Ronda Rich

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Letter writing an overlooked art

We all need to be worried about the health of the postal service and, as good neighbors, we all need to pitch in and do what we can to keep the mail comin’.

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I could do better, if I only would

Someone wrote to complain about my grammar. This isn’t new, though it doesn’t particularly irritate me.

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Dixie Dew shares concerns about sharing her mama

It’s me, Dixie Dew, again. Y’all who read this column regularly know that I am Ronda’s adorable and svelte (though she writes differently) dachshund.

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Final words on one put so eloquently

A friend of mine who has a penchant for sending along lovely, thoughtful gifts out did himself a while back. The contents of the package quickly became one of my favorite gifts ever. I called him up immediately.

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Pray for those in need, whoever they may be

It’s just funny, I guess, the way I get caught up in the lives of other people, folks I don’t even know. Yet I share their sorrow or rejoice with their successes. And they feel like friends, though most of them I have never met and suppose I never will.

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It’s just neighborly to help folks out

It was an easy phone call to make. I knew it would be. I called my neighbor who lives across the road, not the street mind you for we are country folks, and asked for help.

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The best flirt tells a good story

It’s a funny thing about us Southerners. If a Yankee criticizes us, we haughtily disregard it, muttering over their ignorance.

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Mama would’ve been so proud

Smiley cake brings back fond memories of Mama at Easter time.

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King James Bible not an old relic

Perhaps you’ve heard. It’s been the source of newspaper, magazine and television stories as they all pay tribute to the anniversary of the King James Bible.

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Husband makes his final escape

Now, we all knew that wasn’t going to work. Not for one cotton-picking minute did we think that those two could say “I do” and keep that vow until one of ‘em stopped breathing.

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