Within the next two months, Zarian Stephens will join an elite group that includes a number of successful men who chose vastly different professions: from presidents to scientists, astronauts to filmmakers.

Just over 2 million young men have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in one hundred years. It is estimated that only four in every one hundred boys that join scouts accomplish this rank. That is less than one percent of the male population.

On January 10-12, the 2019 Tennessee State Junior Swine Show was hosted in Murfreesboro, TN. The show was held in conjunction with the Tennessee Pork Producers Association annual meeting. Union County was represented well at the state show. In addition to individual hog show classes, youth competed in showmanship, skillathon, and the ultrasound carcass class.

Knoxville TN: Author Darlene Underwood recently released her second book, a devotional titled, Speak, Lord, for your Servant is Listening. Underwood says the book is intended to help readers in their everyday journey. It is a compilation work of encounters with God containing nuggets of gold and precious jewels to help readers throughout their days.

Twas the night before V. Day,
When all through the kitchen,
Daddy Mouse smelled odors of my candy fixin'.

He saw in the paper
The next day was V. Day
Mama Mouse's expecting again, he did say.

Last time, we concluded by pointing out that there was no temple during King David's reign over Israel and that God would not allow David to build God a house or temple to dwell in. God would not allow David to build a house because God knew men would worship a temple built by human hands and not worship God Himself.

Through the years, my spider encounters have given me a few adventures. In case you don't know, I don’t want to see one or be anywhere close to one of those icky things. In fact, when I get to Heaven, I plan on asking Jesus if there was nothing else He could have created that would have eaten mosquitos and other bugs.

But there was one spider that amazed me so much that I had to watch it instead of screaming and running away.

Mincey’s Musings
Year Two, Week Five

Once again, federal income tax season is upon us. Perhaps nothing is worse than being deemed guilty when convinced of innocence, especially when it costs money.

Last Friday, I met Diane Cooke Wright Green from Bean Station. She came by with her husband, Bryan Green, and her cousin, Donna Allen. They came to buy some of my mom, Bonnie Heiskell Peters’ books.

Biodiversity is a big deal in ecology circles these days. The dictionary defines it simply as the variety of living things in a particular area or region. Opinions on the importance of biodiversity vary, but to me the loss of any plant or animal species means something’s wrong, and rightfully raises some concerns.

This offering is about oatmeal muffins. But let me stop and say a few words about blueberry muffins. My youngest daughter's first job in Tennessee was at Krystal's on Broadway. We had never heard of Krystal or even White Castle, for that matter. They both set their reputation on dinner roll sized hamburgers. In 1987, you could buy an entire meal for a dollar. I fell in love with them and ate until I couldn't stand to see another one.