Passing of a Teacher
We just learned of the passing of our beloved Professor David L. Holmes. Hayden and I took New Testament from Mr. Holmes at the College...
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- May 26
- 5 min
Yard Sale I (A Series)
Those who know me, know of my love for holding yard sales. I rarely stop at someone else’s sale. I have enough stuff, thank you. But...
- May 18
- 7 min
Skillful Retirement 101
I recently heard a TED talk that truly spoke to me. I actually heard it by accident. You know, when you are listening to one thing on...
- May 6
- 4 min
Crash
The saying in our family is “Reverse is not Dad’s best gear.” To that I must plead guilty. I have backed cars into brick walls, posts...
- Apr 21
- 7 min
Story of a Patriot
It was 1963 when I saw it for the first time. I was 13 years old and it had just turned six. I was on my first trip to Colonial...
- Mar 30
- 8 min
May I Have This Dance?
Cotillion instructor and student, Virginia, 1950's In my hometown of Catonsville, Maryland it was called Friday Assembly. In yours, it...
- Mar 24
- 3 min
Lady on the Corner
In the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells of the Pharisee who thanks God that he is not like the...
- Mar 10
- 6 min
Spring Training
Almost seventy-three years old. Lifelong baseball fan. Never attended a Spring Training game. Sad. That was me. Until this week. A...
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Don We Now Our Welsh Apparel
St. David's Window, St. David's Cathedral Happy St. David’s Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus) * When you ask the Irish who is their patron...
- Feb 3
- 6 min
Hooray for Hollywood
My first real job out of college was with a division of the National Archives called the National Audiovisual Center. The director was a...
- Jan 28
- 5 min
Spiro ? Not My Hero
Toni Banks, Governor Spiro T. Agnew, John Constance at Baltimore Polytechnic High School. May 11, 1968 As I’ve mentioned before, I was...
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Hey, I'm Bald
I must truly thank Jerry Anderson for my years of freedom. He is a good friend from my Maryland years. He looked at my careful comb-over...
- Jan 20
- 7 min
Bullets, Buses, and Basketball
Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson playing above the rim against the New York Knickerbockers 1963 was a big year in Baltimore sports. The Baltimore...
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Fore!!!!
Sometimes practical jokes that seem hilarious for an instant are pretty stupid in hindsight. Hayden and I were in Williamsburg this past...
- Oct 29, 2022
- 11 min
St. Peter's Ditch
In the Book of Proverbs we read, “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall”. It is a lesson I have relearned...
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
Battle of the Bulge
The David after a one month Italian vacation My mom was very skinny. My dad was not. My DNA has been in a pitched battle between these...
- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
A Cold Evening in Camelot
My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who, after the Great Depression...
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
Out of the Office
In an ongoing effort to keep my blog new and interesting, I will be on assignment in Rome, Southern Italy, and Portugal for a few weeks....
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
Bosses
John Constance and Herb Angel, Deputy Archivist of the United States, August, 1971 I recently received a note from a young lady who...
- Aug 27, 2022
- 10 min
Talkin' Baseball
(Brooks Robinson, by Norman Rockwell) What is it about baseball that has inspired poetry, song, art, storytelling, and writing like no...
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