Sunday, November 24, 2024

Dr. Roger McIntire a Life Well Lived

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Dr. Roger McIntire, my uncle passed last night he was 89. There of course will be a long and thoughtful obituary. It will likely even appear...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Update

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I've updated the blog roll and in doing so discovered that many of those I followed but who have passed away their blogs live on. Others...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Veterans Day 2024

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Today is Veterans Day. One of our lesser holidays that we note each year, but always seem to forget the real purpose behind as it is often ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

"Freedoms Being Lost" 1979

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The more things change the more they stay the same.  45 years ago on this day, November 5 back in 1979 the following speech was given by an ...
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Friday, November 1, 2024

The Last Voter (Revisted)

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I posted this nearly a decade ago but I liked it, felt it was worth sharing and well it is my show and so I'm posting it again. Hope you...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The Legend of Master Trooper Darrell Higgins (Redux)

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The unmistakable black and silver markings of a North Carolina State Trooper’s cruiser came into view for only a brief moment as the car slo...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Everett Wilson a Halloween Tale (Redux)

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I wrote this several years ago. Spending much of my life in the South Carolina "Lowcountry" where there is a wonderful tradition o...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Andrea Gail October 28, 1991

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Few things have stuck with me like the story of Andrea Gail.  In 1997 Sebastian Junger's book was released and in 2000 the motion pictur...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Injun Summer 1907 By John T. McCutcheon (Redux)

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In 1907 these two cartoon panels debuted in the Chicago Tribune. This artwork and accompanying story written in 1900's simple folk speak...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Miss America - The Castellos

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She was some kind of renegade Born on a summer day Fireworks in her eyes She was wild child seventeen Growing up evergreen Headed west for t...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

9/11 Ladder 118

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There are 100s of iconic photos from 9/11 but this one remains forever as the image that haunts me.  Ladder Company 118 crossing the Brookly...