Columns
Bats get a bad rap
Bats get a bad rap. They have rabies. They’re secretly undead Transylvanian noblemen who vant to suck your blood. And my personal favorite is that ...
Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Author at LaGrange Daily News
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Ghost stories from childhood
One year, when I was 12 and brother was 10, mama took us to Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. We stayed in an old beach house ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Thursday, October 19, 2017 10:17 pm
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Who’s got my golden arm?
Mama loved telling me stories when I was a kid. Most of them were handed down to her by her grandmother, full of mountain lore ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, October 13, 2017 10:16 am
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Thank you to mysterious friend who calmed Grandmaw
Hurricane Opal barreled through LaGrange 22 years ago this week. I was young enough to be excited rather than scared, and I sat up all ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, October 6, 2017 8:15 pm
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Creative minds make interesting lives
I’m what’s known around these parts as a flibbertigibbet.
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, September 29, 2017 11:10 pm
Columns
Creative minds make interesting lives
I’m what’s known around these parts as a flibbertigibbet.
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, September 29, 2017 10:45 pm
Columns
Tubby, the lost and found pup
One day when I was around seven-years-old, I was playing at the park behind my house when a tiny puppy walked right up to me ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, September 22, 2017 10:30 pm
Columns
Seeing LaGrange change over the years
Mama initiated the “You’re walking to school” program when I was 9 and brother was 7, and when I protested that two miles was about ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, September 15, 2017 7:24 pm
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Rescue successes outweigh the failures
I’ve always been a rescuer. When I was a kid, I kept a match box in my room for crickets with missing legs and lady ...
by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, September 8, 2017 9:45 pm
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Fixing priorities during busy times
This year has been a humdinger, and if I’m honest with myself, it’s all my fault. It happens every few years. I want to do ...