Dispatches
Dispatches from Home: Christmas Thoughts.
Good morning on this cold, cloudy day! Christmas means many things to many people. It can be a joyous time or one that is bittersweet. It can be a remembrance of loved ones who’ve gone Home. It can conjure the…
Dispatches from Home: Titanic!
Dec. 19, 1997, was a Friday. Where were you? Me? I sat with friends in the Hardy Court Theater on Courthouse Road, waiting with bated breath for the lights to dim and for a movie to begin that I’d waited…
Dispatches from Home – Not Reality But Magic.
I’ve learned from experience that it takes me a week or so to recuperate from the draining, emotional high that a play–especially a musical–conjures within me. During that time, the haunting words of Blanche DuBois, from Tennessee Williams’…
Dispatches from Home: The Show Closes.
The snap I’ve posted below shows Scrooge’s little world for the past two weeks. Neatly arranged—of course—are the accouterments of his trade, after all. The old boy did his best to entertain the audiences that nightly filled the theater to…
Dispatches from Home: Plowing correctly?
The Good Master, in His wisdom, keeps us on earth until it’s our time to go Home. How are you spending your remaining days? Sowing love, not hate? Sowing peace, not discord? Sowing right, not wrong? Sowing tranquility, not fear?…
Dispatches from Home: Lest We Forget.
December 7, 1941, was a bright, sunny Sunday morning. The sunshine glistened atop the peaceful waters of Pearl Harbor. Sailors in the big ships all over the harbor were getting ready for the day. Some saluted, as they raised Old…
Dispatches from Home: The Dash of Life.
In this race called Life, we often find ourselves dashing about, hither and yon, in search of those things we think will make a difference in our lives. And in our mad dash, we often fail to remember that in…
Dispatches from Home: The College Campus November 13 2015
Good for President Obama! “It’s not just sometimes folks who are mad that colleges are too liberal that have a problem. Sometimes there are folks on college campuses who are liberal, and maybe even agree with me on a bunch…
Dispatches from Home: An Icy November Day 11-13-2019
Good morning! I present for your perusal my entry in a photo contest sponsored by the Bubba Bohunkus Shutterbug Institute of South Mississippi. The photo is titled: Icicles On Wilson Drive Via Nozzle And Rubber Hose. The 1st place prize…
Dispatches from Home: The Clown’s Lament November 9 2022
Laugh, and the world laughs with me! Weep, and I weep alone. For this dying old earth laughs at my mirth, But cares little if I have struggles of my own. Sic vita est!
Dispatches from Home: The November 8th 2020 Election
Good afternoon! I am thankful that the elections are over. Perhaps now we as a country can begin to heal. Let us put all rancor, hate, and violence behind us and move forward. Congratulations are in order. MR. BIDEN you’ve…
DISPATCHES FROM HOME: Ghosts Along the Mississippi.
In the Prologue of GHOSTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI, the book’s author, Clarence John Laughlin, writes: “This book will attempt to present the evolution of Louisiana plantation culture, in terms of the contrast, and the adhesion of two subtly related, unlike,…