Month: October 2006

Important Elections Only One Week Away

by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 30 – For the better part of the past month, it’s been a blast on the road “cowboying” in the Chevy van enjoying the fall weather and taking a break from television and politics…

College Football Preview

On a somewhat soft SEC grid schedule this weekend, there are two top games, while the rest of the lineup falls into the interesting-only-if-you-are-a-fan-of-the-school category. The two big games are No. 9 Florida (6-1 overall, 4-1 in league play) at…

Vote and Matter: Don’t and You’re ‘Mad as the Hatter’

Editor’s Note: Robert Penn Warren’s All The King’s Men is routinely listed in the top five novels in American literature, although it appears to have dropped off the radar screen of the masses in today’s so-called “conservative” TV-driven American culture.…

Fighting The Catawba River in North Carolina

Photo by Glynn Wilson Peak autumn color photos from the Catawba River in Marion, North Carolina. by Glynn Wilson MARION, N.C., Oct. 22 – It was about 3 p.m. Eastern Time when I finally got the boat in the water…

SEC Spotlight On Rocky Top

The SEC spotlight will shine on Rocky Top this weekend as 5-2 (2-2 in league games) Alabama invades No. 7 (or 8 depending on which poll you like) Tennessee (5-1, 1-1). Overall, it’s a ho-hum lineup for SEC teams, with…

Secret Vistas: Migrating Monarchs…

Photo by Glynn Wilson A couple of migrating monarch butterflies (danaus plexippus) feeding on the wide variety of plants in the Ft. Walton Beach Ramada Inn gardens. Read our previous story about the migration in The Southerner magazine.

College Football Preview: Big Game On The Bayou

by Paul Rockne When two of the top 10 teams in the nation, both undefeated, go head to head, it’s always a big game and that’s the case this Saturday night in Gainesville, Fla. In what is the showcase game…

You Can’t Fake It AND Make It

You can’t fake it. If you’re gonna make it you’ve gotta live it. – Hank Williams Jr. by Glynn Wilson There is no way to escape it. It is too late. America is a car country, especially in the American…