You can never, ever, write a story that will not offend someone. It doesn't matter what the story is about -- someone will take issue with something you wrote, or at least the way you wrote it. This happened recently with the story I wrote about Dr. Kauffman getting his license suspended again. Some people didn't even get past the headline and thought it was terrible that AGAIN was in bold and caps, because, I guess, it got too many people's attention...

My kittens have all found a new home and I can now reclaim my deck and try to salvage my flowers. Kittens are cute and fun to watch, but I certainly did not need 5 cats at my house. But they all have new homes except the mamma cat, of course. And as soon as I can get the appointment made, mamma cat is making a visit to the vet. Our last mama cat took care of the mice for us for over 17 years. Maybe we'll be that lucky again and this one will live to that ripe old age, also...

I started with four, but now I'm down to just one precious little kitten that needs a good home. It's black and white, playful and uses a litter box. It's going to be a mouser because the mama has been bringing tiny little mice to the deck for the kittens to learn about. ...

If anyone is interested, I have three adorable kittens that need a good home. No charge -- just give them a good home. One is black, one is kinda tiger striped and one is black and white. And believe it or not, at 7 weeks old, they have been trained to a litter box! Call me (Erma) at the newspaper and I'll arrange for you to take one or two or three home with you...

I feel at times, that America is sitting around just waiting for another catastrophe to hit us. For a lot of us, 9/11 was the worst thing we've ever lived through­­­ -- and thanks to television, we all felt we were living it. Then came Katrina. Americans also lived through that (through our televisions once again) and felt the same disbelief watching the hurricane hit and the levys collapse as we felt when we watched the planes hit the Twin Towers...

It's amazing how much my 12, 8 and 5 year-old grandchildren know about computers. They're always showing me how to do things and great little places to go on the Internet. Most of these places they've learned about at school and are teaching sites with a lot of fun added in...

Changes occur and sometimes change is good. Sometimes it is not. A change in the administration of the Fulton County Hospital will soon take place and only time will tell if this will be a good change. In my opinion, Angela Richmond has been good for our hospital. A lot of changes have taken place and most have been positive changes that benefit the hospital's patients, doctors, nurses and other staff members...

I got 52 items at the grocery store the other day. I also got 49 plastic bags. What is the deal here? Do the check-out people get a commission based on the amount of plastic bags they use in a shift, or do they have a contest going on to see who can use the most?...

I have a few pet peeves I guess. Don't we all? This one, really gets to me because it's so dangerous. I just can't figure out why people do it (or forget to do it, I should say!). We had some dandy mornings last week that were so FOGGY you could barely find your car, much less the road. ...