Category: Blog

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Pageantry

Apparently pageants are still a thing. In the words of one of my favorite sportswriters, Frank DeFord, “maligned by one segment of America, adored by

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Waiting for Fireflies

Recently Ann and I found ourselves sitting in a ghost town deep in the Smoky Mountains. Dusk was falling fast as our book club unfolded

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Endlessly Remarkable Quiddity

“The faithful ought never to run over the good things in creation ‘with a fleeting glance; but we should ponder them at length, turn them

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What’s on deck

It doesn’t bug me. The truth is, I love it, but it does scare me a bit: my granddaughter is becoming something and someone more

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Falling Overboard

My dad loved to be on a boat. He’d whip us around the lake in a speedboat while we clung for dear life to the

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A Lifetime’s Debt

Last month, I got to see my father for the first time since December 2019. I surprised him for his birthday, but the gift was

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A Game of Cat and Mouse

As it was unfolding in real time, I couldn’t decide if the event on the yard that day was creepy, crazy or beautiful. I was

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