I received a note from a reader last week chiding me for writing about the Okefenokee so much and that he and others were tired of it. In fact, I have done only two columns on the Okefenokee this year, but I did allow mining proponents and opponents to express their positions on the subject. So that’s four columns total. Is that overkill? Ironically, as I was mulling his … [Read more...] about March 22, 2026: A Eulogy To A Good Friend And Neighbor Who Made A Difference
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November 21, 2021: For These Things I Am Thankful
I was not going to write a Thanksgiving column this week a couple of reasons. First, that is the predictable thing to do when you have to churn out a weekly column. I pride myself on being unpredictable. Second, my friend, the late Furman Bisher, long-time, legendary sports editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution set the bar so high with his annual column on the subject … [Read more...] about November 21, 2021: For These Things I Am Thankful
January 21, 2012: Marietta Art Instructor Shares His Techniques Via New Instructional Video
At a time when many people my age think Twitter is something a bird does and YouTube is what doctors use to peek into your insides to see if everything is working properly, I am busy mixing pthalo blue and cadmium red oil paint in hopes of creating a masterpiece on canvas. Like an oil wildcatter, I haven’t hit the big one yet, but I’m still drilling. One thing for sure: I’ve … [Read more...] about January 21, 2012: Marietta Art Instructor Shares His Techniques Via New Instructional Video
Apr. 13, 2009: Random Thoughts On Politics, People And Portraits
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON POLITICS, PEOPLE AND PORTRAITS Kudos to Joe Mulholland, district attorney for the South Georgia Circuit, which includes Bainbridge, Camilla, and Cairo. After reading my suggestion that state government rather than schoolteachers take a furlough, the DA told me, “Some of us in government have already taken your argument to heart.” Mulholland says district … [Read more...] about Apr. 13, 2009: Random Thoughts On Politics, People And Portraits
Jul. 30, 2007: Painting Reminds Me Of What Is Important — And What Isn’t
PAINTING REMINDS ME OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT — AND WHAT ISN’T People ask how I come up with ideas for this space. It’s easy. I look for the thinnest skin I can find and make a beeline for it, like a sand flea finding an ankle. Certainly, there is no shortage of thin-skinned targets to skewer. I scored a direct hit last week. While most of the reaction to my column applauding the … [Read more...] about Jul. 30, 2007: Painting Reminds Me Of What Is Important — And What Isn’t