After 30 years, Olympic memories still flicker

Atop an oak bookcase in my office sits the Olympic torch that I carried in 1996. Photo submitted by Dink NeSmith.
Atop an oak bookcase in my office sits the Olympic torch that I carried in 1996. Photo submitted by Dink NeSmith.

One touch.

That’s all it takes.

And I’m back in the middle of Georgia’s hosting the Centennial Olympics.

I keep the metal tube—with its intricate engravings and wooden handle—on an oak bookcase in my off…