#Trails August 17
n the past five months there have been lots of upticks in things people are engaging in. One of them is walking, hiking, cycling, or running on TRAILS. There has been a big movement...
Category: North Carolina
#Famous July 13
There are a lot of FAMOUS people who have not had an easy life. If you are from North Carolina, have some connection to textiles, are a historian on unionized labor, or like to...
#Forests July 7
Back in 2016 I discovered that North Carolina is home to some 200 types of trees including the long leaf pine. Here is a link to that post. Longleaf pine FORESTS were once one of the...
#Mansion June 4
There have been quite a few stories about the Executive MANSION in Raleigh NC over the past month. My post is not about the political motives of those protests but to relive a time...
#Airport May 29
I live in Robeson County, NC and on the western edge of our county lies an airport called Laurinburg/Maxton Airport. That place has history. Several years ago I read a book by Marv Levy...
#Church II May 17
I don’t like using the same title for my posts. I used CHURCH as my title on May 13. I am using it again. Today will be the 9th Sunday in a row I...
#Newspapers May 11
Khary McGhee is a friend of mine. He started out his career as a NEWSPAPER journalist but moved on to become a respected higher education administrator. He has worked at Duke and is currently...
#Bars April 27
For many colleges the next couple of weeks will be the end of classes for the semester. That would usually mean some college students would frequent their favorite BAR to celebrate the end of...
#National Guard April 19
In early April many states contemplated whether to deploy the National Guard to deal with some part of CORID-19 pandemic. I really wanted to understand what makes this military division different from other branches...
#Films April 16
Watching movies and FILMS on some type of streaming platform have become a very popular family activity during COVID-19. In fact for most Americans it has become the most popular form of entertainment. Roku...
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