Hi, I'm Thomas "Sonny" Garrett, AKA Sonny Garrett and sometimes "Sonny G." I live in Mountain Home, Arkansas, in he heart of the Ozarks where I'm a jack-of-all-trades at The Baxter Bulletin -- editorial page editor and writer, senior writer, entertainment editor, "community conversation desk" manager (that has to do with our online work) and all-around cook and bottle washer.

I've just published a collection of my newspaper columns in a book, "A View from the Hills." I've written a weekly column since 1983 and these are some of my earlier ones plus some of more recent vintage. They're humorous, nostalgic, and a couple are tearjerkers. "A View from the Hill" is published by Outskirts Press and is available through my author's Web site at www.outskirtspress.com/aviewfromthehills as well as www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

I also have other book ideas in various stages, ranging from scenes and notes to ideas filed in the back of my head. (Talk about a cluttered place.)

I'm married, have a 22-year-old son and a 11-year-old daughter (Kim and I didn't get in a hurry expanding our family.) On the whole, life is good 99 percent of the time. The other 1 percent is what makes it challenging and an adventure.