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Columns
Reflections
on Jefferson, a Historic Town
10-5-09
I first heard my father mention
the town of Jefferson when I was quite young. Jefferson is located approximately
forty miles southeast of the farm in Hopkins County where I grew up...
A
Clerk's Tale of Murder
8-29-09
Years later when I reflected on the experience
I realized a person’s life might end anywhere at any time.
Listening to the Tumbleweeds 8-1-09
My purpose in
contacting Willard was to get permission to hear his string band, the Tumbleweeds,
perform at the nursing home. Once a month the band plays bluegrass and gospel
music for the residents of the home. Willard is the lead guitarist; he is accompanied
by two men on amplified guitars and another on an acoustic guitar. Each of these
three musicians is in his late sixties. Segregation
in Two Texas Towns 5-28-09
More
than twenty-five years ago Bill Moyers won an Emmy for a PBS documentary featuring
the “two worlds” of Marshall, Texas, his home town. The film focuses on life in
Marshall during the Great Depression and World War II, the time of Moyers’ boyhood.
As a youngster, Moyers was hardly aware of the black community in Marshall, though
it made up approximately 50% of the population...
The
Claims of the Wilderness 5-9-09
"As I stood
on the site, I realized that the land that day may have looked much the same when
the Caddo Indians built their village..."Memorial
Day Services at Old Saltillo Church 2-10-08Remembering
Claire Perry 1-15-08A
Few Degrees of Separation from John F. Kennedy's Death
12-1-07
Forty-four years after John Kennedy’s assassination
is a time for those of us old enough to remember hearing first-hand a report of
that event to reflect on its impact on almost every citizen... Competing
with Elvis in the Classroom 11-15-07
Elvis Presley and a band called the Blue Notes performed on the stage of the Humble
Oil Company’s recreation building in Hawkins one evening in January, 1955...Entertaining
the Rotary Club in Mount Vernon
10-8-07Familiar
Ground 9-6-07
When I was younger, I could never
quite understand how anyone could be devoted to the town where I was born...Plumbing
the Past 8-3-07The
Sounds of Home 6-30-07
In
one of his essays Scott Russell Sanders writes that in centuries past Japanese
villagers were cautioned never to wander so far from their homes that they could
not hear the village drummer... An
Influential Visit 5-28-07
"As a junior, I found myself on the teacher-certification track, preparing
to observe classes at the only high school in Commerce."
Gram and Daffodils
2-1-07 Recollections
of Talco During the Oil Boom 8-18-0600000
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