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Columns

Write Again … The bumper-sticker syndrome

Perhaps one of the great nuggets of wisdom can be found on a bumper sticker. I know — most surely I know — that the ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 27, 2012 10:12 pm

Columns

Write Again … How splendid the day has been

We are told — or perhaps read somewhere — that we are the sum total of our parts. There is truth in this, of course. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 20, 2012 7:36 pm

Columns

Write Again … What a real ladies’ man!

At no time during my journey across the years have I ever thought of myself as a ladies’ man. (And with good reason, you may ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 13, 2012 9:13 pm

Columns

Write Again … Across the years and the miles

Sometimes little things stay with you a long time. It doesn’t mean that great importance is or should be attached to it. One of those ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 6, 2012 8:54 pm

Columns

Write Again … The Long Blue Line endures

If you ever played football for Washington High School — or ever will — then you are a part of it. I am, of course, ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, July 23, 2012 8:50 pm

Columns

Write Again … The day that Annabelle danced

I’m a big fan of the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association. You know, the group of musicians that plays regularly at the Union Alley Coffeehouse ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, June 25, 2012 5:45 pm

Columns

Write Again … Such were the ties that bind

For eight years, I believe it was, I taught physical education to youngsters being home-schooled. One half-day a week, during a regular school year, we ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, June 18, 2012 8:14 pm

Columns

Write Again … Basketball and pizza pie — Buono!

There were several of us. Maybe four or five. Perhaps six. Memory doesn’t allow me a certainty after so many years. Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, May 28, 2012 6:04 pm

Columns

Write Again … No ‘kin’ at all! (well, not exactly)

One of the small pleasures several of we male teachers at Manteo High School enjoyed was having lunch together. This was possible because we all ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, May 21, 2012 6:21 pm

Columns

Write Again … ‘I’d rather wash, wash … in Washington’

“An expert swimmer was Bill McGee, Swam the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. Bathed in France, Italy, and Greece, But nowhere could Bill find peace. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, April 16, 2012 8:11 pm

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