August was designated as What Will Be Your Legacy Month. That, combined with the recent death of my mother, caused me to start thinking about my own legacy and what I hope to leave behind.
We’ve been through a lot together these last few months, haven’t we? In fact, it wasn’t long after I started this column that we entered quarantine.
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August is designated as National Immunization Awareness Month. This year is certainly a different one (for a lot of reasons), and it deserves some additional thought in regards vaccines and immunizations. We hear every day about the push to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and we will hopefully…
Dear Editor and Community,
Love them or hate them, masks have become a hot topic in the Fairview community and all around the world.
We’ve talked a lot about life and advice over the last several months that I’ve been contributing to Main Street Fairview. I’ve shared with you a lot of things I’ve learned over the years, for better or worse, and I’ll keep sharing these nuggets of wisdom as they make themselves known to me.…
Last week I told you guys about my experience with a life coach and how she helped me to finally put the pedal to the medal on my goal of writing a novel. I’m happy to report that I just finished the first draft of my very first novel today. Granted now is when the tedious work starts: the e…
One of the cool things about my job is that people occasionally want to send me products or services in order for me to write about my experience with them. A couple of months ago, I was approached by a life coach and offered a free 90-day program. I had been really struggling with my produc…
As the traditional school calendar came to an unceremonious end a couple weeks ago, the finality of lost senior athletic seasons set in for thousands of senior athletes and their parents. It's over, forever.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I don’t know about you, but birthdays always make me kind of introspective. Like my own little personal New Year’s Eve, I find myself reflecting on not just the last year, but all the years before it. I think about the hard-learned lessons, who I’ve been and the r…
Fishing with the family is one way to spend some time with the ones you love, as well as the great outdoors. PHOTO COURTESY OF TWRA
I think a lot about wildflowers. We have these gorgeous white ones that grow in various parts of our yard and every time my husband mows our grass, I gently remind him to leave them standing. Leave them until they’re ready to go.
I think a lot about wildflowers. We have these gorgeous white ones that grow in various parts of our yard and every time my husband mows our grass, I gently remind him to leave them standing. Leave them until they’re ready to go.
There's a lot of stuff going around about the Murder Hornets invading us. But as I remember back, I recall another invasion that we thought was almost as bad. Here's how it happened.
I’m not sure why mental health issues are still so hard for us to talk about. I can talk about most any other medical condition I’ve had with ease. Yet, when I think about telling someone that I struggle with depression and anxiety, my throat feels like its closing up. My palms get sweaty an…
In a galaxy far, far away and an amount of years ago that shall remain anonymous, I graduated from Fairview High School. I swear that pieces of my heart still float around the halls, somewhere between the gym where we all gathered for pep rallies and where the auditorium used to be. Actually…
Being a mother of eight in 2020 is something that sets me apart from my peers. I am asked advice as someone who has “been there and done that” on almost every parenting issue. We can safely say that 2020 has afforded the world with issues that no one has “been there, done that.”
As the Safer at Home order is lifted and we venture into the unknown (where are my Frozen 2 fans at?), I have been thinking a lot about what happens next. While we know things may not return to what we came to know as normal for a while, we are at least getting to dip our toes back into the …
I had a column already planned for this week’s issue of Main Street Fairview, but as I sat down and began to write, I received a message from one of my best friends that left me feeling unsettled. The small business she is employed by has closed its doors for an undetermined amount of time d…
My son, Buck, is six years old. He quite literally lives up to his natural born name. Yes, we NAMED him Buck... it isn’t a nickname. (I get asked that a lot.)
One Sunday afternoon at the end of last summer, my husband and I were sitting on the couch watching television when I got the distinct feeling we were being watched. I looked to my left to see a black cat with a tiny strip of white down its nose gazing back at me through the back door.
As scientists around the world are using as much data as they can to develop strategies to fight the coronavirus pandemic, The Tennessee Department of Health is refusing to share important information.
Reflecting Back: The Women That Built Me
After what seems like a month of rain and way too many random bouts of cold weather, I think most of us are ready for spring to arrive.
Not sure about over at your house, but we been gettin’ a right smart amount of rain out west here. So much that the old hunnerd highway asphalt has crumbled and the whole road has turned to mud. I ain't been to town since it started raining. I've been afraid to risk it since I don't know how…
Last week’s launch of our community’s new newspaper, the Main Street Fairview, was a huge success. I am humbled by the response and positive feedback.
NEW COLUMN: Tales from Out West of Town
On behalf of my wife, Ellen, and our company, Main Street Media of Tennessee, please allow me to share with you how excited we are to be launching a new weekly newspaper, Main Street Fairview.
Greetings, Fairview! Welcome to the community’s newest news source and first edition of Main Street Fairview!
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