James Holland just celebrated his 78th birthday. And for as long as he can remember, or at least for 50 or more years, he has been a coffee drinker.

His wife, Gerry, 76, doesn't remember the first time she ever drank coffee, but, on National Coffee Day, September 29, 2011, she said, "I remember when it was. I was in my 20s, and it was right after we got married ... we've been married for 58 years ... and someone had given us a percolator for a wedding gift ... and on our first day in our home, when he had to go to work, I got up and made us a cup of coffee."

Gerry Holland smiled, "We didn't drink much then." It was not until the couple moved to Marshall, Texas shortly after they got married to attend East Texas Baptist College (now East Texas Baptist University) that "we really got hooked ... that was when everyone was making pots of coffee to study by and stay awake."

Marilynn Sanders sits at her kitchen table a creation of red and white in front of her and a plastic crochet needle in her hand. She is doing a single crochet stitch, with her ball of yarn laying on the table beside her.

Her dogs, Katie and Bo, lay on the floor underneath th kitchen table.

Upon closer inspection of the bag that Sanders is crocheting, a revelation hits the onlooker. The yarn isn't yarn – well, not the yarn that one stereotypically would expect to see someone crocheting from.

Sanders' ball of yarn is made of plastic – recycled plastic shopping bags. This one from Target. This yarn is called plarn, and is made out of cutting strips from recycled shopping bags and garbage bags.

Friday, September 23:

• MOPS Consignment Sale in Warner Robins, starts at 9 a.m. at Southside Baptist in Kathleen at 101 Bear Branch Rd.
• Friday Fest in Downtown Macon: check for live music at Third St. Park
• Mystery Road and The Lee Boys perform in Griffin at The Cavern, 8 p.m.
• Saint Francis performs at The Hummingbird in Downtown Macon.
• Ride to End Alzheimer's Poker Run. 11 a.m. at Summer's Landing in Warner Robins

Saturday, September 24: