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Nov 24, 20212 min read
Pass the Sauerkraut, Please
The first time my wife heard that request at the Constance Thanksgiving table she almost fell out of her chair. Sauerkraut at...
Nov 14, 20214 min read
Matador
First week back at school, 1964. Eighth grade at Catonsville Junior High School was already a little weird. We weren’t the youngest kids...
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Ich Dien
In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks still bravely...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Happy Anniversary
Forty nine years ago today, I awakened at the Davis home in Suffolk, VA still feeling the effects of my bachelor party from a week prior...
Oct 27, 20216 min read
Choo Choo Train
Last year I donated my dad’s papers and photos to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. My daughter Brittany was surprised by that transaction,...
Oct 17, 20214 min read
Immutable Friendship
My oldest childhood friend is David Carter Christian, or “Chris” as he is still known by his sister Dale and me. Our moms...
Oct 11, 20216 min read
Southern Tongues
Growing up in the Baltimore area I never gave a lot of thought to whether I was a southerner or a Yankee. As a lifelong Orioles fan, I...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
This is the Week to Say Goodbye
With the recent whistleblower revelations that Facebook had chosen profit over the best interests of our Country, it is time. With the...
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