Category: Columns

Christmas past in Oxford

Dec 24, 2023 | Best of Oxford, Columns, Features | 0

By John Cofield It was always a chilly early December night. Momma bundled us up, Daddy warmed the...

Mulch Ado About Spring

Apr 26, 2023 | Columns, Jim Dees | 0

By, Jim Dees When is spring finally spring? What is the smell/feeling/activity that makes you feel...

Surf’s up on the air waves

Feb 1, 2023 | Columns, Jim Dees | 0

By Jim Dees The calendar now reads 2023 which has more of a space age sound to it than 2022. We...

Fire in the family

Dec 1, 2022 | Columns, Jim Dees | 0

By Jim Dees Perhaps instead of wreaths, candles and Scotch Pine trees, the visual of the season...

Reinventing Willie

Aug 16, 2022 | Columns, Features, Jim Dees | 0

By: Jim Dees Reinventing Willie Oxford is known as a retirement destination but it’s also a place for those of any age to rebound from a crisis, tie up messy loose ends or reinvent yourself. Perhaps no one practiced this art...

Sing one for Son

Jun 1, 2022 | Columns, Jim Dees | 0

By Jim Dees This time of year is blues season with music festivals and outdoor concerts popping up like wild onions. The blues are a good teacher and that includes the late James “Son” Thomas of Leland. In the 1980s, Son would...