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July 14, 2008
Bob Sanders: Ice cream, potatoes, and old cousins
Sorry I missed it. According to Baby Sister on the phone, there was a real homemade ice cream-eating get-together up at Uncle Kent’s old place.
July 09, 2008
Bob Sanders: The old way of getting news was better
I worry about magazines and newspapers. I like the way they used to be.
June 16, 2008
Bob Sanders: AU Theater takes me back to school
Got a card from the Auburn University Theatre Department informing me about the theatre menu for the summer.
June 10, 2008
Bob Sanders: Life’s firsts memorable
I got to thinking about some life shaping “firsts” in my life. For instance, there was my first train ride.
May 27, 2008
Bob Sanders: Tex, the ‘Choo-Choo’ and Miller
I tend to categorize things. In this case, think of non-singing singers. When I think of one, I think of the others.
May 19, 2008
Bob Sanders: Grandma was a true puritan
Oh, Grandma, Grandma, how could you do such a thing? Grandma meant well; I’ll guarantee you. She was as holy a lady as you’re likely to find, a Puritan.
May 12, 2008
Bob Sanders: Railroads paved way for truckers
Once upon a time, long, long ago, we, Alabama, this country, had a fantastic network of railroads. Almost every hamlet had a railroad running by or through it.
May 05, 2008
bob Sanders: Spring was the time to plow
Spring finally came, and brought with it a gush of memories. At the Geneva Street Think Tank, in between solving problems about health care and the economy and Iraq, Willie said, “There ain’t many of us left who remember ‘how it was.’”
April 28, 2008
Bob Sanders: Cars often the same, despite price
I love cars. Not racing cars or hot rods, but just cars, old ones and new ones.
April 21, 2008
Bob Sanders: Rheta writes circles around us
You know Rheta Grimsley Johnson. She’s been a regular here as a reporter and/or columnist since Gutenberg invented printing.
April 14, 2008
Bob Sanders: Major League lessons learned
I’d never heard of Bill James before I saw him on 60 Minutes, but I was impressed. He believes some things about baseball that I’ve been saying for years.
April 05, 2008
Bob Sanders: Lucky Strike more than cigarettes
There’s a Honda commercial that talks about the good qualities of Honda cars, and so forth. It ends with something like, “And as a Lucky Strike extra, you get 35 miles per gallon of gas.”
March 31, 2008
Bob Sanders: Of panthers, jaguars and leopards
The biggest cat in North America is known by many names: catamount, cougar, mountain lion, panther and puma. All the same beast. It’s usually called a panther in the Southeast. Bomba the Jungle Boy (a South American Tarzan-type) had one for a pet. He called it a puma.
March 03, 2008
Bob Sanders: Need a lawyer? Call my uncle
We were talking about Uncle Kelley ...
February 25, 2008
Bob Sanders: Uncle Kelley a man of many talents
Rheta Johnson recently wrote about the joys and hazards of being the favorite aunt of her brother’s three children. That reminded me: We haven’t talked about Uncle Kelley in a long time. I can’t possibly do the subject justice in 550 words, so this will be a two-parter.
February 19, 2008
Nothing like a night at the movie theater
A body never knows. I now have proof that I am not the only person in the outside world with roots in Lamar County.
February 11, 2008
Bob Sanders: Mules were different, necessary
Lately, this confounded computer has made me think a lot about mules. I maintain that a computer can cause more cussin’ than a mule ... and that’s a lot. Amazingly, there are people with normal walkin’ around sense who don’t even know what a mule is. Shame on them.
February 04, 2008
Bob Sanders: I’ve got a book for all trivia buffs
Another part of ... things you need to know if we are to have a decent conversation. If you are a trivia addict, let’s continue.
