The Heart is the Capital of the Mind - The Mind is a single State – The Heart and the Mind together make A single Continent – One is the Population – Numerous enough – This ecstatic Nation Seek – it is Yourself The Heart Is the Capital of the Mind Emily Dickinson 1876 Will Albany [...]

A 2010 wish list I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuffed with the stuff that is course and stuffed with the stuff that is fine, One of the Nation of many nations, the [...]

Beside my bed the bright moonbeams bound Almost as if there were frost on the ground Rising up, I gaze at the Mountain moon; Lying back, I think of my old home town. Li Bo, Quiet Night Thoughts Poet   Tang Dynasty 700 A.D. It was Friday afternoon and I was headed down U.S. 19 for [...]

Through being considered clever I have suffered much….. If you put new ideas before the eyes of fools They’ll think you foolish and worthless into the bargain; And if you are thought superior to those who have Some reputation for learning, you will become hated Euripides Medea  (Greek); 480-406 B.C. Motivation, or the [...]

The annual “Winnersville Classic” in Valdosta was won by Lowndes 57-15 this past weekend. More than four decades of sports coverage in south Georgia had not prepared me for this final score. This just doesn’t happen to a Valdosta High School team. But, there it was staring at me from the WALB High School Locker Room [...]