Atlanta, GAJune 10, 2018 We try (ahem…) not to discuss politics in our emails. So instead, we will discuss politicians! Or, rather, one politician… A “low key simple guy”, as he described himself earlier this week…new to the arena but long in the game, raring for an upset in his rookie race, riling the Deep […]
High Above Paducah, KYJune 1, 2018 Prior to my last email, I don’t recall (or was oblivious to) offending anyone for quite some time. At least not seriously, and certainly not intentionally. These notes usually generate a handful of responses, letting me know they were received and (ostensibly) appreciated. My last missive, like a vulgar […]
Atlanta, GA May 29, 2018 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.– Matthew 5:4 On this 150th Memorial Day we decorate the graves, commemorate the dead, and contemplate the stupendous waste in lives and treasure that a century-and-a-half of aggressive foreign intervention has wrought. Since Appomattox, wars deprived over half a million […]
May 20, 2018 Atlanta, GA The phone rang, interrupting our sleep and, like a brick thru a monastery window, shattering the serenity of our Barnsley cabin. Rita, maternal instinct conquering better judgment, answered. “Good morning, David…how are you?” As the reply came, Rita yawned, rubbed her eyes, opened them slowly…then suddenly. She lifted herself on […]
Adairsville, GAMay 18, 2018 One decade after the US army pushed the Cherokee out, and two decades before it poured blue-bellied soldiers in, Godfrey Barnsley constructed for his wife an ornate Italianate villa in the Appalachian foothills northwest of Atlanta. The discovery of Dahlonega gold inspired the Cherokee removal; the retention of Confederate revenue incited […]
Atlanta, GA May 13, 2018 “Oh no! You don’t like him either!”– My mother, to my father, on seeing his initial reaction to the birth of his first son OK…perhaps mushy sentimentality is not my mother’s thing. Then again, that my first impression evoked a 10 lb rhino, with a head the size of Wyoming […]
Atlanta, GAMay 5, 2018 My resistance to unexpected turn-of-events often resembles a newly paved road: initially firm and unyielding but, under exposure and pressure, soon starts to crack…and ultimately caves like limestone in Lakeland. This morning’s plea caught me completely off-guard, as if I had come across an open bar in a Mecca mosque. Today […]
St Louis, MO April 26, 2018 The Cardinals are to St Louis what the “Canon in D” is to Pachabel’s oeuvre…it’s not all there is to it, but it’s the only thing anyone usually brags about. They are the unifying force and central object around which the disparate components of this city and region revolve. The […]
St Louis, MO April 25, 2018 The beeping sound you heard last week was us backing up the truck in reaction to the “Family and Friends” sale from Duckhorn. Our thanks to Brian and Ashley for letting us in on this stock, and to Rita for exercising the options. The investment represents a diversified portfolio, […]
Atlanta, GAApril 14, 2018 I spent this week in St Louis, after being in Charleston last week, after returning the prior week from St Louis, after working the previous week from Portland, after spending the week before in St Louis. Fortunately, I am in Atlanta thru next week, providing time to switch the laundry in […]