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Inquiries. Homologated. Autodidactic. Tintinnabulation. What do these words have in common? Nothing whatever that I know of. Except that they are English words and mean something to me. The first […]

I must admit, being 8 years old at the time, the new game seemed safe enough. Little did I know just how wrong I was – by the end of

I am a sacramentalist. I view life as a continuing sacrament and I have a sacramental world view. What is a sacrament? According to the Catholic Church, “Sacraments are outward

Years ago my office wall displayed the picture of two men I admired: John Steinbeck, for reasons I won’t bore you with right now, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK),

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raised eyebrows in Egypt recently when she offered this bit of advice to the fledging democratic society: “I would not look to the U.S.

Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things happening now. He had been educated at a

Over lunch, Debbie and I were having a conversation about someone we knew in our youth and were wondering what had happened to him. This is what happens when lifelong

With little editing, this is from Alice traveling South with her dad and sister Mary, in August, 1971. She was our middle daughter, then 11. We could spot her letters

Black dirt covered both hands and sweat ran down my face as I admired the garden that took all winter to plan and three weeks to build. That’s when I

I was frantically looking for a document the other day so I could finish my taxes. I began in the master bedroom, moved to the kitchen where papers are sometimes

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is charged with 17 counts of murder in an Afghanistan rampage shooting civilians, including children. He is 38 years old, married with two young

Politicians and presidents of both parties have occasionally suffered from open-mic syndrome, saying something when they thought the microphone was turned off they wished had not been made public. The

Some people believe everything they’re told. Others are not so gullible. About a week ago, my representative in Congress, Lynn Westmoreland, mailed me a large postcard purporting to offer Tax

It started with Mama. All good stories and jokes in our family, including me, started with her. Like many women, Southern ones particularly, she enjoyed reading recipes. When she died,

Found a goldmine of letters the girls wrote back and forth to their parents while Dave was helping start the production of fiberglass insulation in Fairburn. I was at home

Ask The Wife, she will tell you. I haven’t lost my memory. One must actually have one first in order to lose it. Funny, I can remember the details of

This coming Good Friday, April 6, will mark the 31st Annual Community Good Friday Service in Peachtree City. It is not unusual for churches to celebrate Good Friday. It is

[On the Friday before he died] I called Furman Bisher from Ft. Myers, Fla., to tell him about the showcase Red Sox training facilities, which were officially christened in February.

If you watch the news in any large city you are probably desensitized to stories about crime involving young black men. Most nights there are reports about several of them

In a conversation recently, a guy friend commented on seeing someone, saying, “She was in evening make-up.” I’m still pondering that because I have never heard a guy – or

When I was about 8, we moved from city to country because life in the city was becoming crowded and unpleasant. Every morning we had to sweep the porch clear

The Wife and I, we live in a small, quiet town. From our front door, it’s an easy walk to the heart of downtown and the old-fashioned coffee shop where

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of books on leadership. While I make no claim to be an expert on the subject, I have had the opportunity to serve in various

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear three days of oral arguments in the healthcare lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, otherwise

The headline on an article in The Onion satirical magazine in 2000 was, “Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others.” Sometimes truth is even stranger than

If you ever hear that I have been babysitting, know this: It was an absolute act of desperation on the part of the mothers. It means there was no other

Someone stopped me recently on the cart path, confirmed that I was who she thought I was, and told me she enjoyed my work. Then, hesitantly, she asked me about

Growing up at 110 Flamingo Street for seven years, my three brothers, sister, and I had summers filled with adventures and misadventures. The adventures were a lot more fun than

“A Marine is a Marine … there’s no such thing as a former Marine. You’re a Marine, just in a different uniform and you’re in a different phase of your

I often read in this paper citizen criticism of Peachtree City’s police and fire organizations as being overstaffed, their budgets in need of a tighter trim. This is to offer

The first apology by Rush Limbaugh, posted on his website over the weekend, sounded forced, qualified, almost defensive. The second, broadcast live on his Monday show, sounded sincere and heartfelt.

The text from my friend, Stevie, popped up on my phone. “We made the Hall of Fame! Woo Hoo!!!” I already knew. I had just read the news story announcing

Back in the day – we’re talking before I had kids, so at least eight years ago, if not more, I was fairly involved with the local arts scene. I

A glimpse inside close friends’ marriage stirs in me a desire to tell the world about it, and they agreed, under the condition of anonymity. Maybe their story will mean