Sunday, February 22, 2026

Sunday Breakfast (Redux)

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The unmistakable sound of bacon frying in a heavy black iron skillet. Not the fast pop pop and sizzle sounds of bacon a blaze while cooking ...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Grandpa Your Truck Has Been Stolen Again!

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  Growing up a city boy, county life was a foreign world to me as a kid. When I was 16 my grandfather was trusting enough to let me drive ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Daytona (Redux)

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Living in the South you don't need to go too far to find racing's roots. If you headed south from Charlotte back in the day (pre I-7...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Old Joe

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I get a lot of grief about my Southern ways and view of the world. My life has been driven by the world as I see it and how I was raised. Be...
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Monday, January 5, 2026

Roadway (A Dog’s Story)

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A steady rain has turned the Pilot Truck Stop in Bowman, South Carolina into a concrete slab of humidity and dampness. As the rain soaks the...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Remembering Al Rousso at Christmas (Redux)

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This story was written a few years back but the "tradition" of shopping at the last minute continues....  My parents have been mar...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Christmas Eve with Percy Craven (Redux)

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  If your family is like mine, Christmas begins a week before Thanksgiving and runs well past New Year’s Day.  The weeks roar by, in a calli...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Hunting With Percy Craven

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It is more than a mile off the blacktop and down a winding gravel road to Percy's cabin at the lake. The road is bumpy yet soft thanks t...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Christmas in the South. Ugh!

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A few years back I wrote a letter (below) to the Editors at the Charlotte Observer. Who does that any more?  I was annoyed and perplexed b...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Billy Graham Traffic Stop

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The Reverend Billy Graham had arrived back home in Charlotte at the Charlotte Douglas International airport. There, curbside, a long white l...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Veterans Day 2025

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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 ...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Two Lane Black Top Highways

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Two lane highways were once considered the lifeline of our country, but today people would rather drive the interstate. Most will go out of ...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Injun Summer 1907 By John T. McCutcheon (Banned Since 1992)

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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...