The old saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.”

Having a background in child development, I find it easy to use every opportunity to promote reading, talking and using objects in the environment to teach literacy to my 4-year-old.

After returning last week from my summer home in England, a walk around the ’hood unearthed a surprising realization — what we call our classic Southern gardens are bedded with mostly beauties from afar. Floral immigrants, so to speak.

When I think back to how I treated my parents during my teen years, I often cringe with guilt at how rude I was.

What the church is about is serving others, says B.J. Fennell.

As summer draws to a close, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will offer a one-night pop-up exhibit featuring photographer Michael Ford with images from his book “North Mississippi Homeplace.”

I have a confession to make.

College life should be a wonderful experience. Without the proper knowledge and life skills, however, it can be a rude awakening to many problems.

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

As parents, we deal with car seats daily as we rush off to get our children to school. Child safety seats and booster seats may seem like a hassle, but it's important to know how to use them properly to protect children.

Coach Larry Calhoun, the star of the Move to Learn exercise break videos, will be at the Leflore County Elementary School campus Tuesday to introduce administrators, teachers and students to the Move to Learn Initiative.

We gardeners manage to put plants in all sorts of challenging situations and expect them to perform well; four sites really stand out.

It’s becoming all too familiar for us these days.

Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District Chief of Secondary Education Cassandra A. Hart says her advice to students who want to start the 2019-20 school year off right is the same she gave to her own children.

I have never met a piece of chocolate I didn’t like. When you are really hungry for chocolate, nothing else will do.

Many families have been busy preparing for the school year and buying new clothes, shoes, book bags and school supplies. And there’s many more expenses with school starting, such as school lunches, after-school snacks, fees for extracurricular activities — the list goes on and on.

Wanda Burchfield says she’s not one to waste.

For the past few weeks, I have been going through my food magazines, old recipe files and cookbooks. After discovering many recipes that I haven’t used lately or had forgotten about, I decided to double up this week on my recipe contributions.

The Greenwood Little Theatre is gearing up to hold auditions for its upcoming production of “Annie.”

Playing in the garden nurtures something that a lot of us have abandoned a long time ago — our inner child.

What if I told you that there was a medical condition that was as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes per day and that nearly half of Americans experience this condition?

One of summer’s greatest delights for a gardener is cutting fresh, fragrant herbs that are ready to spice up a meal or for a variety of other uses.

I have always heard that opposites attract. That certainly holds true at my house.

Bikes, Blues & Bayous quickly gained a reputation among the cycling community as one of the most hospitable riding events available.

I recently read an article about what people were eating 50 years ago. I began to think about what my mother-in-law, Jan Jan, prepared for her family.

Mr. and Mrs. William David Howard of Sidon announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Josephine Katherine Howard, to Stephen Micah Harrell of Doddsville.

I got into a smackdown with an older, more experienced gardener over who grows the tastiest tomatoes. And I got owned. Totally owned.

Figuring out what our society deems important can be pretty easy if you have access to a computer.

An angelic group of Greenwood women meet once a month for fine dining — both near and far — and to spend time with each other.

I love to watch television. The moment I get up in the morning I turn on all the lights, televisions and open up the windows. I have my favorite things I like to watch but enjoy quite a variety of shows. This brings me to the subject of commercials. The average American watches over 24,000 c…

Roland and Susan Webster of Atlanta, Georgia, announce the birth of their son, Landon Jameson Webster, on April 10, 2019, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.

Whacking overgrown shrubs back hard, like changing diapers, needs doing occasionally and can be worrisome the first time. But it usually works out fine.

Prepare to get lost in the world of William Shakespeare and enchanted by the talented cast of the “Shakespeare Summer Scene Fest.”

Greenwood Shakespeare Project Director Steve Iwanski says the fourth annual summer program’s returning participants are “the Delta’s experts on Shakespeare performance.”

Several months ago, my children broke it to me that my granddaughter was going to summer camp. I immediately became sick at my stomach. My best friend, Kathy, and I went to summer camp when we were her age. We were miserable — I can’t even tell you how miserable we were. I promised the good …

All of us have heard the familiar phrase “Are we there yet?” from children who are bored from sitting for what they perceive as an endless amount of time in a vehicle or are so excited about their destination that they just can’t wait any longer.

Kendall and Rachael Downs of Carrollton announce the birth of their daughter, Ann Ellis Downs, on May 17, 2019, at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood.

At their most unpretentious, gardening, cooking and music have very simple things in common.

Members and supporters of the Greenwood Little Theatre recently gathered in the theater’s auditorium for the GLT annual meeting.

People often send me things that I think would make a good column. If it’s funny to me, I assume it will be funny to others. This week, I received one of those emails.

During the summer, many people enjoy cookouts with family and friends as a way to celebrate special occasions such as the Fourth of July or unwind from a stressful week.

Big Jim, my old rubber tree, just turned 45 and still looks great because of a unique Doctor Who ability to start over when necessary.

Mississippi Valley State University’s Destiney Sharkey has been selected by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative as a 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar — the initiative’s highest student recognition.

The 2019 Mrs. Mississippi Pageant is searching for Mrs. Leflore County and Mrs. Greenwood 2019.

Everyone wants to live a more fulfilling life.

The long-running Stars & Stripes festival and community picnic annually brings Greenwood residents together to celebrate Independence Day.

Today I was thinking about how the life of a teacher changes during the summer months. It takes the first couple of weeks out of school to get accustomed to not being rushed. There’re no plans to make, no papers to grade, and you’re not constantly living by the clock.

We dig in it all the time, but have you ever thought about what gives dirt its smell — or flavor?