Maybe it was karma. Or divine appointment. I do not believe luck had anything to do with it. And it was not Willie putting his “mark” on me one last time. He had everlasting and forever done that in the summer of 1954 and ’55 and ’56 and ’57…. I’m sitting in Seat 8, Row…
I have told you I am getting out of this writing business, and I mean it. But a beautiful young girl in the Omnibus Class at Faith Christian School asked if I was a Democrat or a Republican. Good golly, I’ve had that very story in mind for the last 10 years… I just didn’t…
People have been so kind to me about these little stories over the years. And I certainly appreciate that. I have said from the beginning that I am not a writer. You think about Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Will Rogers, Jon Meacham… those guys could turn a blank page into a moving picture show…. …
I’m teaching a class at Gulf Coast State entitled, “Will You Know Where You Are When You Get Where You’re Going.” I did not think up that moniker. I “borrowed” it from a guy taller, smarter, and funnier than I am. He explained his version to a laughing “Grand Ole Opry” crowd. There is a…
One of the things I appreciated as a kid growing up in a small town in the 1950s was, I could understand the rules. Don’t lie, cheat, or steal, respect your elders, close the gate, and be home by supper. That was it. There was no secret handshake. You didn’t have any gosh awful bylaws…
Phil Early is one of my all-time favorite people. I used to yell at him to get a move on it coming out of the chutes on endless afternoons at football practice an eon or two ago. He
I have no idea when you get old enough to know something. I was about five when I fell on the gravel running down what was then called the Como Road. I slid headfirst past six rows of cotton, two water troughs and a rusted out Arcade hay rake. It hurt like you couldnt believe!…
I dont do travelogue stories. I am not Triple A, Expedia, Travelocity or Hotel Finder.com. I dont hardly even know where Ive been so it would be silly of me to suggest where you go. But if you ever take a hankering to see an Auburn University football game have I got a deal for…
Mother didnt actually lie to us. I dont think. She said it was mayonnaise. We called it mayonnaise. It wasnt all that complicated. Besides, it was white and creamy . like you expected mayonnaise to be. And we put in on almost everything. Hamburgers. Hot Dogs. Sauerkraut and wieners. Baloney sandwiches. Brown beans and cornbread. Vienna…
People see my Hunker Down byline and ask if Im a Georgia Bulldog fan. Well, no. That is actually a whole nother way of hunkering. And I am certainly not entrenching myself into some kind of super defensive position in readiness to take on a mad neighbor or an insistent door to door life insurance…
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