Archive for November, 2005

Book Review/Golfing With God

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Golfing With God By Roland Merullo Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hardcover $23.95
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
It would come as no surprise to the millions of golfers around the world that God is an avid golfer, nor that God finds golf his only relaxation after minding the universe. Golfers have long [...]

Finding the body under the Christmas tree

Monday, November 28th, 2005

By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
You can’t deny it, Christmas is just three weeks from now. I love the season, but it always comes upon me before I am ready.
I was surprised at a family Thanksgiving celebration when one of my granddaughters said she wanted her boyfriend to come to the family gathering, [...]

It was just something in the air

Monday, November 21st, 2005

By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here column Air travel has enough problems today without me adding to the list, but just having traversed the continent from West to East then returning East to West, I think air travel has more problems than just a potential terrorist threat. It is dangerous to your health.
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Book Review/She’s All Eyes

Friday, November 18th, 2005

She’s All Eyes Memoirs of an Irish-American Daughter By Maura Conlon-McIvor Warner Books Paperback $13.95
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review Book titles are always intriguing, but in the case of "She’s All Eyes," the title of the paperback released on Friday, Oct. 28, was not the original title of the book. It was first published [...]

Ten reason why wives nag their husbands

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

As a newspaper columnist, I get some of the strangest e-mails. For example, Maryjean Anderson of Tenmile, Ore. likes to end her e-mails with Tada, Tada, Tada, Tada, Tada and always with four exclamation marks. I guess you could say that is her trademark.
She tried to slip one by me the other day by using [...]

Spreading a little Pimiento Cheese on Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Everybody knows that Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday and it will be this year on Thursday, Nov. 24, but not in the Duncan household. We are celebrating it with children and grandchildren and great grandchildren in Eugene on Saturday, Nov. 19. It will actually be at the home of my granddaughter, Sarah Beth Byrum.
The [...]