Bartow Houston, Author at Washington Daily News

Columns

Write Again…Man’s search for meaning

Friends and readers, lend me your most precious possession: time. Today I’m going to share with you a bit about a man, and about his ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Thursday, April 18, 2024 5:06 pm

Columns

Write Again…You just might like it

Now, I’m not intimating here, friends, that there should be a collective tsunami of weeping and wailing, gnashing of teeth, and rending of loincloths. No, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 3:40 pm

Columns

Write Again…An admixture of topics

Let me pass along to you, friends, a bit of esoterica you might find interesting. That being, the “Cosmographiae Introductio” was the book that first ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 3:41 pm

Columns

Write Again…Thomas was a mama’s boy

He grew up in Asheville; went to and graduated from the University of North Carolina, then did post-graduate work at Harvard. He also lived for ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:51 pm

Columns

Write Again…That will preach, brother

“Death comes for us all. Even at our birth — even at our birth — it does but stand aside a little, and muses to ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:58 pm

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Write Again…And that just how it is

Sometimes, often in fact, when I am watching the news, some of the announcers-reporters-correspondents-talking heads talk so fast, words tumbling, spilling over one another, and ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 3:57 pm

Columns

Write Again…A true septic tank saga

You know, sometimes when I set out to write a column, I wonder if, to be honest, very many will actually read it. I mean, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:32 pm

Columns

Etiquette for any occasion

Good morning. Well, Good whatever time of day you receive or purchase your paper or are reading this online. Enough said about that. Today’s Write ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 2:38 pm

Columns

“The greatest catastrophe”

Hello, folks. It’s me again. Now, I acknowledge, admit -that for some at least -I write too often about, referencing World War Two and the ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Thursday, February 22, 2024 1:55 pm

Columns

Write Again…All Over But the Shoutin’

Friends, from time to time I have the audacity to recommend a book to you. Now, that’s okay, but on occasionI opine that you simply ... Read more