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Author: Kesley Colbert

Talk about lost love and loneliness!
Opinion | Opinion Columns

Talk about lost love and loneliness!

ByKesley Colbert April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

I have always wanted to meet the girl that broke Don Gibson’s heart. She…

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If I had only known back then…
Opinion | Opinion Columns

If I had only known back then…

ByKesley Colbert April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

The first wedding I ever attended was in 1962. I was fifteen. And about…

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Mom way smarter than arrow boy
Opinion | Opinion Columns

Mom way smarter than arrow boy

ByKesley Colbert February 6, 2023February 10, 2023

Red and white are not my favorite colors. And that personal preference, in some…

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Opinion Columns

Ah, But It’s Still Football…. I Think

ByKesley Colbert September 8, 2022January 12, 2023

On the third day of football practice my freshman year in high school Tommy Herron hit me so hard I saw stars. Literally! The whole earth started spinning. Trees behind the practice field seemed to …

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Life is in the eye of the beholder

ByKesley Colbert August 18, 2022January 12, 2023

Sometimes people ask me why I don’t write meaningful stories. I’m kinda baffled by that. And I know exactly what they mean….

By meaningful.

They want me to elaborately …

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Dr. Holmes was always the last resort

ByKesley Colbert December 4, 2021

Phil Early is one of my all-time favorite people. I used to yell at him to “get a move on it” coming out of the chutes on endless afternoons at football practice an eon or two ago. He …

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Still giving thanks for Leon’s bad aim

ByKesley Colbert November 23, 2021January 12, 2023

I have no idea when you get old enough to “know something.” I was…

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Opinion

They let that big bird loose!

ByKesley Colbert November 18, 2021

I don’t do travelogue stories. I am not Triple A, Expedia, Travelocity or Hotel…

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A little ‘Green Tomato Sandwich’ philosophy

ByKesley Colbert October 13, 2021January 12, 2023

It seems that America is about to run out of money. Again! I know…

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Spreading it on pretty thick

ByKesley Colbert September 22, 2021January 12, 2023

Mother didn’t actually lie to us. I don’t think. She said it was mayonnaise….

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