A Stone’s Throw: The grammarian
Somewhere along the way I seem to have developed a fondness for Professor Henry Higgins of “My Fair Lady” fame.
A Stone’s Throw: Saying goodbye
By this time Christmas is long gone. Even Epiphany.
A Stone’s Throw: Letter to Santa
Dear Santa,
It is that time again, and I just wanted you to know that I have been good.
A Stone’s Throw: From the Greatest Generation
Tom Brokaw called them “The Greatest Generation,” and I am inclined to agree with him.
A Stone’s Throw: Hallowe’en review
While you are nibbling away at the children’s Hallowe’en candy, you might want to give a thought to the origin of the holiday, which in many cultures extends to Nov. 1 and 2 as well.
A Stone’s Throw: Renaissance wedding
We seem to be undergoing a renaissance lately, a rebirth of the Renaissance period of history.
A Stone’s Throw: Clashing cymbals
Do you remember George Plimpton?
A Stone’s Throw: A different kind of movie
One morning recently, as I was lingering over my breakfast coffee in front of the TV, I saw a program (maybe “The Today Show”) that listed the top movies by attendance for a certain period.
A Stone’s Throw: Putting a man in a box
We tend to put people in boxes these days, usually appending the description “disorder” to our description itself of them.
A Stone’s Throw: Fireflies
There is a phenomenon in physics called entanglement.
A Stone’s Throw: Waving flags
I have said that I was not going to get involved in the issue of the Mississippi flag, but like lemmings rushing to the sea where they drown themselves, I find myself blurting out a few thoughts, although I have no wish to offend anybody.
A Stone’s Throw: Hot wedding
Do you remember the old “society columns” in which “Little Miss Precious Plutocrat motored to Birmingham yesterday with her mother, Mrs. Pomposity Plutocrat, for a day of shopping and luncheon with her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Genuine Gotrocks and little Miss Hotcha Gotrocks.”
A Stone’s Throw: First steps to liberty
Yesterday was July 4, when we as a nation commemorate the act of declaring our independence from what we perceived as oppressive government from Britain under George III.
A Stone’s Throw: Indian ceremony
Wrapping myself in the thick hotel bathrobe and clutching my cup of hot coffee, I ventured out onto the balcony in the chilly Colorado air.
A Stone’s Throw: In bolder Boulder
The couple stood serenely hand-in-hand on the brow of the mountain, the warm, early summer sun lighting their faces with a golden glow.
A Stone’s Throw: A season of weddings
The Bible says there is a time for everything.
A Stone’s Throw: What is this world coming to?
Occasionally the Scientific American magazine prints articles describing inventions that will probably change our future, and rarely I can understand at least a part of them.
A Stone’s Throw: Barney’s run
Yesterday St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Albany, Georgia, conducted another K9s for Warriors benefit run.
A Stone’s Throw: Beware
By now most of the spring breaks are over, and students are looking forward to the end of the school year.
A Stone’s Throw: On giving
I do not know about you, but I have noticed a shift in my mail.