Don’t miss these

Wanted: big ring finger. I had to go through my photo roll before waving a final bye-bye to my spring 2024 trip to Georgia to visit KP and Sue. I missed a few captures I want to share, starting with that large-scale World Series ring stationed outside of the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park. Doggone it.…

Ponce City Market sparkles outside and in

So much to see. A railroad used to run through the grounds where KP and I strolled to the expansive Ponce City Market. Now the city is constructing its Beltline, a path for biking and walking that will eventually allow access to, well, all Atlanta neighborhoods, as I understood what KP and Sue told me.…

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…

A Facebook tag takes me back to a newspaper office in 1979

I recognized the face immediately when it popped up on my Facebook page, a mom smiling between her two daughters. We’ve been friends on social media for … well, since the advent of people telling journalists that social media just might be a good way to prop up the work life. Oh, say, a decade…