Rugby Caching

Several months ago John Kaup asked if I would do a geocaching workshop for Paris Mountain State Park’s Fourth Saturday program.  The appointed Saturday came around, so I headed up to the park with all of my GPSs, laptops, etc, in tow for the workshop. I planned to do a repeat of the workshop I’d [...]

Posted by Tom on January 29th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Entertainment, Geocaching and Maps

Lessons and Carols

Sunday afternoon Laura and I attended the Service of Lessons and Carols at Furman. For the past 15 years, the Furman Chamber Choir has been presenting the program in Daniel Chapel. Tickets are incredibly hard to obtain, and we were lucky enough to get a couple of the 5:00 service. As a choir director I’ve [...]

Posted by Tom on December 13th, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Local, Music

Sustainability, Greenability, and Misunderstandings

Three seemingly unrelated tales of environmental misunderstanding… When I was playing disc golf at Furman Sunday afternoon I noticed something unusual. There were weeds everywhere and the place looked badly overgrown. This was most noticeable around several of the park benches and picnic tables around the lake. Furman usually keeps immaculate grounds. Not a blade [...]

Posted by Tom on August 23rd, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

Disc Golf at Furman

Back last spring Furman University put up an official disc golf course. Sunday was a beautiful (albeit, hot) day, so I decided to spend the afternoon playing a round. Background As a student here a quarter of a century ago we played quite a lot of Frisbee golf. We used standard-sized Frisbees (there was no [...]

Posted by Tom on August 23rd, 2010 | 3 Comments Posted in Entertainment, Local

Furman Singers and the End of an Era

Tuesday night Laura and I attended the Furman Singers’ concert. It was the last tour concert with Dr. Bingham Vick at the helm. This May Vick will retire from Furman after 40 years as a professor there. In most respects the concert was typical of the Singers’ tour concerts. The first half featured major choral [...]

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Posted by Tom on March 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Local, Music
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