Summer Reads
MS. ALLISON VERHOTZ JOURNALISM CLASS | Scene Around Town
MS. ALLISON VERHOTZ JOURNALISM CLASS August 22, 2019 Leavelle McCambell Middle School
Read moreBeyond the Barricade – Lisa Fountain
There are three traits that clearly define Lisa Fountain: devotion to her family, commitment to her job, and a pure...
Read moreVision
Vision is the ability to close your eyes and imagine a future that does not yet exist. Why is vision important? How can it...
Read moreThe Breast/Best Pearls | Excerpt from Bury Me with My Pearls, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
Author’s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I thought I would share a funny story told to me...
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My Rocky Road From Analog to Digital
I’m an analog person. I admit it. As a young wife, I was content with my books, my three TV...
Read moreTurning Your Home into a Tropical Oasis
The millennial curse is this: we are paid less than our parents’ generation, we are often living in apartments or...
Read moreThe Story of…Looking Back…Living Forward
I remember dog Sophie was full-grown but still quite young at the time. Sophie was of mixed heritage, carrying the...
Read moreArtist Spotlight | Canaan Peeples Joins Aiken Center for the Arts this Fall
Meet Aiken Center for the Arts’ (ACA) new music instructor, Canaan Peeples. Canaan joins ACA this fall and will be...
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Let’s Talk: New Beginnings
Life is full of unusual changes and journeys that affect people in different ways. I like to think of life’s voyages as seasons that change with various weather patterns, bringing new beginnings or a brand new start. Just as spring brings new plants, flowers, and beautiful scenery. Then fall brings colorful leaves, bare trees, and a little breeze in the air. Let’s take a closer look at some ways to turn a new leaf. Many people wait until a New Year to make a new beginning or set a new resolution, but new beginnings can start at any time and can be as simple as a new hairstyle or as
Remnants of a Life at the Side of the Road
I saw the thin black ties of the apron first. They were draped rather languidly along the edge of the road. The apron itself was nearly hidden in a grassy dip in the ground off to the side, leading into the mouth of a drain pipe. The all-black color of the apron helped to disguise it. Even the dog had not noticed it as we walked the small neighborhood street. With a closer look, the apron was easily recognized as a restaurant-style server’s apron — smallish, oblong, with pockets sewn all across its lap for holding pens and order slips, notes about specials, and tips paid in cash. Picking it
The Challenges of Building Wealth
The use of the word wealth automatically creates a mindset that is as different for each of us as is our appearance. For most of us, wealth is defined as assets minus liabilities — that is, net worth. As an advisor, we try to communicate that wealth is more than money, but for the most part, the public usually sees wealth as financial assets. Having an abundance of wealth is often referred to as being rich, but in my opinion, these definitions do not define what I have experienced with clients and associates who are wealthy or rich. For the sake of this article, I will focus on the meaning