The rivers of the Southeast I cross
Rivers make me say things out loud. As I drive alone over a river I often say its name.
Things I have left undone
Each Christmas, my mind goes back to a June day in Valdosta, Georgia.
The Word Merchant Highway
Upon taking a writing position long ago, the boss of bosses shot me a sideways look, “So, you’re a word merchant.”
If all people were leaves…
Suppose people changed colors like autumn leaves. Would it be a better world?
‘A date which will live in infamy’
Eighty-one years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America, stood before a joint session of congress and uttered those words.
Thinking about time
You know the song. “Time Is On My Side.” The Rolling Stones released it in 1964.