Nancy Blackmon

Impossible: Hunkering down with cats in bad weather

It’s rumbling to the east and so dark my security lights outside are on at 7:30 a.m. The ...

Nancy Blackmon

Columnist: When did Russia cease to be enemy?

Why was there an immediate reaction of shock and disbelief from Republicans, Democrats and Independents to President Trump’s ...

Nancy Blackmon

Accomplishing simple tasks feels rewarding

I love the way the sun slants through the oak limbs in the early morning. It makes patterns ...

Nancy Blackmon

Thinking of fallen journalists, cherishing freedom of the press this Fourth of July

A workplace becomes more than a place where you do a job. The people you spend time with ...

Nancy Blackmon

Opinion: Electorate is being played

Folks, we are being played like a fiddle and we are blindly square dancing to the tune, following ...

Nancy Blackmon

Columnist: Summer offer bumper crop of frogs

For some reason this year produced a bumper crop of frogs at my house. When I take a ...

Nancy Blackmon

Photos capture sense of best times with dad

There are two old black and white photos sitting beside my computer keyboard. The paper used to print ...

Nancy Blackmon

Opinion: Should politicians consider biblical teachings?

As I sit preparing to write this column, it is primary day in Alabama. Hopefully, there are folks ...

Nancy Blackmon

Too old to be young, or too young to be old?

It is interesting how your body begins to reintroduce itself to you as you get older. Maybe it’s ...

Nancy Blackmon

For a few hours, all talk was of love

Sometimes we, all of us living, breathing humans, need a dose of fantasy, fairytale and love. We got ...

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