Amanda Greever's Recent Columns
Rock the Cradle in support of A Secret Safe Place Saturday
Columnist Amanda Greever invites the public to have a rockin’ good time at April 13’s Rock the Cradle concert to benefit A Secret Safe Place for Newborns or Tennessee. Read more...
Changing roles for women offers options for future
Growing up, I loved playing with my brother’s action figures. I still loved my Barbies but having an older brother made me a bit of a tomboy when I was younger. There was just one problem, though. There weren’t a lot of female characters.Read more...
Bias, lies, omission of facts have no place in journalism
Columnist Amanda Greever takes so-called “journalists” to task for failing to fulfill their obligation to their audience in reporting the rape trial of two Steubenville (Ohio) High School football players.Read more...
Battle(star) of the sexes rises again
Columnist Amanda Greever explores the Battlestar Galactica of the sexes.Read more...
Life plans don’t have to be written in stone
Growing up, there were no limits to the places my imagination took my future plans.Read more...
Historic Savannah proves perfect weekend getaway
Columnist Amanda Greever marks a trip to historic Savannah off her bucket list.Read more...
Moving on better than enduring toxic relationships
Columnist Amanda Greever celebrates the end of her friend’s unhealthy relationship.Read more...
Unbridled love of shirtless vampires inspires escapism
Columnist Amanda Greever settles on vampires for column fodder.Read more...
Snow, beauty, depend on the eye of the beholder
Columnist Amanda Greever bemoans the lazy snow days of yore.Read more...
No matter what, home will always be there
Last week, I got a phone call that froze my insides. Read more...
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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
