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,...
Feb 7, 2021
Wonder as You Wander
Wonder is a word that is..., yes, wonderful! So many possibilities with wonder. Just switch out your vowels A, E, I, O, U, and...
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....
Nov 29, 2020
Photo Finish
What better time, said the current grandfather, to push yourself to think think think about when you are decades older than now, and will...
Sep 13, 2020
Whop-'em Can
“she got 3 nitwit boys... who could not bake a passable biscuit even if you handed us one of those whop-‘em can for the Piggly Wiggly and...
Aug 30, 2020
In Praise of Last Place
Without that fundraiser, I probably would’ve gone home a couple of weeks ago - Dawson Craddock. I missed July this year, there was no...
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...