Maybe there is an unseen longing for freedom in America. “Yellowstone,” the number one show on TV, has been outed as a having undertones of “conservative” messaging.
I guess Kevin Costner has now made so much money that he can afford to be outed as right-of-center in Hollywood.
November 27th was the first Sunday of Advent; its theme was hope.
When Winston Churchill learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States had entered World War II, he said, “Silly people, and there were many, not only in enemy countries, might discount the force of the United States…But I had studied the American Civil War, fought out to the last desperate inch. American blood flowed in my veins.
There is a certain date on the schedule that needs to be circled this month. No, not Christmas.
Santa Claus will get his night in the spotlight soon enough.
I’m talking about Dec. 12. That’s round one of Navarre and Pace squaring off on the basketball court in the regular season, perhaps a preview of a potential showdown in the district championship game a couple of months from now.
I knew it was inevitable, the culture has long been drifting in that direction, and it is just a slogan, but I still cringed when I heard it used in this way.
“This is the reason for the season,” a commercial for who-knows-what cheerily declared.
We! We believe! We believe that we can win! (At least, we hope we did….)
We’re writing this the day before the United States’ men’s team plays Iran with a berth in the knockout round of the World Cup at stake.
Cold rain and chilly air made things less than ideal for the first ever NCAA Division II playoff game at Pen Air Field on the University of West Florida campus two weeks ago.
But the result the Argos were able to get here a on miserable mid-November afternoon more than made up for the weather.
Sometimes we focus on what we don’t have, or situations we aren’t in, and we lose sight of what we do have and where we are.
I know I have a lot to be thankful for – at all times – even when I’m wrapped up in the day-to-day busy-ness of life.
Give credit to Pace’s football team. Not much was expected of the Patriots when the season began. Especially after going just 4-6 the previous year.
Yet, through hard work, a ton of heart and a will to battle through any sort of adversity, the Patriots found themselves still playing football during the second weekend of November.
We at Sandpaper Publishing have much to be thankful for, beginning with our members and readers.
You fuel the passion we have for publishing three newspapers each week for three communities.
