by John D. Pierce | Jun 28, 2011 | Opinion
Volunteer Bill Allen shows visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium the proper way to touch stingrays and sharks.By John Pierce Our daughter Meredith’s first part-time job was at a delicious barbecue restaurant in Macon, Ga. After nearly three weeks of serving up the...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 24, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Convention hotels always have ballrooms. They are familiar destinations for over-priced banquets with rubberized chicken. However, the ballrooms of the Marriott Waterside in Tampa this week are hosting, well, ballroom dancing. In fact, it is a...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Bees working an oakleaf hydrangea by John PierceBy John Pierce National Pollinator Week is upon us once again and I hope you are making big plans. Even if not, the most unaware benefits greatly from nature’s some 200,000 pollinators whose good work provide the...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 9, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Our younger daughter has a new inflatable pool float. At least that’s what we think it is. After pumping air into the new ‘whatever,’ she exclaimed: “Well, what is it?” I inquired. She pointed to an imprint on the...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 7, 2011 | Opinion
Whitefield Chapel By John Pierce Whitefield Chapel, on the Bethesda Orphanage (now Academy) campus in Savannah, Ga., is named for the founder of this oldest, continuous charity in North America. One of the best-known figures of the 18th century, evangelist George...
