I was a toddler, I know this stretch of road like the back of my hand. An urgent request from my daughter revealed that nature called and she wouldn’t be able […]

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Reading: the next best thing to riding

If you read my introductory column a few weeks ago, you know I’m a horse enthusiast. I said I’d be sharing some horse topics with you, and I’d like the first one to be about reading. We’re right in the middle of what I think is the worst time of year for riding in the […]

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A formal introduction

Hello. I’m Elizabeth Crumbly. You may recognize my byline from your local paper (I sometimes go by Liz), or this might be our first meeting. Either way, I’d like to use this column space to get to know my readers better. Some editors call the paragraph at the end of this column a shirttail. It’s where you’ll find my contact information, and I hope you’ll use it.

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Rest in peace, friend

I was buckling my daughter into her carseat after a birthday party on a mid-November Saturday night when I got the text. It was one that I knew would come someday, but I still wasn’t prepared for it. “Peeler passed away Thursday … died in his sleep,” it said. I stared at the glowing phone […]