I’m temporarily displaced from my rustic world and am down in Atlanta where the temperature was a cool 34 degrees this morning. There’s too much traffic and bustle here for me, but I didn’t have a choice. For almost ten years now, I’ve had a pacemaker, and it came up that I needed to replace…

This past Sunday Trump came to Georgia ostensibly to support the Republican senators in the contested run-off election scheduled for January 5th. It was another spectacle, one that finally convinced me that the president is a cult figure who can do no wrong in the minds of his followers. Valdosta, Georgia might as well have…

Like me, many of you must be marking time in disbelief about our politics. This view is especially acute with what is happening here in Georgia. The run-off contest for the Senate has become a circus. The incumbent senator David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to fill the term of retiring Senator Johnny…

In face of the outrageous news coming out about the senate run-offin Georgia, I enlisted the help of long time friend, graduate school pal and former colleague to shed some light on politics “Georgia style.” The following is by Nick Wynne former Executive Director of the Florida Historical Society.  He and his wife Debra live…

As you may have noticed, the last three postings have largely avoided politics altogether. Life goes on, and there are other important happenings in our lives, many more important, than the news and shenanigans of our elected representatives. Further, the absurdity of this post election time is unfathomable and downright exhausting. Maybe I’m just nuts,…

This morning, I’m looking out at a dreary, overcast and chilly day as I write this.  The sun is going south and a stillness has settled over the land.  Father winter has arrived almost three weeks ahead of the official date of December 21st this year. As the fall season signaled its imminent arrival earlier…

I’m looking out at a beautiful warm sunny day in the woods as I write this. The time draws short before we close up Potlatch and head south for the winter. It is always a sad time but also exciting looking forward to the charms of St. Simons. Potlatch is a beehive of activity today…

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.  There’s no long commercial hype leading up to it, no pressure to decorate, and no presents necessary—just getting together and enjoying the company of friends and family. Yet Thanksgiving is a seriously meaningful holiday for all of us as we commemorate our good fortune, prosperity, and well-being. In…

I’ve enjoyed lots of wonderful Thanksgivings and lived through many presidential elections that came off reasonably well other than the 2000 Bush-Gore contest. Normally we would be putting the recent election behind us and getting ready for a festive family holiday. Not this year; bad times are here. With the pandemic raging out of control…

There’s much criticism and speculation about why Republicans in Congress have enabled the president and continued to support him after four years. This question has become more acute now since his denial of the election outcome and refusal to permit the transition to president-elect Biden.  What is even more puzzling for me, however, is why…