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Remembering Jimmy Yawn: A MISSISSIPPI SPORTS LEGENDColumns
One summer's night, I dug in my cleats at home plate just like Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams or Willie Mays, established major-league stars, would be doing on baseball diamonds elsewhere in America. They...
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FELDER'S GARDEN WHIMSYColumns
Maybe it's the weather finally wearing me down, but sometimes I wonder if the rewards of gardening are what they are cracked up to be. In spite of being advised to always be positive, I gotta be honest, whether done...
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Kara's Sites & Bites: FALL & FOOTBALL MEAN… IT'S OFFICIALLY DIPPING SEASONColumns
Fall's officially here and football season is in full swing. The tantalizing aroma of wings, dogs and burgers grilling in the late afternoon sun is almost sweeter than your favorite team's victory. Colorful tables...
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Felder's Garden FootpathsColumns
Got all-weather walks and well-lit, non-slip footing where you need them? A lot is written about what makes a garden look good and work well, mostly dealing with plant selection and placement and how they work through...
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Felder's Garden ResetColumns
Time to face reality: There are hard decisions ahead, as I head home from a summer overseas, expecting to walk into a partially browned-out wasteland of plants left to fend for themselves. Most will be fine, but it's...
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A 'Paper Man' Who Helped Shape the Mississippi DeltaColumns Headline
As I said in a pre-publication comment about his memoir set for launch Sept. 9, Jim Abbott served his community, state and country in ways beyond the reach of most Mississippians of his generation. "Paper Man: Chasing...
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Twists & Turns: What Happened to the Jetsons?Columns Headline
Someone asked me the other day where I get ideas to write about. Truthfully, it's a lot of personal experiences (general disasters that I try to make a bit funny) and my dear friends who occasionally provide subject...
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Lyme DiseaseColumns
We have all heard many stories about Lyme disease. I noticed a tick on me after being out in the woods and it caused me to think about Lyme disease. Below I will discuss what the disease is about and how to prevent it....
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Felder's Tidy Native GardenColumns
A native plant garden doesn't have to look like an unkempt pasture. It is very easy to have an all-native landscape designed and maintained like a regular home landscape, very attractive both in looks and benefits to...
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Felder's Flower FrogsColumns
In these somewhat-stressful times, I make myself wander my tranquil garden at least once a day. Not to actually do anything constructive, just for a bit of attention-restoration, to reset my brain a break from...
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The Proliferation of Data CentersColumns
This country may well be occupied on every street corner by sprawling data centers. Many books will record the knockdown-drag-out battles it took to place them on sites across the USA. In some places, the arguments...
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Felder's Soil SecretsColumns
The soil we force plants into, whether just plain dirt, raised beds, or pots, is often the unseen make-or-break issue for your garden. Neglect it, and your plants will suffer. By the way, at some risk of being accused...
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Felder's Water WisdomColumns
Watering a brown lawn or wilted plant often may be a futile mistake. Seems counterintuitive, especially to folks watering every day, but some plants suffer serious root damage from being watered too much or too often....
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Kara's Sites & Bites: Here's What I'm Loving in Summer '26Columns
It's hard to believe, but a little more than half of 2026 has already slipped away. The halfway point (give or take a few weeks) is a good time to reflect on new supermarket, restaurant and food items on my favorites...
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From Humble Beginnings to America's ShipyardColumns
Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding’s humble beginnings and its later achievements are an epic American business success story. Mississippi loves Ingalls Shipyard. And why shouldn’t we, considering that the Pascagoula...
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Felder's Backyard SaladColumns
Why gamble on store-bought leafy greens, when growing our own is easy with less risk? I eat out a lot, and don’t want to have to wonder what might be lurking in what comes with most of my favorite meals. And these...
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Kids Do Say the Darndest ThingsColumns
Back in the day, Art Linkletter's conversations with kiddos never failed to provide hilarious -- and often unexpected-entertainment, blushing parents notwithstanding. And I continue to be reminded of just such...
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Fairness - Why Do We Care So Much?Columns
One of my favorite things about living in Mississippi is the lack of traffic. Sure, certain intersections get backed up and the Interstate (for those of you lucky enough to live near one) occasionally experiences...
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Felder's Lawn LifelineColumns
Your lawn is dying, tiny little bits at a time, and it's up to you to keep it going. That may be a bit shocking, but it's the truth. What most folks see as one big carpet is actually thousands of interconnected plants,...
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Vacation at the LakeColumns
After we had some unexpected, expensive and time-consuming problems with the plumbing at our 40year-old house in Alabama, we decided to take a break, treat ourselves and drive up to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of...
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Mississippi Made Music: The Sound of CountryColumns
I know nothing about the elements of music: the magical creation of harmony, pitch, texture, meter and verse, and so forth, but I'm not hard of hearing. I know what I like when I hear it. In recent months, viewers of...
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Felder's FootpathColumns
Somebody call the waaa-bulance, 'cause I just installed a flagstone walk, rearranging each slab of natural stone like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. And no amount of Advil is easing the aches. But I spend a lot of time in...
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Boom Shack Fireworks New Seasonal Business Opens on Airport Fernwood RoadColumns
As the country approached and passed its 250th birthday, fireworks have become a large part of the focus of our celebrations and expressions of love for our country. Hearing the fireworks in the evening is a daily...
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News Deserts, Real Consequences: What Happens to a Community Without NewsColumns
If you're reading this in a local newspaper, you should feel lucky after a study showing how news coverage affects our world. From all indications, the gathering of local news has been targeted for a spot on the extinct...
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