Passing of a Teacher
We just learned of the passing of our beloved Professor David L. Holmes. Hayden and I took New Testament from Mr. Holmes at the College...
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May 26, 20235 min read
Yard Sale I (A Series)
Those who know me, know of my love for holding yard sales. I rarely stop at someone else’s sale. I have enough stuff, thank you. But...
May 18, 20237 min read
Skillful Retirement 101
I recently heard a TED talk that truly spoke to me. I actually heard it by accident. You know, when you are listening to one thing on...
May 6, 20234 min read
Crash
The saying in our family is “Reverse is not Dad’s best gear.” To that I must plead guilty. I have backed cars into brick walls, posts...
Apr 21, 20237 min read
Story of a Patriot
It was 1963 when I saw it for the first time. I was 13 years old and it had just turned six. I was on my first trip to Colonial...
Mar 30, 20238 min read
May I Have This Dance?
Cotillion instructor and student, Virginia, 1950's In my hometown of Catonsville, Maryland it was called Friday Assembly. In yours, it...
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Lady on the Corner
In the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells of the Pharisee who thanks God that he is not like the...
Mar 10, 20236 min read
Spring Training
Almost seventy-three years old. Lifelong baseball fan. Never attended a Spring Training game. Sad. That was me. Until this week. A...
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Don We Now Our Welsh Apparel
St. David's Window, St. David's Cathedral Happy St. David’s Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus) * When you ask the Irish who is their patron...
Feb 3, 20236 min read
Hooray for Hollywood
My first real job out of college was with a division of the National Archives called the National Audiovisual Center. The director was a...
Jan 28, 20235 min read
Spiro ? Not My Hero
Toni Banks, Governor Spiro T. Agnew, John Constance at Baltimore Polytechnic High School. May 11, 1968 As I’ve mentioned before, I was...
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Hey, I'm Bald
I must truly thank Jerry Anderson for my years of freedom. He is a good friend from my Maryland years. He looked at my careful comb-over...
Jan 20, 20237 min read
Bullets, Buses, and Basketball
Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson playing above the rim against the New York Knickerbockers 1963 was a big year in Baltimore sports. The Baltimore...
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Fore!!!!
Sometimes practical jokes that seem hilarious for an instant are pretty stupid in hindsight. Hayden and I were in Williamsburg this past...
Oct 29, 202211 min read
St. Peter's Ditch
In the Book of Proverbs we read, “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall”. It is a lesson I have relearned...
Oct 21, 20227 min read
Battle of the Bulge
The David after a one month Italian vacation My mom was very skinny. My dad was not. My DNA has been in a pitched battle between these...
Oct 5, 20224 min read
A Cold Evening in Camelot
My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who, after the Great Depression...
Sep 8, 20221 min read
Out of the Office
In an ongoing effort to keep my blog new and interesting, I will be on assignment in Rome, Southern Italy, and Portugal for a few weeks....
Sep 2, 20225 min read
Bosses
John Constance and Herb Angel, Deputy Archivist of the United States, August, 1971 I recently received a note from a young lady who...
Aug 27, 202210 min read
Talkin' Baseball
(Brooks Robinson, by Norman Rockwell) What is it about baseball that has inspired poetry, song, art, storytelling, and writing like no...
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