Today is my birthday and I absolutely refuse to be discouraged. The gloomy predictions about the future of democracy, threatened violence...

It was like saying goodbye to an old friend. I know. It’s silly to conflate fandom with friendship. But we were fans of the character...

photo courtesy of Deposit Photos A lifetime of holding yard sales has taught me a lot of lessons and this installment is a humorous...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cotillion instructor and student, Virginia, 1950's In my hometown of Catonsville, Maryland it was called Friday Assembly. In yours, it...

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...

Almost seventy-three years old. Lifelong baseball fan. Never attended a Spring Training game. Sad. That was me. Until this week. A...

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...

My first real job out of college was with a division of the National Archives called the National Audiovisual Center. The director was a...

Toni Banks, Governor Spiro T. Agnew, John Constance at Baltimore Polytechnic High School. May 11, 1968 As I’ve mentioned before, I was...

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...

Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson playing above the rim against the New York Knickerbockers 1963 was a big year in Baltimore sports. The Baltimore...

Sometimes practical jokes that seem hilarious for an instant are pretty stupid in hindsight. Hayden and I were in Williamsburg this past...

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...

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...

My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who, after the Great Depression...