Ponderings by Dan Ponder

Today’s article comes from the North Sea as our ship leaves Denmark and is headed to Norway.  The various shades of blue make the sky and sea seem to seem to blend as there are no clouds to be found anywhere today. Traveling in the Baltic Sea, particularly visiting St. Petersburg, Russia and Berlin, Germany…

Occasionally life hits me between the eyes with topics to write about. This past Friday, I enjoyed an article in The Wall Street Journal by Paula Marantz Cohen entitled “The Lost Art of the Apology Letter”.  (see below) Letter writing is a dying art in and of itself.  Writing an apology is something almost unknown…

It is such fun to watch your grandchildren grow up.  They remind you in many ways of your own childhood, though in many ways those two childhoods are very different. Each year at Thanksgiving, my brother and sister and I would beg our Grandfather to tell us stories of when he was a kid. Our…

My granddaughter, Laura, attended camp for the second time this Summer.   She attended a WinShape Camp at Young Harris College.  These wonderful camps were started by Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-Fil-A. My grandson, Henry, is off at his first camp this week.  Ironically, I attended my first camp the Summer before I started…

I slipped into the bathroom, closed the door and turned on the water. I waited a minute, turned the water off and then walked out to go to school. “Did you brush your teeth?”, she asked.  “Yes ma’am”, I replied before heading to school. That afternoon I unexpectedly found myself under interrogation at my Dad’s…

The world has been captivated by the heroic rescue of the 11 members and coach of the boys’ soccer team trapped in a deep and winding cave in the mountains of Northern Thailand.  The last of the 12 exited the mouth of cave about an hour ago.  It is such wonderful news that I cannot…

There is no doubt that we have become a sports crazed world.   Fans around the world are glued to the television all hours of the day and night as the World Cup is being played in Russia.  The enthusiasm of soccer fans seems to have no limit. The Super Bowl has become the single…

The temperature reached an even hundred degrees and with the humidity factored in the heat index was 107.  Savannah was like a steam bath this past weekend as hundreds of city officials and staff gathered for the Georgia Municipal Association’s annual meeting. Dozens of classes were offered over a four day period.  The subjects covered…

This was likely not the school that your parents attended.  There are no class reunions held annually or pleas to help with the annual fund drives. There is no known mascot, school colors or alma mater.  In fact, most reading this will have never heard of the once proud Southeastern Holiness University which was located…