A brief encounter with an old college yearbook After fifty-one years, I became re-acquainted with the college student I had been in 1961. But let me start at the beginning.
In 1861, Kansas became a state. In 1865, Lincoln College started in Top...
Plastic...PLASTIC?? I don't think so An exquisite spring morning began, and I watched as the sun rose, shepherding a docile flock of clouds drifting in from the Gulf. Then a breeze picked up, a plastic grocery bag wafted over the fenc...
Exploring the Iberian Peninsula: Why does it matter? If you are a geography buff, or have been traveling to Europe, you will have discovered as President Reagan did after visiting South America: There are a lot of countries there, different sizes and...
Albino coffee: one of the luxuries of maturity Where do family jokes come from? These are the ones told repeatedly around the dinner table, to the amusement of family members and the consternation of guests.
Our family, as I was growing up, had...
Henry David Thoreau was his own distant drummer Henry David Thoreau is dead. He has been dead a long time. After you die, you are usually forgotten. Thoreau pronounced his last name to rhyme with “thorough.” He only lived 44 years, from July 12,...
Learning is a lot like climbing a mountain Could there be anyone in this country, save for the mentally challenged, who has not heard the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments? Probably some, but the number is small. How about people who ...
Vermilion Parish Police Jury needs to 'man-up' about next president Anyone want to be the new Vermilion Parish Police Jury President?
No experience needed.
Last week 14 police jurors could not decide who they want to be president of the 2012 police jury.
Jurors Nat...
A tribute to Lester, who saw God in everything What triggered today’s story started a few months ago when I sat down to watch the evening news. When it was over, I was sorry I’d wasted my time. With a few exceptions since, mostly to catch a wea...
The New Year begins, whatever that means Happy New Year. As I write, 2012 has just begun. This celebration contrasted with my solitary Christmas. The house (In Austin) is full of half a dozen cats and four family members, one of whom is ...
Christmas morning begins alone but not lonely There are two times to consider here, the one I’m writing this in and the one you are reading this in. I wish to send you season’s greetings, but am not sure how. “May you had a Merry Christmas” ...
More about a man remembered for a flower At what point should we “buy in” to humanity? When is it imperative to understand who we were and where we were so that we can understand who and where we are now? Only then will we have any chance...
What did you say Mr. Joel's last name was, again? There was a joke once, so good that just the punch line could make you smile. People started inventing their own material, bending some facts so they could use the punch line in their own storytell...
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