Columns
Making it through the holiday season with support
Some people absolutely love the holiday season. It’s a time of year that brings promises of visiting family, receiving gifts, and taking a little break ...
Holly Taylor, Author at Gates County Index
News
Gates County rises to Tier Two
The North Carolina Department of Commerce released the county tier rankings for 2025 on Dec. 2. The rankings are a three-tier system that assesses each ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:38 pm
Columns
Consider the phrase: “live and let live”
I read a lot of news, covering a wide range of topics, as often as I can. Some articles are interesting to me, while other ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:31 pm
Columns
Start some conversations with these Thanksgiving food words
By the time you read this column, Thanksgiving will have already come and gone, but some of you may still be in that sleepy I-ate-too-much ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, December 5, 2024 5:39 pm
Columns
The nice thing about being a hermit
There is an old sketch from British comedy troupe Monty Python that always makes me laugh. Not one of the really famous ones – though ...
by Holly Taylor, Wednesday, November 27, 2024 12:18 pm
Columns
‘Play ball!’ memories from the baseball diamond
Recently, I attended a history marker unveiling event at Riverside Park in Murfreesboro. You can read my article about it in the Nov. 13 print ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, November 21, 2024 5:52 pm
Columns
Fugacious words to share with friends
I think everyone is tired of election talk, and frankly, I am too. So this week, I’ll focus again on one of my favorite topics: ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:52 pm
Columns
Science fiction fun encourages a love of learning
I don’t think I was very good at science when I was in school. Or, rather, I was good at some aspects of science that ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, November 7, 2024 6:58 pm
Columns
Enjoying Halloween with spooky stories and legends
This is one of my favorite times of the year. While I enjoy summer’s warm weather, I don’t mind when it starts to cool off ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:04 pm
Columns
How many ‘new’ words are you using?
When you were a kid, did you ever make up a new word? Or maybe even a whole new language to whisper with your friends? ...