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What is the Saddest Song?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

Living life to the fullest isn’t just about maximizing the happiness in it, it is also about embracing the sadness and the pain. I use the word embrace very deliberately. After all, one can’t know happiness without knowing its opposite … Continue reading →

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Winchester’s Own, Spottswood Poles

Posted on September 3, 2019 by

Spottswood Poles was one of the greatest Negro League players, and he was born just a few miles from where I write this, in Winchester, Virginia. Please enjoy the twelth installment of Off the Beaten Basepaths:

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The Bedford Boys Tribute Center

Posted on June 13, 2019 by

It is really Green’s Drug Store, and not Omaha Beach that is the epicenter of the Bedford Boys story. Green’s was not just the main hang-out in town, which meant that every one of the Bedford Boys had been there … Continue reading →

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D-Day Arrives in Marsh Point

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

Seventy-five years ago tomorrow morning, Americans up and down the East Coast awoke–or were awakened by–the news that the Allies had begun the invasion of Fortress Europe by landing troops on the beaches of Normandy. (Of course, folks on the … Continue reading →

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Anyone Remember Snider’s Catsup?

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

As regular readers of this blog know, I enjoy looking through old magazines to see what folks were interested in during any given month and year. This is especially helpful in constructing fictional characters because those old periodicals provide subjects … Continue reading →

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Fixing Our Dysfunctional Political System

Posted on January 1, 2019 by

There are very few political statements that can be made anymore to which virtually everyone will agree, but here’s one: Our republic is totally dysfunctional. The game that the political elites and the power brokers play is ruining the United … Continue reading →

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Remade Music

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

Readers of this blog know that I enjoy history and I enjoy music. Most music. Some music. Don’t buy me opera tickets. . . . I digress. Anyway, the history of certain popular songs is fascinating to me. Growing up … Continue reading →

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