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Project is (well) done
We finally finished our home renovation project for this year.When I say "we," I mean Lee Brady, our handyman extraordinaire who carefully planned, thought out, reworked and then executed, some...
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Yogi
In a shoe box full of Mickey Mantles, Roberto Clementes, Hank Aarons and Willie Mays's, the one baseball card that intrigued me the most was my Yogi Berra card.I think it was because of his name. His,...
View ArticleWell, it's new to us
Who in the world drives 200 miles to buy a used car?Apparently, we do.Kim had been in the market for a new (to her) car for about, umm, 10 years. She'd been driving her faithful 1994 Mustang...
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Hurricane party
All the signs were there:The super moon at high tide. The incessant rain. The growing Cat 4 hurricane hovering a few hundred miles offshore.What could it possibly mean?Road trip! Of...
View ArticleMy reading list (cont'd)
A few years ago I registered for a library card, and nothing's been quite the same since.I started reading books voraciously. Not that I hadn't before. But my reading list back in the day was mostly...
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My friend Jim
For an award that is so prestigious, it's a curious thing that there have been a whopping 17,810 recipients since the first Order of the Long Leaf Pine was issued by Gov. Terry Sanford back in June...
View ArticleWhew, that went well
Sometimes, a minor miracle can pop up when you least expect it.That's usually about the time you need one the most.Ours happened Saturday night during the 14th annual Davidson County Sports Hall of...
View ArticleAnother Barbecue Festival
For some reason that I can't rightly explain, I still enjoy The Barbecue Festival after all these years.All 32 of them. Consecutively.I haven't missed a single festival. Part of that is because for...
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A good skate
The conversation started off innocently enough.Sandy Andrews, my colleague at NewBridge Bank (where I work part time) and I were just having a casual little chit chat when it came out that I had been a...
View ArticleIt makes me wonder
I'm currently reading a library book called "Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America."No, it's not about Warren Buffett or Bill Gates or Donald Trump or even Andrew Carnegie or Cornelius...
View ArticleParis
In view of the recent atrocities in Paris, I'm trying to figure out the nature of terrorism.Specifically, what's the point behind the bombing, killing, maiming of concert goers, or machine gunning...
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Bucket list check-off
I have this bucket list — things I hope to accomplish before I die — that apparently I have been working on all my life.I've been to the Grand Canyon and hiked down to the Colorado River. I've seen...
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Word play
My past as a poem reading drawing card at HRO.A few weeks ago I posted a picture of myself on Facebook reading some of my original poetry during Open Mic Night at High Rock Outfitters. I posted it as a...
View ArticleMy steak out
Curiously, my unexpected brush with the high life continues.Just a couple of weeks removed from having smoked my one and only Cuban cigar ever, I was recently treated to a fist-sized portion of...
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A simpler Christmas
Kim and I probably have been heading in this direction for several years without conscious intent.When the first week in Advent arrives, I hang our Moravian Star on the front porch. I take down our...
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Lifting the light
For the first time in several years, Kim and I were able to get away for a Christmas Eve lovefeast and candlelight service.Work had always gotten in the way before, but not this time. A change in...
View ArticlePanthers need to be smart
If the Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons today, they'll be 15-0 and the quest for an undefeated season will continue.I hope they're smart about it.The ultimate goal, of course, is to win the...
View ArticleNew Year cheer
The New Year for us arrived wrapped in cream cheese dip, with some pretzel thins, lite beer and cheap champagne.Oh, yeah. And with a boatload of our friends.I think that's the way you're supposed to do...
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Coming of age
How many coming of age milestones are there in a lifetime? A driver's license (age 16)? The right to vote (18)? Your first (legal) drink (21)? Your first meaningful kiss (fill in age here)? You can add...
View ArticleA billion reasons
For one, brief incorrigible moment, I lost sight of myself:I thought I had a chance to win $1.5 billion in last week's Powerball lottery.Well, I did have a chance. Just like you: It was one in almost...
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