Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson playing above the rim against the New York Knickerbockers 1963 was a big year in Baltimore sports. The Baltimore...

Sometimes practical jokes that seem hilarious for an instant are pretty stupid in hindsight. Hayden and I were in Williamsburg this past...

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...

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...

My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who, after the Great Depression...

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....

(Brooks Robinson, by Norman Rockwell) What is it about baseball that has inspired poetry, song, art, storytelling, and writing like no...

(Capitol Reflections, photo by John Constance) Congress is broken. Politics is a vicious blood sport. There is no such thing as a...

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...

Funny word “positive.” It’s what we grow up being told to be. Our attitude should be positive, our outlook, positive. Our convictions,...

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 Country Club was originally a 9-hole course built in 1952 by Bethlehem Steel on a 250-acre waterfront parcel in Southeast Baltimore. Designed and created by renowned golf course architect William Gordon, the club had 27 holes by 1961 and was sold to the membership in 1985. Immaculate, challenging, and unique are the words I’d use to describ

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...

One of the blessings of my life is to have family in Wales. Thanks to my father's sister, Aunt Jean, correspondence was faithfully...

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...

An ocean of old faces. A National Septuagenarian Portrait Gallery. I didn’t recognize anyone. As I would draw closer, there were familiar...

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...

Allen David Carli, Jr. was a legend. A fraternity brother and friend of 55 years, Dave (Carli, Carlos, Los, etc, etc) was a successful...

When I was Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs (GRPA or GrrrrPaw...lovely acronym, eh?) at the Legal Services Corporation...

Local Preacher and Student With the Welsh Revival chapel attendance dramatically increased. There were many opportunities for local...

Minutes of the Baltimore Preacher’s Meeting re the Death of Bert Constance “The news of the unexpected death of the Reverend Bert...