It is Shakespeare Week here at “Ross All Over the Map.”Last night my wife and I went to The New American Shakespeare Tavern to see a great performance of Twelfth Night with new Atlanta friends. Today I am finishing up the Henriad (Richard II, Henry IV, part one, Henry IV, part two, and Henry V) […]
“Ross All Over the Map” Turns One: Time to Get Off The Lounge Chair
Today is the first anniversary of “Ross All Over the Map.” For the last month or so I have posted very little—I have taken a short sabbatical of sorts; however, as I begin to set my sights on a new school year, I am ready to get back to it. I am ready to get […]
Approaching a Mystery: A Shaft of Shade and Lightning Over the Ocean
I have become so used to getting immediate responses. I bet you have too.So when I looked at this picture in the moments after I took it earlier this week using “Instagram” and my iPhone, I wanted an instant answer to the shaded column dissecting the middle of the photograph, yet instead the mystery just […]
The Jargon Society | Musings …about Barbecue by the Late Jonathan Williams
The Jargon Society | Musings. …THE TRUE, ONLY, AND MOST SECRETENTRANCE TO HOG HEAVEN by Jonathan WilliamsI have only eaten at Ridgewood once and it was many years ago. If you have been reading this blog over the last year, you know I have a love for Carolina Barbecue. If you like the stuff, click the […]
Travel Post from Norris Lake: The Walk Outside Our Door
I wrote a blog in December entitled, “Travel Post From Atlanta: The Walk Outside Our Door,” in which I argued one doesn’t have to get far away to get away. We have been spending the last week on Norris Lake in East Tennessee. This is a place that is as familiar to us as our […]
Found: The Right Guitar Shop in Atlanta
I love guitar shops, and over the years I have dropped significant cash in them. Guitar Works in Richmond, VA, Barr’s Fiddle Shop in Galax, VA, McIntyre Guitars in Charlotte, NC (now defunct, I think, as Doug McIntyre it seems is focused purely on selling acoustic instrument pickups these days), The Bluegrass Center (defunct now as […]