To The Manner Born

Life in the closing days of the empire

Saturday, May 10, 2014

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"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." last word of General Jackson Indiciative of the prob...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

The Puzzler

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My bride and I met over a Sunday crossword puzzle.  I was quietly sitting by the apartment pool working the Times puzzzle when she took umbr...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Hardest Workin Man in Showbiz

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Should you find yourself in or near Augusta, Georgia on your way to the beach, stop in and find the James Brown statue downtown on Broad ...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Blue Angels

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Between our house and the river is a non commercial airport, used primarily by the jet set crowd. Fifty one weeks each year the airport is ...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Lawrin

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Lawrin the only Kansas bred thoroughbred to win the Kentucky Derby-1938 As a lad I lived in Prairie Village, Kansas a suburb of Kansa...
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Thursday, May 1, 2014

May Day

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1 May 1865, Charleston, South Carolina “I might tell you a great deal about Charleston, but to-day I will speak of one incident only – t...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

Help wanted

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Forget politics and suspend judgement while you think back to the day before you ever heard of Edward Snowden. Edward was a young man with...
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