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Write again … if we truly believe

When I first began this little column writing enterprise I made a promise to myself, and a pledge to readers, that I wouldn’t add another ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:28 am

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Write again … where memories were made

“’Neath the foothills of old Pisgah stands a spot we most revere.” Up in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of western Carolina, near Bear Wallow and ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:16 am

Columns

Write again … we have our memories

“Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight.” The first lines of a lovely song of many years ago, but we know we can’t turn back ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:33 am

Columns

New View … Gentle On My Mind

Now, I freely acknowledge that I am not old enough – not really – to have amassed more than a modicum of remembrances of ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:36 am

Columns

Write again … “Daddy, get your baby out of jail”

It’s the spring of ’57 and we are headed to Camp Lejeune. “We” are the Washington High School barbershop quartet. We had been invited to ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:33 am

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Write again … over-organized excesses

Some of us were fortunate to grow up in a time when the lives of children weren’t so over-organized. Children nowadays, and their parents, can ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:31 am

Columns

Write again … So many years ago

Regensburg is a beautiful city of some 100,000 souls that is situated on the Donau (Danube) in Bayern (Bavaria). It is old, very, very old. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 1:00 am

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