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Thu, Jul 03 2008 

Jim Atwell

More from the general store

Once, back in 18th-century England, Samuel Johnson was bouncing along in a crowded coach, heading for a town some distance from his beloved London. He was probably deep in thought, ignoring whatever scenery was beyond the open windows. (A stolid urbanite, he once described the countryside as unused space between towns.)....more>>

  • Time for talking turkey
    No telling what conversation topics will arise when The Gathered Sages assemble for coffee at the Fly Creek General Store. I guess I shouldn’t say “assemble,” since participants wander in, fill cups, sit or stand awhile to trade views and quips, then head out the door, almost always after paying.

  • In for the long haul ...
    You know the truism: You really can’t lay claim to your own house till you’ve owned it at least a half century.

  • Forget the name, the place is great
    It’s just too hot to look through about 800 past columns, but I’m pretty sure that in all of them I’ve never done a bona-fide restaurant review. There are great places to eat around here, and not-so-great, too; but you don’t need me to sort them out.

  • A flash of orange gone
    Owen beat the odds for a country cat. He lived to be 16 and, though lame toward the end, managed to avoid foxes and coyotes, and even bobcats that will run right up a tree after a house cat.

  • Tail end of a long line
    When I sit on our back porch, with or without a glass of something iced in hand, I can look down the lawn, past the back of the barn, and all the way down the end of our east pasture. That’s about a football field’s length. The three ewes, when they’re all the way down there, show only their backs as they drift through the lush grass.

  • A soft tangle of meanings
    I shouldn’t call him “Jack.” For 30 years he’s been John L. McLaughlin, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, now former president of the Maryland Psychological Association, a respected community leader down in Laurel, Md.

  • Old friends, come and gone
    I overreached myself at the Cooperstown Rotary luncheon a couple of weeks ago. My intentions were good, but I think that I left some Rotarians confused about a number of things, including my national origin.

  • Longfellow, across the years
    Thanks, friends, for your
    reactions to my recent column
    on learning language.

  • A Gift of Tongues ...
    Jim Atwell is taking a week off from writing his column for the Crier. Therefore, we are running one of his personal favorites.

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