Sep 4, 2023
The Pirate
“You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for a while.” -...
Jul 16, 2023
Ode to Uncle Earl
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Leo Tolstoy, opening sentence - Anna Karenina. The...
Apr 2, 2023
Lessening of Opportunities
“Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man”- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) News both pleasing and terrifying. My two...
Mar 5, 2023
Pry, Poke, Cut, or Scrape
I lost it - it fell out of my pocket with a whisper. It was inevitable, like Facebook – eventually you must look up someone, a birth,...
Mar 7, 2021
Over Yonder
Annapolis Rocks, MD “Where’s your car, Mike?” Surveying a vast parking lot my father pointed and answered in his native Mississippian,...
Jan 1, 2021
Home Rulin's
No need to make New Year’s resolutions this year or ever again! No need to write down: “Go to Gym.” Nope. Your resolutions are written....
Aug 16, 2020
Take A Sad Song
But this simple boy, born on a dirt floor, who can just rip your heart out—for generations to come we’ll always refer back to him. –...
Aug 1, 2020
3 Chords & The Truth
My Uncle's Guitar, my Mother's Mandolin, and my Aunt's Violin. A family musical legacy ignited by The Carter Family. Country music is...
Jun 28, 2020
Patriotic Pursuit
D-Day (June 6) slipped by quietly this year. After all it is the 76th anniversary – the year after the Big Year. Like being a sophomore...
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. -...
