Scott Graber
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You can’t find it on a map anymore
I have a book, “Ancient and Medieval Warfare”, written by the West Point Department of History (1984) describing ancient battles like Dara, Cannae and…
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Sometimes a train wreck is just a train wreck
It is Saturday morning, overcast and momentarily temperate. This morning I’ve got a cup of Eight O’Clock coffee — Brazilian Breakfast — and a…
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Mature trees often but apparently not always assets
By Scott Graber It is Saturday, early, and I’m in our darkened dining room looking out on a wet deck. Sometime during the night…
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‘There ain’t no way to stop the water’
It is Friday and I’m in Port Royal. It’s raining. But that heat-breaking, grass-greening rain carries a sense of dread. These summer days we…
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Living between two of America’s best cities isn’t obvious
It is Sunday, and I’m in Port Royal. It is early, warm, and by 10:30 it will be certifiably hot, unwise and unlawful to…