Dan Ponder

Another happy birthday to me

These birthdays come relentlessly now and nothing seems to slow them down. I haven’t figured what to do ...

Columnist

It’s that time of year again

It is hard hold back the excitement as the big day approaches. It consumes you as you find ...

Dan Ponder

It’s time to talk about the long- suffering face of democracy

It wasn’t an accident that our recent trip to Europe included countries of the former Warsaw Pact. I ...

Columnist

We are all just the same

What do you discover when you immerse yourself in a culture you don’t understand that has a currency ...

Dan Ponder

Prague, the city of 100 spires

The distance from Donalsonville to Prague, Czech Republic is 4,982 miles.  You can imagine my surprise when the ...

Columnist

Constants of our lives

I finished the organ prelude this past Sunday and reached up to jot down the date it was ...

Columnist

Not the cold I had in mind

This is the hottest summer I believe I have ever gone through. Granted I am older, larger, exercise ...

Dan Ponder

Basketball, horses and bourbon

Kentucky is widely known for three things: basketball, horses and bourbon. A three-day trip to Lexington this past ...

Dan Ponder

Useless trivia made for some precious time

When I was in college, I called home every Sunday night. To be honest, I probably didn’t call ...

Dan Ponder

She was a southern lady full of grace

I used to say that I lived on the best block in America to have a heart attack. Of ...

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