Reflections of a Southern Yankee: Screen Time
I am eight years old and sitting in a comfortable armchair downstairs in the den. It’s around 7:00 in the evening. The fading light through the window signals the end […]
Happy Birthday, USA!
The setting sun casts long shadows over a crowd of nearly 100,000 people. They are gathered in lawn chairs and upon blankets, and have come from all over this great […]
Reflections of a Southern Yankee: Country
There are a few things in life that give you that sinking feeling in your stomach and a sense of dread – the check engine light coming on is one […]
Reflections of a Southern Yankee: The Road Less Traveled
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” […]
Reflections of a Southern Yankee: Educational Musings
I’m not a huge fan of Hollywood, so it takes a lot to impress me when it comes to movies. One that I’ve always loved is, “School of Rock.” To […]
Reflections of a Southern Yankee: Say it Ain’t Snow
I was a third classman (a.k.a. sophomore) at the Virginia Military Institute in the winter of 1992-1993. Having gotten through the previous “rat year,” I was now more or less […]
Reflections of a Southern Yankee: Southern Comfort
Forty-three of my 49 years on God’s green earth have been spent below the Mason-Dixon line. I guess that makes me more “Rebel” than “Yankee.” I’d like to think I’ve […]
White (Pine) Christmas
Until the age of seven, all I’d ever known was an artificial Christmas tree in my grandparents’ living room. Every year, a large box would be brought up from the […]
It’s Elementary
I walked through the front door of Stuarts Draft Elementary School a shy, timid six-year-old. My kindergarten year at Wetmore Elementary School in Utica, New York, was more of a […]
I Miss the ‘80s
Once every seven days, we stopped what we were doing to intently listen to a man with the perfect radio voice countdown the Top 40 hits of the week. Would […]
