This note is dredged from the archival estuary…mud, weeds, barnacles and all. Washington, DC September 26, 2015 Alexander and I enjoyed a delightful three days here in the belly of the beast, facilitated and enlivened by the hospitality of Hugh III, and embellished by the company of Kelly and Hugh IV. Too many years had […]
Atlanta, GA January 1, 2020 Do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of. – Benjamin Franklin We tossed 2019 into a bag, carried it to the curb, and watched the truck haul it away. We followed it as long as we could, in hopes of finally discovering where all the years […]
Tampa, FL* December 25, 2019 We’ve reflected before on Chesterton’s observation that there are two ways of getting home. One is to stay there. The other is to wander the world till we return to our original place. In some sense, we have done both. We left home three and a half decades ago. And […]
Dublin, OH December 9, 2019 Harry Truman…tired of being told that “on the one-hand” this, “but on the other hand“ that…yearned for someone to bring him a one-armed economist. This week, had he called me, he’d have had his wish. A couple months ago…like a small trickle thru a river levee…a slight twinge began piercing […]
November 28, 2019 Atlanta, GA “I have endured many horrible things, some of which actually happened.” – Mark Twain Log on the fire, football on the TV, butt on the sofa, turkey in the oven. This week we are home. No travels, limited work, few obligations. But one we must fulfill is to reflect on our blessings, […]
Atlanta, GA November 16, 2019 “Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.” – Melvyn Douglas in Hud, 1963 “Even da big boys don’t do that!” – Augusta National caddy to Jerry Miller, after he birdied from a fairway bunker, 1987 A year ago, we reviewed the manner and means […]
Atlanta, GA October 14, 2019 Most know me as one who reads obscure history, watches classic movies, subsists on red wine, and writes pretentious emails. A guy who likes his political theory, his philosophic speculations, and his economic treatises like he likes his popular music and his Catholic liturgy: published before 1970. Then again, who […]
Murfreesboro, TNSeptember 27, 2019 Like a tobacco company with a state attorney general, things in our family seem ready to settle. Last week I accepted my latest job. This week Alexander’s first university accepted him. After he and his mother visited Auburn on Monday, Alexander joined me at Middle Tennessee State today. We made the […]
Atlanta, GASeptember 24, 2019 Like an ocean subjected to lunar influence, life moves in cycles, waves, and tides, with shifty undercurrents asserting unpredictable sway. When, five moons ago, my severance was sown, I thought I would reap rounds of golf that would fill my days like kudzu covers Georgia. Having spent last week pulling that […]
Atlanta, GA September 17, 2019 It’s always nice when you can do well by doing good. Yesterday was the Mercy Care Classic at the exclusive Peachtree Golf Club here in Atlanta (as if it doesn’t go without saying that the Peachtree Golf Club is in Atlanta). Mercy Care is an admirable organization providing medical and […]