Dan Ponder
Thanksgiving 2021
It is time for my yearly Thanksgiving column, where I try to briefly outline some of the things I am thankful for during the past ...
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The Wrong Side of the Tracks
Many people have heard the phrase “living on the wrong side of the tracks”. It has generally been used to refer to the location of ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:36 am
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For All the Saints
Some Sundays seem more significant than others. It probably should not be that way, but it is. This past Sunday was All Saints Sunday. It ...
by Dan Ponder, Monday, November 15, 2021 10:02 am
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My first pedicure
I confess that after writing some 600 columns I never thought that I would write about a pedicure, much less have one. This past week ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 10:11 am
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Who gets the last word?
This past week my wife and I enjoyed the Lantern Tour at Pine hills Cemetery, Auburn’s oldest burial ground. Pine Hills holds the remains of ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:20 am
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The Best Hamburger in the World
I could profess to have some credibility in this area. My brother, Ernest, and I built, owned, and operated 38 Hardee’s Restaurants. Many might say ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:01 am
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The road to nowhere
The hot mineral springs were discovered when the Sealy brothers were drilling for oil in the 1920’s just below Cottonwood, Alabama, my boyhood home. They ...
by Dan Ponder, Thursday, October 7, 2021 9:23 am
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Row, row, row your boat
I always put a note card and a pen in my shirt pocket when I head to church. I might jot down the name of ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 1:01 pm
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Our New Best Friend
The Auburn – Penn State game last Saturday was quite an experience. My wife, Mary Lou, and I used the game as an excuse to ...
by Dan Ponder, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:56 am
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Put the toilet seat down
At the end of last week’s column, which was posted on Facebook, I asked what lessons from their childhood the readers of this column still ...