Return to Sawyerton Springs is back—in a brand-new hardcover edition, with a fresh cover and new acknowledgments. When the book first came out, I wrote a letter to explain why it matters so much to me. Every reason I gave then is still true today, so I want to share...
This morning, I am thinking about a “letter to the editor” that I cut from our local newspaper on June 10, 2010. It’s been years, but it described history that should be remembered. Today, I’m also thinking about our upcoming holiday. When I was growing up, the 4th...
Hank Aaron got another standing ovation yesterday. As usual, he didn’t make a big deal about it. He actually stood in line with everybody else, but as he neared the front, somebody recognized him and word that he’d arrived spread quickly. Hank laughed when...
For more than five years, the last song of the night was the same. When the familiar three chords of the intro began, then repeated, I headed for the bus. Unless Dolly was with us. Because when she was, Dolly always came back out to do the...
This photograph is what the sky looked like at the beach this morning. It was about 6:15, the water was beautiful, but it was an odd sunrise. At least I’d never seen one like it. Was that a straight cloud coming out of the bigger one. Yep. What the heck? As the...
Every year, about this time, I field a handful of inquiries from a head football coach or his staff. Often, someone else talked to them about me months earlier and for whatever reason at the time, no one reached out. Now, however, if the season is not going as they...
