Category: People

#Recognize January 12

Our society often places a value on the ability to be RECOGNIZED. There is a even a rating called a Q Score which measures how familiar or RECOGNIZABLE someone is. Apparently being on TV...

#Vanna January 11

North Myrtle Beach (NMB) SC is just 75 minutes away from my house in North Carolina. It was formed in 1968 by merging four beach communities into one. NMB became a reality by the...

#Turducken November 23

Friends that know me realize on Thanksgiving for the past 20 plus years I have fried lots of turkeys for friends and family. I was taught the art of turkey frying by a friend...

#JoeGallagher November 19

One of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of UNC Pembroke Athletics has to be Joe Gallagher. When you look at his accomplishments you realize he was an AUGUST (30 Day Vocabulary Challenge) competitor. A 1968 graduate of UNC Pembroke,...

#Letter October 26

One of the features of almost every newspaper is a LETTER to the Editor. Probably the most common LETTER to the Editor (LTE) category is having the writer urge elected officials to make their...

#Oracle October 20

Over the course of the past couple of weeks I have stumbled on to several articles profiling Warren Buffett who is referred to as the ORACLE of Omaha. Buffett turned 90 on August 30th of this past...

#HomeBrew October 16

 I am on a quest to sample, drink, or consume 1,000 unique beers in my life. This journey began in 2014. I am currently siting at 950 and track each new beer on Untapped. The pandemic...

#Enduring September 29

Do you ever wonder if today is going to be a good day? Sometimes a friend can make it a good day. Last week I read something that resonated with me about friendship. It...

#Telegraph September 19

My mind works sometimes in strange ways. I was watching a football game and the color commentator said the Quarterback TELEGRAPHED that pass to the defense. It made me wonder about Samuel Morse and his invention...

#Flashback September 18

I have been having memory FLASHBACKS of various people over the past two weeks. Don’t know what is causing it but when it happens I try to reflect. The other day I was driving...