Impressions by David Maxwell

When I was a young boy roaming the countryside of Calvary, Georgia, I can remember two highly anticipated annual events that to this day, when I think about them, make me smile. One was the annual broadcast of the Wizard of Oz and the other one was the Easter arrival of the yellow marshmallow Peeps…

Learning to celebrate the meaning of Easter  every single day for the rest of your life. Sunday, April 1 is Easter, and as we all prepare to look and act our best on that one day, here’s a thought. How about we spread it out and celebrate the reasons for Easter each and every day for the…

No, we are not hosting one of the college basketball games in this year’s annual NCAA Basketball tournament, but we are hosting a one-after-the-other full slate of community activities open to all in the next nineteen days. March Madness usually refers to the exciting and hectic schedule of games annually played by college basketball teams…

HBTD! After the exhausting overtime and double overtime ending to this magical and exciting Georgia Bulldog season, I am at a loss for words. Thank you, Dawgs for a great year and for restoring the magic back on the Georgia sideline. Win or lose, I am always a proud University of Georgia Bulldog. o0o Resolve…

As far back as I can remember I have always been a Georgia Bulldog. But it wasn’t until my Freshman year at the University of Georgia that I became a Georgia Dawg. It was that magical year of 1980. It was Herschel Walker’s Freshman year as well, and in a large part because of him,…

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o’ auld lang syne. — Auld Lang Syne, Robert Burns The words Auld Lang Syne, literally translated from an old Scottish dialect, mean ‘Old Long Ago’ and are about love and friendship in times past. The lyrics in…

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year is one of my favorite holiday songs because of the memories that flood back every time I hear it. As I mentioned in an earlier column, from the time my daughter Caroline could stand, and every year since, we have danced to that song on Christmas Eve. …

Do you ever feel like you aren’t making a difference? Maybe you think you’re replaceable and anyone could do what you do. Maybe you feel like a failure. We all feel like that from time to time. For some of us it gets so bad we wish we’d never been born. I was feeling that…

In a world where we’re constantly reminded to put ourselves first, it’s even more important that around the holidays we spread the love outward and put others before ourselves. We’ve all heard of doing random acts of kindness, but have you heard of RACK? RACK stands for Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. This version is…