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‘Tis the season for sitting by outdoor fire
By ERNEST HERNDON - Staff writer
Sat,12/13/25-4:00PM , 931 Reads
This time of year there are two categories of people: those who spend a lot of time sitting beside an outdoor fire, and those who wish they were.
Obviously, there are a lot more of the latter, if only because of the effort involved in a having a good outdoor fire place.
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Owls: silent hunters of the Southlands
By ERNEST HERNDON - STAFF WRITER
Sat,12/06/25-11:00AM , 799 Reads
Most of us think of owls as night-time phantoms gliding silently through the dark, or eyes reflecting brightly from the crotch of an old tree.
But recently, a couple of sightings reminded me that these enigmatic birds sometimes step into the light.
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- (Photo by Ernest Herndon. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.) Corncob pipe sits beside a copy of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ in which Huckleberry Finn introduces Tom and another boy to pipe smoking.
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Tom, Huck and corncob pipes
By ERNEST HERNDON - Staff writer
Fri,12/05/25-5:56PM , 644 Reads
When I was a boy, I was a big fan of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn — which helps explain why the other day my buddy Waylon and I sat down on the tailgate of my truck, packed our pipes with tobacco and lit up.
But let me back up a bit.
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- (Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. Photo by Ernest Herndon) Ingraham and Sheila Thompson stand at grave of Revolutionary War veteran David Thompson near Gloster.
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Remembering the Revolution
By ERNEST HERNDON - STAFF WRITER
Sat,11/29/25-11:10AM , 976 Reads
Recent articles on Pharaoh Thompson (1852-1934) of Franklin County led to a meeting with his great-grandson and a visit to the grave of a Revolutionary War veteran in Amite County.
Pharaoh — whom I first wrote about in 1981 and again this month — was a businessman, newspaper editor, fur trapper and author.
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