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Category Archives: Tennessee
The Graveyard on Devil Step Island
My friend Adam and I had been planning to take his boat out on to Tims Ford Lake, and this Sunday seemed like the last possible day to do it until springtime. It was an unseasonably warm November day. Why … Continue reading
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Capone among us
This morning in McClurg, Jack Nance just told me a great story. Back in the 30s, he says, when Al Capone was being sent on his heavily-guarded way to the Atlanta Penitentiary for tax evasion, he went by way of … Continue reading
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Introduction to the revised edition of “Latin and Greek As Used at Sewanee”
From a Sewanee Features piece last year, some of you will know that I am planning on publishing (at some point in the near but as yet undetermined future) a revised edition of the little pamphlet, Latin and Greek as … Continue reading
Protected: Circumspice: Reflections in the Wren Chapel
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Protected: A Flavian Lady in Chattanooga
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Dead Armadillo
It was easier to see in the morning than it had been last night, when I swerved a little to avoid hitting it, the face-up dead armadillo on the street. The dogs and I walked by early today, and it … Continue reading
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A Scandal in Bohemia
Postscript, July 11. So we went to the opening of Rent in Tullahoma last night. It was a big and exuberant show, with some very strong performances, especially the female leads. Afterwards, there were tears and hugs afterward, all very … Continue reading
Rear-View
Dr. Christopher M. McDonough, At the request of the PROVINCETOWN ARTS magazine I have been asked to write a review of the recent biography of Tennessee Williams by John Lahr, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, For this review, … Continue reading
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The Butt-Millet Fountain, A Memorial Hidden in Plain Sight
I have written before about Major Archibald Butt, a notable alumnus of Sewanee who died heroically aboard the Titanic. That’s him to the right, together with President Taft, from a stained glass window in All Saints’ Chapel which commemorates the … Continue reading
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Sherwood, the Limestone Landscape
Last August, as part of Sewanee’s Finding Your Place program, I took my students down the mountain to Sherwood to visit the quarry and the Epiphany Mission church. The community is a proud and lively one and the experience of the … Continue reading