Jim Goldsworthy - Anything and Everything
- Jim Goldsworthy - Anything and Everything
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Some friendships are never put on hold
Now and then, someone asks if The Famous Company of Myrtle Beach Golfers still makes its annual trek to The Promised Land of Golf.
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No more ice cream? Perish the thought
People sometimes ask what I consider to be my favorite food. My answer is usually, “Probably whatever I’m eating at the time.”
The variety of food types available to humankind is like the variety of stars in the sky: Each is unique, and each has its own purpose in Creation. -
‘A Glimmer Of Hope,’ but that was about all
What exactly is a “best friend,” anyway? That’s a term we hear often.
One criteria I apply to someone I consider a best friend — and there have been a few of them — is that neither of us has killed the other, in spite of all the provocations, and we still hang out together. -
He will take his time and pick a good one
People who know I love dogs sometimes ask why I don’t have one. I tell them I’ve had plenty of dogs — other people’s dogs, that is.
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It takes a man to play football in flipflops
A recent e-mail contained a football team photograph and a note asking if I could identify any of the people in it.
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It’s not always easy to prove who you are
It is said that life consists of not a single journey, but many. Every few years, one of mine takes me to the West Virginia Motor Vehicle Administration office in Romney.
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What once was a long way off is now here
We occasionally hear from people who are infuriated about something they read in our newspaper. (OK, more than occasionally.)
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Do what you can for them; they earned it
A friend of mine recently had what used to be called “a spell.” This was the second time I’ve seen it happen to him.
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Don’t buy a new one; fix it with duct tape
As I, a Union artillery first sergeant, was presenting the Virginia colors in the company of an honor guard of Confederate soldiers, a bagpiper began to play at Al Comer’s graveside services.
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Who says Christmas is over? No, it isn’t
Christmas has now come and gone — for most people, anyway, but not for all of us, including me. The spirit that Christmas represents should be with us every day.
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