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...
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- 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...
- Aug 9, 2022
- 8 min
Silver Bullet?
(Capitol Reflections, photo by John Constance) Congress is broken. Politics is a vicious blood sport. There is no such thing as a...
- Jul 28, 2022
- 3 min
The Power of a Knock
My wife has been part of a group of women and men at our church who have been loyal volunteers for Meals on Wheels of Wake County for...
- Jul 21, 2022
- 6 min
Are You Positive?
Funny word “positive.” It’s what we grow up being told to be. Our attitude should be positive, our outlook, positive. Our convictions,...
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
Art Donovan, Master Storyteller
In the early 1990’s a friend asked me to join him for a round of golf at an iconic Baltimore course where he was a member. Sparrows Point...
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
Catonsville Maryland Memories
I must give full credit to a friend who after seeing my travelogue videos suggested maybe a walk down memory lane: Catonsville MD in the...
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
Wales: Family Time 2022
One of the blessings of my life is to have family in Wales. Thanks to my father's sister, Aunt Jean, correspondence was faithfully...
- May 5, 2022
- 6 min
There's a Bear Under My House!
When we begin an evening at a fine French restaurant, we don’t expect it to end standing in a hot shower with all our clothes on. Late...
- Apr 28, 2022
- 6 min
Ye Olde Guarde
An ocean of old faces. A National Septuagenarian Portrait Gallery. I didn’t recognize anyone. As I would draw closer, there were familiar...
- Apr 20, 2022
- 8 min
This Old House
When we hear those three words, most people today would think they refer to the home improvement TV show premiered in 1979 and now a...
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
Splash, Boom
Allen David Carli, Jr. was a legend. A fraternity brother and friend of 55 years, Dave (Carli, Carlos, Los, etc, etc) was a successful...
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