May 18
Border Crossing
Walking across the bridge, I crossed the border without incident. No border checkpoint, no border guard looking for contraband corn or...
Dec 2, 2023
Best in Show
“I think this one is best of show,” the aged man glanced toward me asserting his fact. By aged, I mean like bourbon - matured in this...
Feb 18, 2023
Heavenly Breakfast
My father always told me, “All you get out of life is what you eat.” Fortunately, this led me to an acute appreciation for breakfast and...
Apr 4, 2021
To Pour Forth Benefits
"To pour forth benefits for the common good is divine," – Benjamin Franklin on his founding The Library Company in 1731, the first...
Jun 14, 2020
Teach your Children
Window decal for the 20s. Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. -...
May 31, 2020
All Aboard!
The Ellicott City Station in Ellicott City, MD is the oldest remaining passenger train statin the in the U.S. - built 1830 Hear that...
Apr 5, 2020
The Better Angels
March 15, 2020 Joe is wearing a gray unzipped hoodie with a plain white t-shirt underneath. His jeans are well worn, somewhere between...
Jun 11, 2019
Dedication Day
Photo by Jean Parker - The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in...
May 12, 2019
Those That Can't, Do
Lili playing "off-ball" in a non-amoeba moment. - I learned how to swim, as an adult, I knew how to swim but I learned how to swim well...
Mar 17, 2019
Inside a Paragraph or Two
They say a poor man makes the paper only twice in the Deep South, unless he breaks the law or plays football. The newspapers record the...