By Jack Sparacino Well, everyone knows what fish are. “Schtick” is a Yiddish word with several meanings, including routine or bit as in showbiz and a cunning or deceitful action or device; it can also refer to a prank or [...]
By Jack Sparacino Isn’t it comforting, the old expression that “with age comes wisdom.” Given the millions of things I have yet to figure out, maybe we need to launch an adage re-visitation team (A.R.T.) to see if this saying [...]
By Jack Sparacino What’s not to like about the best of show business, especially when so much of the national and world news is so discouraging and stress in everyday life never goes away? We grow up looking forward to [...]
By Jack Sparacino I love rice. One really nice thing about coming to the Lowcountry was discovering the wonderful local rice. Having never before lived in an area that produced rice, I couldn’t resist doing a little research on the [...]
By Jack Sparacino Recently, I wrote about 10 of my favorite biographies as a wonderful educational window on American history. The reaction from readers was encouraging, so I’d like to offer up 10 more of my favorites. This time, they’re [...]
By Jack Sparacino Well, here comes 2012 at warp speed and with it another opportunity for all of us to consider those pesky New Year’s resolutions. I now prefer to think of them as goals which can be written almost [...]
By Jack Sparacino While enjoying a piece of (you guessed it) sliced bread recently, it occurred to me that mankind really has made progress lately, despite all the doom and gloom in the news. We’ve been fortunate, it seems, to [...]
By Jack Sparacino For many fortunate people, life is good. Others look forward to attaining or regaining that state. For all of us, a few things added to our lives, both simple and more lofty, might just make the world [...]
By Jack Sparacino One of the first things you notice when moving to the Lowcountry, or probably the South in general, is the nice upgrade in politeness if not overall manners. Compared to New England, for example. It prompted me [...]
Or Why I Can’t Be in the Fishing Hall of Fame By Jack Sparacino Lots of fishing reports focus on how well the people did and their excellent techniques. I’ve done well over the years and had a ball but [...]
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