Dan Ponder
Granddaddy John
Actually, I never had a Grandaddy John. However, my mother has a great friend named Bonnie, who had a stepfather named John. The children of ...
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Dan Ponder
The 4th of Forever
The 4th of July is a very important date to my family for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we celebrate the founding of ...
by Dan Ponder, Friday, July 9, 2021 10:33 am
Dan Ponder
Pass the Peas, Please
My wife, Mary Lou, and I were sitting out on the front porch with our neighbors a few days ago. ML and I had been ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:20 am
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Joyful, Joyful
The rainbow was framed between two cypress trees as I walked out on the dock at Compass Lake. It was a bit unexpected since it ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:35 am
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A Letter to my Dad
It is hard to believe, but this Friday, May 21st will be the twentieth anniversary of my Dad’s death. “Big Dan” was a huge part ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 1:22 pm
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To all the Mothers in our lives
It was just over 13 months ago that the pandemic disrupted the normal routines that we shared with our extended family. Holidays that had been ...
by Dan Ponder, Monday, May 17, 2021 8:58 am
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There is no script
It was almost 10 years after we met in Junior High School. My best friend had become my girlfriend and that day we walked across ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 10:15 am
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If it were all just that simple
Many things in life come in twos or threes. You never have one child get a cold. You almost never sneeze just once. I even ...
by Dan Ponder, Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:27 am
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Play Ball
In the past four days, I have seen five sporting events. I attended my first Auburn Softball Game which was an awesome experience even though ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, April 21, 2021 3:37 pm
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Food, Friends, Family
The tin of chocolate covered pecans came right on time, arriving around the first week of December. Some years we would open the package upon ...