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Columns September 29, 2008  RSS feed

Welcome to my nightmare
Klonie JORDAN
      We spend a third of our lives sleeping. At least most of us do. Me, I don't sleep much. I ascribe to Thomas Edison's theory that, and I quote here, "It's a waste of time." But when I do sleep, I dream like you wouldn't believe. I dream in vivid colors and my dreams have interesting and entertaining plots and twists. I'm a regular Steven Spielberg when I'm asleep.
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LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
     Robert and Laura Parker read The Ledger while standing near the rim of Kilauea Volcano's main Halemaumau crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. The 4,190-foot volcano has been sending toxic gases from fissures along its sides steadily for more than a quarter of a century. Several months after the photo was made the half-mile wide crater exploded for the first time since 1924, spewing gravel-size rocks across 75 acres. On your next trip out of town, take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@gaffneyledger.com.
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HAVE YOU CONSIDERED...
Advice as college life begins
      To My Grandson, Lee: What an important day this is — the day you begin your college years. It may have seemed to you this day would never come. But now it has, and it begins a new era in your life. To me the years have passed too quickly. It seems only a few years since I stood outside the delivery room. Your dad bounded through the double doors.
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