Fantasy Land

To get to Fantasy Land, head out SC57 to Burke Road, take a right, cross the railroad, pass by the fire station and  hang a right on a wonderfully named  Mirage Lake Road; you are in  the midst of Americana, a row of well kept homes in a dream like setting.

Good Samaritans

Sunday school lessons can be enlightening and yes, can force you to answer important questions about what you believe or should believe if you adhere to what the Good Book says at least as you understand it.  

First Day

There are all kinds of special ‘days’ such as birthdays,  sales days, school days, week days, groundhog  days, holidays, April fool’s day, Veterans’ day and one you may never have heard of: firstday.  See below.

An Enviable Position

Motorists driving along Dillon’s  Martin Luther King Boulevard recently might have been surprised, even curious to notice a floral arrangement placed in front of the J V Martin Auditorium. There is a story behind the white carnations going all the way back to November, 1963.  If you were living then, you most likely would recall the events of that history making day.

So That’s What It Means

Several years ago, I ran across this information about the classic Christmas song THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.  Most of you would have sung it or at least would be familiar with it, but have you ever stopped to think of what many of the words in the carol really mean?   Here is one explanation; author unknown.

American Exceptionalism

There are at least two ways to look at the title for this column.  One might argue that the readers will look at the title and be intrigued so that they would want to find out what the writer is talking about so in that sense, the title does what it is designed to do: capture the readers’ interest.

Youth

Almost all of the people with whom I have contact are my age meaning old and many are residents of facilities for those who are for those both old and bothered by infirmities.