By MONTE DUTTON People gather in a busy laundromat folding clothes and waiting for laundry cycles. Click here. What is the scribe to do when it’s Saturday and the Red Devils are rained out? Oh, it’s not so bad. I enjoyed a total of four quality conversations at the Waffle House and the laundromat. Let’s …
Category: Life
One never knows
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. News like this is unsettling. I was well out of college when Kyle Busch was born. I’m at the age where life seems a bit more frail. And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. The older I get, the more scary that …
Something old, something new
By MONTE DUTTON A vintage car drives past a rustic BBQ joint on Route 66 at sunset. Click here. It’s Sunday, and I’ve wrapped up the photos and story on Clinton High School’s latest baseball triumph and am presently surfing back and forth between the NASCAR all-star race and the PGA golf tournament. I’m going …
The best kind of road to ruin
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Hembree (left) and Larry Woody at the Franklin battlefield (Monte Dutton photos). I hope I’m going to get a bit more profound when I take stock of my three-day trip to Nashville, Tenn., which I cheerfully refer to as Music City USA, but not Nashvegas, because I like Nashville better. I …
How I’m changing to how I’m changing
By MONTE DUTTON A man reacts in shock to soaring inflation and rising prices of everyday items. Click here. On Sunday morning, I got up, drove to a drive-through and bought the same thing as the week before. I can’t remember the restaurant. I just remember it had golden arches. Usually, I get something that …
Just enough knowledge to be dangerous
A young woman -- apparently one with three arms --- angrily reacts to her computer crashing and losing internet connection. Click here. Superficial knowledge. That’s what we got from technology. I am neither unaffected nor blameless. I write mostly about sports for an increasingly modest living. I don’t know as much about sports since I …
Months and days and watches
By MONTE DUTTON A man looks stressed while managing multiple devices and documents at a busy desk The waitress had her back turned. She was doing something at the grill. “How many days are there this month?” she asked to no one in particular. I’ve a little in common with those guys in the commercials …
In dreams and reality
By MONTE DUTTON When I awakened this morning, nature called. Nothing unusual about that. It’s my interior alarm clock. I keep forgetting to buy a new one. Last night I spent an hour talking with an old NASCAR chum. The first Darlington race of the season was Sunday. My friend and I laughed at stories …
Short-term hoops fatigue
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. “Six Days on the Road (and I’m A-Gonna Make It Home Tonight)” was written by Earl Green and Carl Montgomery. It’s my favorite trucker song. I don’t have a lot. A man who drives pickups doesn’t count as a trucker. I was, however, on the road for six days. I …
Inevitability in real time
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. On Monday, Presbyterian College honored Steve Englehart for being the national football coach of the year. On Tuesday, Englehart reportedly accepted the job at West Georgia University in Carrollton, Ga. This, of course, is no surprise. This is what happens at PC after winning seasons. Dustin Kerns had a winning …
Nightrider's Lament 