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Untitled 22 Aug 2013 | 02:36 pm
Daughter Ashley hitches a ride with trainer-driver Edna Tracy. It's difficult to believe this was 40 years ago Because I’m a fan of horse racing, Jack, by eldest son, sent me a roster of famous stan...
Untitled 30 Jul 2013 | 11:06 pm
A heaven-sent anniversary gift Micki Strickland has more friends than most, and I count myself fortunate to be one of them. We’re both Facebook and personal friends. Micki owns a lounge in Myrtle Bea...
Untitled 28 Jun 2013 | 10:18 pm
A little `Big Boy,' but just wait Aware of my past love for gardening, family friend Julie Hutto bestowed upon me a tomato plant several weeks ago. It was in its infancy, so to speak, but soon requi...
Untitled 20 Jun 2013 | 01:30 am
God will usually surprise you Blessings often come in small packages. That’s how it was for my baby sister, Pat. She had reared nine children, eight her own and the ninth adopted. God sent her Madiso...
Untitled 19 Jun 2013 | 12:03 am
Sabbatical over, it's back to work My sabbatical has ended; therefore, I must return to my blog. In academic circles, I believe a sabbatical (with pay) is earned after an indeterminate number of year...
Untitled 12 Sep 2011 | 06:49 am
`Distressed,' not worn out My worn-out jeans, with frayed knees and bloused flies, seem to be in vogue now. I bought two pairs seven or eight years ago and flat wore them out, to the extent that I wa...
A beautiful plant with an appetite 18 Apr 2011 | 08:41 am
Ashley (my daughter) has a blog site and checking on it a few days ago, I came across the above image. It zoomed me back to my early teen years in Wilmington, N.C., where I first encountered the Venus...
A classic trip to the beach to end the year 2 Feb 2011 | 02:08 am
Suzanne Lane and her father, Keith, are joined by Roger Bradford, who played high school sports for Keith in North Carolina. I’m a little late—make that extremely late—with this, but Ashley, Gordon, ...
Sally Lunan sings 'Four,' courtesy of Joe Chinnes 13 Jan 2011 | 05:30 am
When I converted my late wife Sally’s demo tape to my computer, I didn’t separate the five songs, so I was stuck with one file. However, I wanted to separate the song, “Four,” and maybe put it on my b...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 23 Dec 2010 | 04:29 am
Christmas season always reminds me of my freshman year at the University of South Carolina. I was working the 4-10 p.m. shift as a soda jerk at Baker’s Drug Store, a kind of institution in a down-scal...
