Author Archives: David Carroll

Here’s to the graduating class of 2023. Unlike any other senior class in history, their four-year high school journey has been a roller coaster. Starting in their freshman year, chaos… Read more »

I hate to keep comparing “then and now,” because in the hazy rear-view mirror of our lives, “then” almost always wins. We say we want to return to the good… Read more »

Three years ago my neighborhood was eerily quiet. As COVID-19 cases began to rise, people were afraid to leave their homes. Fewer people were out walking, and even children were… Read more »

I used to complain about customer service before the pandemic. As we now know, those were the good old days. During the past few weeks, I have spent more time… Read more »

  If she only had a nickel for every time someone said, “You have the best job on Earth,” Kelly Crull would have a lot of nickels. As an on-field… Read more »

I got some nice responses to my recent column about a dearly departed friend, and our mutual love of Ray Stevens. I was heartened to learn that many of you… Read more »

I only write about baseball a couple of times a year, which requires great restraint because I think about it every day. First, a shout-out to my lovely wife Cindy,… Read more »

“Influencers” are described these days as social media icons with large followings. Not for me. My heroes influenced me the old fashioned way. I’ve been told that my humor writing… Read more »

  You won’t find anyone prouder of their Southern heritage than me. Heck, I even wrote a book called “Volunteer Bama Dawg,” celebrating my connections to Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia,… Read more »

Do these names mean anything to you? Zayre. Western Auto. Woolworth’s. For many of us, those names bring back fond memories of the stores of our youth. Some were downtown,… Read more »