Jul 2, 2023
The Soul of America
"John Brown’s body lies a moulderin’ in the grave. John Brown’s Body lies a moulderin’ in the grave But his soul goes marching on." John...
Jun 3, 2023
Etching Memories
“I have found that cars, unless they are old and funky (MG TC) or very high performance (Ferrari), or both (Cobra, E-Type Jag), tend to...
May 7, 2023
No Surrender
“What do you bet he starts at 7:45?” I turned my eyes from the stage to Helen. Helen lowered her phone and glanced to the stage, “Oh, he...
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,...
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...
Jun 12, 2021
Putting on The Weight
Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in...
May 8, 2021
Sense of Spring
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place...
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...
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,...
