Category Archives: Tennessee

The Graveyard on Devil Step Island

Posted on November 6, 2017 by

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

Posted on October 27, 2017 by

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”

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

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 →

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Protected: Circumspice: Reflections in the Wren Chapel

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

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Posted in Bible, Boston, Classics, Education, Emblems, England, Tennessee, The South

Protected: A Flavian Lady in Chattanooga

Posted on February 2, 2016 by

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Posted in Classics, Italy, Rome, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee, The South

Dead Armadillo

Posted on September 26, 2015 by

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

Posted on July 3, 2015 by

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 →

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Rear-View

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

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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Protected: The Butt-Millet Fountain, A Memorial Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on January 31, 2015 by

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Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Military, Nautical, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee

Twilight of the Demigods: Review of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”

Posted on October 20, 2014 by

This review originally appeared in the Classical Association of the Middle West and S oth (CAMWS) Newsletter, Spring 2010; I’m re-posting it in light of Rebecca Mead’s recent New Yorker article, “The Percy Jackson Problem,” of October 22, 2014 It … Continue reading →

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