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Columns

Write Again … As seen from here

Well, now. Here I sit in the wee hours — very wee — of a chilly and rainy Friday morning (when you read this it ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 22, 2019 6:54 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . Tales from Manteo

A long time ago, it seems, when my weekly scribblings were carried in close to two dozen papers across the state, I tried not to ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 15, 2019 7:02 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … Fund-raising time

This is a column I know I probably shouldn’t write. It’s personal, revealing, perhaps makes me seem uncaring, yet I feel there are others who ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 8, 2019 5:58 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … To die a little

The little book that was published in 1985 — “New View – A Collection of Columns” — contained some of my weekly columns written in ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 1, 2019 6:17 pm

Community Columns

Write Again . . . Memories we keep

Memory. Of all the many and varied operations this thing we call a brain can do, memory is truly a wonder. The first computer, for ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, October 25, 2019 7:18 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … The sunlit uplands

The rancor we see today, much of it attributable to political considerations, is very disheartening. Very. What our elected representatives, at every level of government, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, October 18, 2019 6:50 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … Is it copasetic?

So many different ethnic groups, races, professions, trades, avocations, faiths, hobbies, seem to have a sub-language. Call it lexicon, patois, vernacular. Call it what you ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, October 11, 2019 6:24 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … I figured it out!

When I first saw it I probably did what is called a “double-take.” It was an “Am I seeing what I think I’m seeing?” moment. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, October 4, 2019 6:34 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … We are Americans

Right up front let me tell you that today’s column is almost entirely the product of someone else. That “someone else” is Cal Thomas. At ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Sunday, September 29, 2019 12:07 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … A special reunion

The little story I wish to share with you is a very special one to me. Very special. So. Here it is. Way back in ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 16, 2019 10:55 am

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