The Azalea in the Junkyard
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No Kings in Savannah Saturday was another No Kings Day, and I attended the rally that was held in Emmet Park in Savannah.

No Kings in Savannah
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Writing Tips I am asked quite often by people who want to write what the rules for writing are, and I’m sorry to say that I can’t tell you what they are.

Writing Tips
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Pass the Tylenol The other day, Trump and his minion, Robert Kennedy Jr., announced that acetaminophen — wait, did I pronounce that correctly?

Pass the Tylenol
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Fix What’s Broken and Leave the Rest the Hell Alone Presidential Journal 9-14-2025

Fix What’s Broken and Leave the Rest the Hell Alone
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Shakespearean Dinner Theater
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White Male Privilege In case you missed it, Trump signed executive orders to dismantle federal DEI programs immediately after taking office.

White Male Privilege
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River-Walking Another Labor Day has come and gone, so I can cease doing those things that must wait until the first of September each year to be discontinued, and I can begin again those activities that have waited...

River-Walking
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Three Quarts of Oil I retired at 69 from the best job I ever had.

Three Quarts of Oil
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Some Thoughts on Charlie Kirk I have changed my plan today.

Some Thoughts on Charlie Kirk
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Dating in Alabama I spent my teen years in rural Alabama, and it was there and then that I learned the intricacies of dating, or at least insofar as to how these pertained to that place and time in the world.

Dating in Alabama
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Just One More from the Road One of the things you will notice somewhere between two and six hours after your arrival in Italy is the lack of public bathrooms, and depending upon your age and the size of your bladder, this can be...

Just One More from the Road
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More Notes from the Road My next stop after Rome was Florence, but before I take you there, I want to devote a paragraph or two to some general travel information.

More Notes from the Road
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What the Hell is The Cloud and Why Do We Even Need the Damn Thing? It is often noted that old folks don’t like new things, but I don’t necessarily hold with that point of view.

What the Hell is The Cloud and Why Do We Even Need the Damn Thing?
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Stories with Melanie Sumner | Substack Prize-winning novelist turned housecleaner sends a weekly letter to the world in the form of a personal essay or story. Click to read Stories with Melanie Sumner, a Substack publication with hundreds ...

Stories with Melanie Sumner
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Notes from the Road I am writing this week’s column from a villa in Tuscany.

Notes from the Road
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Wine Tasting I have been engaging of late in that swanky pastime known as wine tasting.

Wine Tasting
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Chickens and Foxes "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

Chickens and Foxes
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Raymond L. Atkins | Substack I am a novelist by trade and at heart, but these are essays about life from a particular point of view. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them. Click to read Raymond L. Atkins, a ...

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Graceland vs Rowan Oak During a recent trip, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the homes of two famous Southerners, Elvis Presley and William Faulkner.

Graceland vs Rowan Oak
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Imperfect Machines One of the first things you notice when you walk into my kitchen is a notepad hanging on the wall next to the sink.

Imperfect Machines
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Egyptian Chicken If you are a parent, sooner or later you will be called upon to do your duty.

Beware the horrors of Egyptian Chicken.

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