To The Manner Born

Damon Evans Mr. Evans,40 years old, married,with two young children, had one of the best jobs in American sports. For the past 4 years he h...

In their youth, white American kids, now of a certain age, divided the world into 3 mutually exclusive world views. The first, mostly femal...

During the last years of my working career, I worked from home, which I eventually found enjoyable. I did miss some of the office routine, ...

Ask a woman what's in her closet, and 9 times out of 10 you'll be entertained by a review of her latest and greatest finds. How thi...

For Americans, July 4th is the anniversary of day the British colonies in what is now the US, declared their independence from Great Britain...

Once upon a time I mentioned a piece of heavy blue linen dropped into my lap. My plan was to have the alchemist convert it into an odd jac...

We're old school around here. My kids may have been the last of the line, and probably scarred for life because they wore cloth diapers....

Have you ever been blown away by art? I mean stopped in your tracks, take your breath away, heart poundingly, awed? Have you ever, even once...

I've mentioned in passing my current fling with photography blogs. I'm more visually than print oriented, although I have zero tale...

Don't get me wrong, I am well intentioned. I try each and every day to make my part of the world a little bit better place. I care. But...

Three photos. Three summer looks. I'm besotted The first shows Prince Charlie at a Cartier Polo match. It's rare to see the Prince...

Once upon a time a man and woman fell in love, married, and had a child. The child was happy and grew up in a home surrounded by the love o...

'It takes the Honourable Garech Browne about 20 minutes to drive to the nearest village, but most of that time is spent exiting his ow...

Last weekend my daughter Katy and her husband were in town to attend her cousin's wedding. The wedding was Friday, and Katy asked if sh...

Like my namesake, my obsessions come and go. Enthusiasms tend to last a very long time. My latest obsession is photography blogs. They dese...

Part of the fun of Grandpa Day is the opportunity to try new things, in the name of being the cool grandpa, while all the while maintaining ...

The household wall of family photos is a phase which comes and goes with some regularity. Much like kid's stories, they're fun when...

On my honor, when the Mothership came to town, things happened. Father's locked up their daughters, police went on high alert, drug dea...

On January 1, 1863 US President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in states which seceeded from ...

I am joyously in full grandpa mode for the next several days. Tomorrow, I promise to return in fine fettle, but today is hot and humid, and ...