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Community Columns

Write Again … Alabama to Berlin

James Cleveland Owens. Chances are you’ve never heard of him. The last of 10 children of Henry and Mary Emma Owens, born in 1913, his ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, January 11, 2019 6:55 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … So very grateful

Should any of the following strike a chord with you, should you share similar feelings of gratitude — and not just a little amazement as ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, January 4, 2019 5:30 pm

Columns

Write Again … Our heilige abend

Today’s column is a reprint of one I wrote back in 1979. Please let me thank you in advance for indulging me thus. More importantly, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, December 21, 2018 6:43 pm

Columns

Write Again … A special school

We have all heard of Davidson College. It’s a small school, Presbyterian-affiliated, located in a little town near Charlotte. This institution is widely regarded as ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, December 17, 2018 7:48 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … Truly a classic

The mind is marvelous thing, for sure. It is most certainly the first computer ever. And the part that actuates memory is utterly amazing. It ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 30, 2018 6:10 pm

Columns

Write Again … A bedtime mystery

It was a long time ago. A long time. More specifically, it was 1965. My new wife and I were living in a small cottage ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 23, 2018 4:42 pm

Community Columns

Write Again … And we remember

The newspaper is dated Monday morning, November 25, 1963. It’s the News & Observer, and cost 10 cents. The Sunday edition sold for 20 cents. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 16, 2018 6:45 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . The poppies blow

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; And in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 9, 2018 6:04 pm

Columns

Write Again … Special gatherings

Reunions. Something there is about reunions that can be special. Seeing people that were a part of your life, some whom you may not have ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 2, 2018 6:44 pm

Community Columns

Write Again . . . We are “captives”

Someone remarked that we, as a people, a country, now spend much of our lives looking at a screen. You might call us “screen people.” ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Friday, October 12, 2018 7:12 pm

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