Memories sad and more

Too much happened here. As we drove to park for our trip to the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, KP and I discovered that across the street sat a landmark forever stamped in world history. We had to take in the Centennial Olympic Park, where a grand celebration for the 1996 Summer Games…

The heart of college football

Maryland and Syracuse are in this quadrant. When KP ticked off Atlanta attractions he thought might interest me, I knew we’d be stopping at the College Football Hall of Fame. I’ve lost count at how many games I’ve gone to since I matriculated at the University of Maryland in the 1970s, became a sports journalist…

Savoring a well-planned neighborhood

Different styles. Folks that want to live in Lilith have a variety of styles of homes from which to choose. More are going up all the time. The planned community impressed the heck out of me on my trip from Central New York to appreciate near-Atlanta with KP and Sue. Going up, up, up, more…

Gorgeous community living in Trilith

A gorgeous corner to live on. KP and Sue have transitioned well. My longtime friends welcomed me to their Fayetteville, Ga., home with open hearts and arms. My eyes opened wide at the beauty of their home in this planned community of Lilith. Moon arch anchors this community yard outside their house. They can walk…

Embracing golf in Georgia

Teeing off comfortably in April. When I climbed into KP’s car at the Atlanta airport and we’d exchanged our initial HowTheHeckAreYa’s, he confirmed what he’d texted me before I started my journey from Central New York. We had a tee time scheduled at one of the three courses he calls home base, set up in…

Oh, Henry

The year he made history. I visit to Truist Field came in the 50th anniversary season of Hank Aaron beating Babe Ruth’s overall home run record. I remember honoring Henry that day as a young teenager after he hit the homer off Al Downing and rounded the bases. Photo opp squared. KP and I appreciated…

Go to Truist Park early

New spaces and places. As we drove from KP and Sue’s lovely house in Fayetteville, Ga., toward the afternoon baseball game between my New York Mets and home team Atlanta Braves, my since-the-early 80s friend provided me a history about the ballpark we were approaching. The Braves organization in this century decided to leave the…

One heck of a road game

Georgia on my mind. My dear wife Karen used her card points to buy me plane tickets to visit my great friend KP and his fantastic wife Sue in their near-Atlanta home. I’ve been talking about that trip south in a spring month since, well, pretty much soon after they moved from Central New York…