Posts by Steve Alm
Fireworks Flotilla
Fireworks Flotilla By Steve Alm Good end of the day, fellow Patriots! What a 4th! Waited for Sam and Ev’s (daughter-in-law and son) boat at the Palmetto Bay Marina boat launch; met the boat and headed up Broad Creek to the Shelter Cove fireworks launch site with about 100 other boats. Remember the pictures…
Read MoreThe Shore
The Shore By Steve Alm Worked half a day then took an 8 mile bike ride in 88 degree sun. A little more than half way through, I stopped at the Tiki Hut, a Hilton Head beach bar, to hear my favorite group, Cornbred, play some tunes. When they got to The Boys Are Back…
Read MoreMen of the Sea
MEN OF THE SEA – A CHANTEY OF VALOR Sit back me hearties, listen to me . I’ve a tale of bravery and honor, a tale of the sea. Four rugged venturers I’ll place in your ken. To your children and their children you’ll talk of these men. Two from MD and two from PA,…
Read MoreThe Direction of Human Civility
THE DIRECTION OF HUMAN CIVILITY By Steve Alm Property of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review In public discourse, it is imprudent to raise generalities habitually applied to members of demographic groups in order to differentiate them by means of making them less than the speaker. We know this through experience and enlightenment. We have come to…
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