Dan Ponder

A house made of Heart Pine

It stood for more than 130 years, and then in two days it was gone. The old Cherry/Rogers ...

Dan Ponder

Children at play

Having long been a political junkie, I watched intently the past few days as the Congress of the ...

Dan Ponder

Byrds of a feather

First cousins, once removed. Sometimes I wish I had never learned the “correct” way to determine your relationship ...

Dan Ponder

Liquid gold

Anyone even remotely my age could name the song containing these words: “Black Gold, Texas Tea.” The song ...

Dan Ponder

Losing weight in the South

Two peanut butter sandwiches and a milkshake filled with raw eggs. That was my afternoon snack growing up. ...

Dan Ponder

Celebration

It is almost 10 p.m. on the evening of Monday, July 4. My family has gathered at Compass ...

Dan Ponder

My kind of town

Actually the more correct title of this song was “My kind of town (Chicago is).” Many people my ...

Dan Ponder

One nation … under God?

What were they thinking? By now you have probably heard about NBC leaving out the phrase “under God” ...

Dan Ponder

A home run at Wrigley Field

The sound rose above the noise of the people all around me. It was random; like metal clanging ...

Dan Ponder

Hot, dry and surrounded by gnats

How did I do it? I used to be thin as a rail when I worked in the ...

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