Today's Opinions

Approximately 3.8 percent of the residents of Anderson County have been diagnosed with diabetes.
The national average is 7.8 percent. That makes Anderson County look good.
However, if you or your loved one has diabetes, then it doesn’t matter what the percentages are. It’s still a concern for you.
Whether you have been recently diagnosed or have had diabetes for a long time, the 12-week class on Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes will help you learn about living with and managing diabetes.

I was complaining about technology. Again.
This was not a new conversation. It’s one I repeat time and time again, with friends, family, random people in line at the grocery store, and most recently, my cousin, a self-professed technofile.
“This is the best time to be living in,” he told me, as my SUV purred along the highway and he pored over the glow of his smart phone.
For him, technology is exciting, revolutionary. An evolution of industries building toward a brighter, better future.
In my mind, technology equals anxiety.  

Well, you don’t need a calendar to know it’s July. The thermometer is telling us it’s hotter than a firecracker.
If you do nothing else this week, please wash your cars and leave the windows down at night. Anyone knowing of a rain dance please feel free. We need rain.
Our gardens need 1 inch of rain a week to grow well. The high temperature increases that need.