Writings

Have You Seen This Team? Call MLB Now!

Missing: One major league baseball team. Answers to the name of Atlanta Braves. Last seen April 28 after win over ...

Boswell and Johnson Walk Into a Bookstore: May 16, 1763

On Monday, May 16, 1763, 261 years ago this week, young James Boswell was introduced to Samuel Johnson at Thomas ...

The Freshest Advices, May 10, 2024

Hello again. It’s been 8 months since I’ve written in this space (not counting two editorials), so it’s good to ...

George Washington and The Road Not Taken

This first appeared as an editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday, February 19, 2024. Percy Shelley wrote that power ...

Prisoner #9653 For President

A shorter version of this essay first appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, and can be ...

S7E7 Podcast: What Do You See? An Interview with Author Jeryn Alise Turner

Stan’s guest this week is best-selling author Jeryn Turner, who discusses her writing life, her upbringing, books, and the inspiration ...

The Freshest Advices, September 1, 2023

As I type these words here in my office atop the Jepson House in beautiful downtown Savannah, Hurricane Ida Lupino ...

Commonplace Book, July 28, 2023

Notes from my recent reading…. “Spring and winter look ahead, autumn looks back, but summer is most at home in ...