Monthly Archives: May 2020

Long Return to “Normal”

As summer looms ahead, sports fans and everyone else for that matter are impatiently waiting for a return to the normal sporting activities of warm weather. June 1st seems to be the target date that most sports activities are using as their return to regular schedule. The NFL has named … Read More

Make the Call

My friend’s voice on the call I answered was full of song: “I love, you, I love you, I love you…!” I laughed to hear it; it was a song from an artist I had introduced to her musical preferences long ago, one that we have loved and shared over … Read More

Just the Facts . . .

Fact is defined as “a thing that is known or has been proved to be true.” Digging for facts is a way of life for me and in 22 years of writing this column I have unearthed hundreds of them. Some I suspected, but others came as a complete surprise. … Read More

Daytona Beach, Henry Ford, John Dillinger and Bonnie & Clyde, Part 2

As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Henry Ford had early connections to auto racing’s two biggest cities: Indianapolis and Daytona. And despite his straight-laced appearance, Boy Scout demeanor and pious reputation, he also had connections to some of the biggest names in the history of crime. Those connections … Read More