Bartow Houston, Author at Washington Daily News

Columns

Write Again…When you wish upon a star

“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears; a world of hopes, and a world of fears. There’s so much that we share, that ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 11:26 am

Columns

Write Again…And that, friends, is why

He felt really lucky to be alive. Just surviving the sinking of the ship he was on during unimaginably terrifying storm induced seas seemed miraculous. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:03 pm

Columns

Write Again…It really is a small world

Interesting are those things – coincidences, maybe? – which reminds us it really is a small world. Eine kleine welt. Please let me, then, share ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:04 pm

Columns

Write Again…It was the perfect season

Sports. Athletics. My days of playing, then coaching, are in my rear view mirror now. There was a day, though, although now in my very ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:18 pm

Columns

Write Again…The Bingham School subjects

Sarah Paul Cox, aka Sally, aka (by me) my incomparable first wife, is the granddaughter of the late Albert Mayhew Paul, on her maternal side ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:47 am

Columns

Write Again…Here’s to your good health

From time to time I run across, or am sent, items clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other sources that might well lend itself to a ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 3:32 pm

Columns

Write Again…Those were her happy years

In my “first life” as a columnist (1970 to the late 1980s) from time to time I wrote about my growing up years here in ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:42 pm

Columns

Write Again…It was a very special call

It would be my view that artists (all mediums) and writers (of all genres) aren’t immune to enjoying a bit of recognition from others. It ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 2:06 pm

Columns

Write Again…The wrong side of the “law”

It happened in the spring of 1957. A Saturday. In Grimesland. Oh, yes. In the small, very small town of Grimesland, is where we – ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:13 pm

Columns

Write Again…It happened in my lifetime

Significant. Historic. There are things, events, times that are truly important. Some are almost beyond mortal man’s ability to fully comprehend. So here – some ... Read more