Atlanta, GA July 6, 2021 Last week Rita and I once again had the nest to ourselves. Alexander was in Auburn, and David on a church retreat to the Appalachians of north Georgia. After a week in Alaska, those mountains must’ve seemed like molehills. The house was quiet, which usually soothes others by leaving me […]
Atlanta, GA July 4, 2021 In 1999, not long after I started working for Delta Air Lines, Rita and I went to Vancouver. We spent a couple days there, then drove up the spectacular Sea to Sky Highway, to enjoy a few more in Whistler. One of them was July 4, when we walked through several […]
Atlanta, GA June 19, 2021 A few weekends ago, our nest briefly emptied. Our elder son remained in his college town on the plains, while the younger one took to a friend’s lake house in the mountains. Even their parents flew the coop…escaping for a few days to higher elevation, where no one would ask […]
Atlanta, GA June 10, 2021 Early last March, when the corona wave crossed the Pacific but had yet to become a tsunami, I was on the phone with my uncle George. We both marveled at the rising reaction to the incoming flood, but were relieved to learn we were on high ground. “I’m not too […]
Atlanta, GA May 23, 2021 Yesterday was my wife’s birthday. But it’s her husband who’s getting old. Frozen shoulders, sore back, crotchety disposition…and whatever hairs remain are either turning grey or thinning away. Last week, he stumbled to the edge of his driveway, picked up the paper, and mumbled futilely at the headlines as he […]
Atlanta, GA May 9, 2021 If we say anything is Woodrow Wilson’s fault, we are almost certain to be right. It’s a useful heuristic, if not a guaranteed one. In 1914, Wilson signed a proclamation setting aside the second Sunday in May for Americans to remember their mothers. The idea came from Anna Jarvis, a […]
Atlanta, GA May 2, 2021 Few places are as gorgeous as Atlanta in the spring. Cool nights, warm days, low humidity, few clouds, abundant blossoms. And a lot of pollen. But that’s OK. Every binge has its hangover, every lining has its cloud, and every rose has it’s thorn. For several weeks our eyes water […]
Atlanta, GA April 24, 2021 My father was one of ten kids, the first of whom died as an infant. I knew or know the rest, some better than others, but all fairly well…at least at one time or another. As of Wednesday, only half of them remain. Two of his six sisters died a quarter […]
Atlanta, GA April 17, 2021 It’s cold on the shoulder And you know that we get A little older everyday – Gordon Lightfoot I’m glad I had the opportunity last week to play as much golf as I did. The weather was beautiful, the courses were wonderful, and the time with my son was invaluable. […]
Atlanta, GA April 10, 2021 Jesus, Moses, and an old man step to the tee on an over-the-water par-3. Jesus tees off first, and hits into the trap on the other side of the pond. Being Jesus, he walks across the lake, chips from the sand, and taps in for His par. Next Moses hits, […]