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Raccoons in the chicken yard!
There must be an invisible sign flashing over our house this summer. It reads, “Eat here!” The sign is visible only to the wild things who live in the woods: squirrels, field mice, bear and the latest, raccoons.
I wish I still thought raccoons were cute little furry critters with smiling mouths and black masks.... » On the swampy road to alligators
SOUTH GEORGIA – We were on the road to watch alligators, to eat fried catfish and visit relatives living and dead, not necessarily in that order.
If you read my column last week, you know I was consumed with a need to get my Georgia fix, so Bill and I set off on a little... »
How do you recognize a mid-life crisis?
By Lynne Hale
We all make bone-headed mistakes. They’re good for us; usually we learn from them and change our actions so that we don’t keep doing the same stupid thing, with the same stupid results.
Shopping for any clothing is something that I find about as appealing as a trip to the dentist for a... » Superb! and so very true.I love you, Mom
Revisiting roots
It started with a desire to eat real Southern food, to revisit my roots, to “go back home to Georgia.”
And so I did. Bill and I took a little 1,265-mile round trip to get our Georgia fix. It took a bit of convincing to get my husband enthused about the idea. But once he located... » This is marvelous writing. You did a truly great job capturing the mood of the place. It is obvious like ...
Hugs help the hurting
Editor’s note: This column was first published March 2, 2006. He was our firstborn, who taught us everything from how to diaper a baby boy quickly, to the finer points of soccer. We watched him develop from a child to a teenager and then into the responsible and caring young man we had raised him to... »This brings back lots of memories of march 2005. The thoughts are so meaningful...am overwhelmed.
To everything there is a season
It starts with purple and white violets and bluets and unnamed tiny yellow flowers defying winter in our woods, then progresses way too fast through pink wild geranium, white fleabane, magenta redbuds, white dogwood if it’s a good season, and suddenly, Queen Anne’s lace and the lavender blue of chicory that signals full-blown summer... »Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children
Editor’s note: This column was originally published Feb. 23, 2006. Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children. But we do. This week my husband and I are preparing for the memorial service for our 30-year-old son Rex, who was fatally shot in Virginia Beach on Feb. 17. If you have to die young, it might as well... »Sundays hit me hard. son passed on a sunday. your words are loving.
Sunday was the day my son passed. Sun. hits me hard. Your thoughts are great.
An open letter to my son
Editor’s note: This column was originally published June 21, 2005, and I’m so glad I wrote this as a letter to Rex and gave him a framed copy. A year later, Bill and I had to face what every parent fears most. Our firstborn, Rex Bachner Hibbert, was fatally shot in Virginia Beach where... »Very poignant words.
Please don’t kill the reporter
One thing they don’t tell you in journalism school is how upset some people can get about things you never see coming. J-school professors also don’t prepare you for readers who seem to have no idea newspaper writers have feelings, too. Maybe I am too sensitive. That’s what my daddy always told me. Yet even after... »I love big hair – no ‘teasing’
I love big hair. No “teasing.” I can’t help it. I was a child of the ’50s and ’60s, when big hair was the thing, teasing was something girls and women did to their hair by back-combing it with a teasing comb, and Aqua Net was king. I come by the fascination with hair honestly.... »I must say your article made me laugh outloud. I too love big hair. So much infact that I have ...
Without any intention of doing so when I wrote about "big hair," I evidently offended wig wearers, at least, a ...
Meet the Locals
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
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Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than a dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Very interesting piece. Imaginative and very creative.
1 Comment »frank white August 5, 2010