Life from the outside looking in My wife and I moved to Abbeville in June of 2004, “in the course of human events.” Anyone who has lived here for the last nine years knows it has been a mixed bag, and in the hazy shape of the next...
I wanted to cut grass, but there were some problems Country living and city living, both have the same problem, but with different solutions: wildlife management. Last week I rediscovered this old problem. I’m getting close to finding a solution.
Wh...
Alcohol is not worth much as a lifestyle Alcohol, the drinking kind, has only played a small role in my life. There was none in the house as I was growing up.
But alcohol has long tentacles, and while high school was mostly a sort of inno...
Everyone has a birth order, but does it matter? I don’t choose books to write about. They choose me. I choose when I do the writing, even if it’s in the middle of the night.
A colleague lent me this one: Dr. Kevin Leman’s 2009 (rev.) “The ...
Two New Books: Both Good Reads But Very Different Coincidences - two or more events happening around the same time - seem to bring with them a sense of purpose, that they are happening at the same time for some reason.
We wonder if there is a l...
Life is more secure with a new paper shredder Life here in Abbeville seems tranquil. At night, the streets and sidewalks are quiet and empty. Security lights across the street are bright enough to read by. Inside a passing car, we can see the ...
It takes a really good Horse to be a Marine On February 20, I received an unusual e-mail from an old family friend. By unusual, I mean unusual for him. His posts have entertained and inspired me for some time now. His preamble: “This is wort...
Joe Wheeler and his Yankee Screwdriver The year was 1956. I was 1152 miles from home, on my own, facing the adult world of work, rent, groceries, laundry and devoted support of a 1951 Ford I was just barely old enough to make payments ...
Taking a look at our nation's First Ladies The other night I was browsing “The Extraordinary Book of Information.” It claimed to be “Amazing Trivia About Anything & Everything.” I found out that polar bears really aren’t white and that ...
A Small Glimpse at a Long Ago War The Civil War, also called the War Between the States, is like some terrible fire that may or may not have been completely extinguished.
Who we are and where we live determine what we see and know....
A Brief Introduction to Africa When I hear a word several times the same day, I want to write about it. I wrote about cowboys and cobalt. Now it’s Africa.
Four times I have written about men with Africa in their lives. The first...
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