Opinion
Waking up to new COVID-19 realities
So I thought we needed a white couch. Everywhere you look, white couches. Off-white couches. Blame it on Pinterest and the farmhouse push. I erred. ...
Kim Henderson, Author at Daily Leader
Opinion
How I spent my 36-hour power outage vacation
Someone is in the kitchen sticking a coffee-related concoction into the microwave. My ears perk up at the sound of the ceramic clattering against the ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:45 pm
Opinion
School’s mission is about way more than a man
As a mom of five, I’ve done my share of college preview days. The walking tours, the scholarship Q&As, the dean’s speech to parents about ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:36 pm
Opinion
Peanut farming — Putting PB&Js on the table, watching tornadoes on water skis
Carlisle Lane in Claiborne County is a strip of blacktop that leads to pretty much nowhere, except vast fields of whatever’s in season. These days, ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 3:43 pm
Opinion
Funeral songs: Which one would you pick for yours?
Colby McMorris is only 32, but he’s been working at his family’s funeral home for half his life. It’s a busy business. Ten funerals were ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:34 pm
Opinion
Volunteers on hold: Closed doors and memories of bingo at Brook Manor
Back before COVID closed doors around here, nursing home residents played bingo like they meant it. So what if they used bottle-tops for tokens. “0-68.” ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:30 pm
Opinion
We had one humdinger of a Labor Day
On Labor Day we did as all good Americans do. We labored over household to-do lists. Mine including revamping the laundry room and painting a ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:18 pm
Opinion Columnists
Laura hits hard and leaves long road to recovery
When Hurricane Laura barreled into the Louisiana coast almost a week ago, Paul Le June was safely tucked away in a Brookhaven hotel. On Wednesday, ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:32 pm
Opinion
It’s not the outside, it’s the inside that counts
This summer marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law designed to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. Recently I ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:08 pm
Opinion
The world is going to miss that smile
I looked back through my phone, some photo albums and a stack of yearbooks. Couldn’t find one. No, not a single picture of Stacy without ...
by Kim Henderson, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3:50 pm
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