Month: March 2021

Recently I was shocked by a good friend who said she was leery of getting the Covid-19 vaccine because she didn’t “trust the government.” She went on to mention that she didn’t get flu shots either. She was the second friend to question getting the shots; both are intelligent and reasonable people. My friend’s reluctance…

Recently I had an extended conversation with a dear friend about Georgia and the issue of racial politics. She is a former colleague, an historian, a Southerner with deep family roots in the South dating back generations. Now in her nineties, I value her erudition and experience. As someone who first moved to the South…

Last evening we entertained some out-of-town guests; they are friends and good people. It was a good time. In the conversation the topic of politics came up, which for me revealed how persuasive are the differences among us in what we believe and how we see things. The fact is that those on the Left…

I was surprised and saddened to learn of the shooting in Boulder, Colorado, yesterday. Saddened, of course, because the shootings just continue to happen every so many months and year after year across the nation. Colorado has especially been the victim of shooting tragedies, most notably the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Boulder with…

I have not been following politics as closely as in the past. Like many of you, I need a break from the absurdity and indefensible partisanship. Like most of you, however, I can’t escape politics completely, given the print press and 24 hour television news cycle. My response vacillates between sadness and disbelief to anger….

  Our recent visit to Little Cumberland Island piqued my need to share some information and additional photos with those of you who might not be familiar with Georgia’s wonderful coastline or its many barrier islands. There are about fifteen islands off the 100 mile coast from Savannah on the South Carolina border to St….

I’m writing this morning from Little Cumberland Island, one of the many barrier islands off the 100 mile coast of Georgia. The island is actually the north end of Cumberland Island National Seashore, two islands south of St. Simons Island. It is a private enclave of roughly forty cottages, most occupied sporadically, helping to keep…

Much has been written about the impact of the pandemic. We have taken stock of its legacy—how we coped this past year and what it did to us as people. While such ruminations are understandable and worthwhile, we need to do the same about our state of politics in Washington and across the nation. We…

Joining the chorus of appraisals after a year of the pandemic, I feel compelled to add my testimonial. Like so many people who have come through this nightmare unscathed, I have learned a lot about myself and life in general. At the same time, like many of you, the time has given me the opportunity…

Perhaps the Covid Monster will have the last word and will paraphrase Mark Twain’s saying that “reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.” Given the human folly of recklessness and the threats of new variants and mutations, who knows. There may still be serious surges, and the success of the current vaccines may be…