Dan Ponder
A Sense of Place
Occasionally something works out even better that you planned. Such was the case at the 90th birthday celebration…
Dan Ponder
The Green, Green Grass of Home
The drive is a circuitous route. It encompasses metro areas, country roads, farms, fields, and factories. In one…
Dan Ponder
An Unexpected Silver Lining
It is just a basketball game. Well, it is a bit more than that. It is the NCAA…
Dan Ponder
Visiting the Pearly Gates
On our way down to Tampa for the SEC Basketball Tournament, Mary Lou and I passed through Albany…
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Treasure the Past. Embrace the Future.
My father and my grandfather both retired at 55 years of age. They both remained active, cultivated new…
Dan Ponder
A Special Twosday
We all have some special talents. I was a prodigy in typing, surpassing the skills of the typing…
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Dancing in the Grease
Fried Chicken. I could write a book. Like most southern men my age, it is intertwined in who…
Dan Ponder
How do Tulips Whistle?
Today was a wet, dreary day capturing all that brings us down as the winter drags. Mary Lou…
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The Promise of Tomorrow
My maternal grandparents had four grandsons relatively early in their lives. My grandfather truly enjoyed us all. He…
Dan Ponder
Oh, to be young again
I will be honest with you. I have always looked forward in my life. I never wanted to…