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>>
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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