Clinton, S.C., July 10, 2022,10:28 a.m. (Pixabay photo) First of all, the highlight of the week was peaches. Like all self-respecting South Carolinians, I love peaches and know that my home state produces more peaches than the so-called Peach State, Georgia. Even though modern times have made produce available year around, it generally isn’t produce …
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Pre-Memorialized
“I got the Guide to Jesus in here! Nowumsayin’?” His exhortations were to three people sitting on benches. None responded. This is Memorial Day, though it was my observation this morning that it has been pre-memorialized for our protection. Uptown was mostly vacant except for the café on the square where I take most of …
In a nutshell
I think the person who led me to distrust authority was Richard Nixon. In my formative years, I trusted him, and then I found out he was lying about almost everything. In high school, I became obsessed with reading everything I could find about Nixon and I devoured everything from Jeb Stuart Magruder’s One Man’s …
Review: My Dear Hamilton
I’m surprised to have been overjoyed by the historical novel by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie titled My Dear Hamilton. It’s the fictional story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, unsung wife of Alexander Hamilton. I read it because I am a history buff and don’t know as much as I ought to about the American Revolution, …
So far but yet so close
Pixabay Kings of Broken Things, Theodore Wheeler’s historical novel, is worth a read in the context of race relations today. Monte Dutton Set in the Omaha, Neb., at the end of World War I, amid racial tension, machine politics and, yes, broken things, the world is seen mostly through the eyes of immigrant teen refugee …
The Definition of Getaway
The Pilgrims and the Loggers were headed in opposite directions. It was “getaway day” at quaint Fitzgerald Field. The Pilgrims had won the third of four games the night before, after two rain delays, and were poised for a sweep. They were three games ahead of the Suns, thanks to six wins in a row. …
Memories are made of these …
Pixabay Clinton, S.C., May 19, 2021, 11:41 a.m. Maybe it was because Zoom calls (first time I’ve ever had two in one day), and business considerations, and other frustrations, too, devoured yesterday. This morning I sat in a booth at breakfast and got nostalgic about aromas. Monte Dutton I remembered how one grandparents’ house, on …
Fresh out of mothers
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, May 9, 2021, 1:26 p.m. Mother’s Day avoidance began yesterday. Mine died last year. Life has been lonely ever since. I still have a moment’s guilt that I haven’t talked to her today. I used to call her, well, almost every day and feel guilty when I didn’t. Talking to her …
Two worth making time for …
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, May 2, 2021, 12:09 p.m. Mainly I’ve been writing about local sports, most notably the football coaching disaster at Presbyterian College, lately, but my young associate and I have been diligently preparing for the launch of a new site and another one after that. Today’s hits. Golden oldies. Interest is booming. …
I, I, I, me, me, me …
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, April 17, 2021, 1:42 p.m. Since a vaccination made my psyche considerably lighter, I have grown fond of fantasizing about what I want to do now that doing is no longer taboo. This yearning remains in the realm of the imaginary. I’m going to wear a mask as long as Dr. …
Nightrider's Lament 