By the end of my first visit to the new Southwest Chatham Branch of the Live Oak Public Library system, I half expected the library staff and the patrons to […]
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No ‘great place’ like home
Two Saturdays ago, five hours after flying out of Savannah, I steered a rented Ford along Connecticut state roads in the Farmington Valley, curving past farmhouses and barns, through towns […]
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Backus traded the Savannah way
In hindsight, the September 30 closing of Backus Cadillac is hardly surprising. Known for generations as Backus Cadillac Pontiac, the auto dealership on East Victory Drive dropped part of its […]
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What’s cooking in the SAV
At my house, a home-cooked meal usually involves ingredients that someone else cooked first. A classic chicken dinner starts with a rotisserie-cooked bird from the grocery store-I’ll handle the rice, […]
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College Issue: Girl power at AASU
In mid-August, thousands of new students at Armstrong Atlantic State University began their first classes ever at the southside Savannah state university, as did at least one professor. One night […]
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A closer walk with Dan
Last Tuesday afternoon I took a bus tour of three of Savannah’s historic neighborhoods, courtesy of the City of Savannah. Billed as a “walking audit” given by Dan Burden, (a […]
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Reviewing the drama of health care reform
Since I rely on print media, the internet and the radio for news reports, I’ve not seen much of the video coverage about this summer storm called “health care […]
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Steam heat
Last Friday afternoon, as part of “Steam Days” at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum, it appeared that 23 adults and 9 children boarded a train inside the Roundhouse complex and rode […]
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The world above City Market
Until last week, it’s been over ten years since I’ve ventured off the St. Julian Street pedestrian mall of City Market and up the stairs into the world of original […]
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The big switch
Television-watching has always been a nighttime pursuit for me. Dressing for work to the sounds of the Today show has never been my idea of a good way to start […]
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‘Tis the (hurricane) season
“Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. These are the four seasons and we love them all.” This verse has stuck with me since I learned it sometime around kindergarten, along with other […]
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Cool and my mom
“Helloo Franklin, good to see you!” I chirped two weeks ago at a high school friend I’d not seen in years. “I’m sorry, but I’m not Franklin,” said the now-obviously-total-stranger, […]