Dan Ponder

Prepare to be surprised

“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.” The older I get the more ...

Dan Ponder

Seven days alone

In the 1880s, construction began on the Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad. Later it became the Virginia Western ...

Dan Ponder

Sure signs of spring

It happens without warning. The angle of the light from the sun slowly changes and then one morning ...

Dan Ponder

I think that I shall never see

These are the first words of a poem that has stuck in my head since I heard about ...

Dan Ponder

Who was Adam’s housecat?

“I wouldn’t know him from Adam’s housecat,” I am prone to say. The truth is I don’t know ...

Dan Ponder

The sun will come up, tomorrow

What a week! I saw the sun rise in four different states. The first was in New Orleans ...

Dan Ponder

Traveling off the beaten path

It has been a long time since I drove to New Orleans, even before Hurricane Katrina. With a ...

Dan Ponder

The fanatical fan

Aubie, the 8-foot tiger at the corner of my office, has been removed. Old Glory has once again ...

Dan Ponder

No longer a Virgo

For 57 years, I have been a Virgo. As an on-again, off-again reader of horoscopes, I tend to ...

Dan Ponder

National Champs

This article isn’t about an Auburn fan gloating about finally winning the National Championship. No, it is about ...

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