By John on Aug 3, 2008 in Books, Culture, Featured, Fun Stuff, Places, Society, Southern | 2 Comments
The most recent book I’m “listening to” from my Audible.com subscription is David Sedaris’ When You Are Engulfed in Flames. It’s a collection of essays on the banalities of life. I was listening to one of his essays this past week during a drive to St. Pete, and it stirred up some strong memories about one of the best places I lived for some years. In his essay, Sedaris talks about an experience he had living in a rooming house in Chapel Hill, NC when he was between attending school. This reminded me of living in Gray Court Apartments in Winston-Salem, NC.
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By John on Jun 5, 2008 in Culture, Family, Featured, Kings Mountain, Places, Southern | 1 Comment
I’m from a small town, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, just across the South Carolina state line. It’s right off Interstate 85. Recently my Mom sent me a clipping from the local paper. The main article on clipped page was about an effort to restore the downtown local theater. This started me thinking back to the downtown where I grew up, and considering how it’s changed.
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By John on Nov 14, 2007 in Culture, Gay Issues, Religion, Right Wingnuts, Society, Southern | 0 Comments
The North Carolina State Baptist Convention claims that it allows for autonomy for their local churches, and has only a few requirements for membership in state convetion…mainly that you send money and hate homosexuals. Well, the members of Myers Park Baptist Church had decided to be Christian rather than Southern Baptist in their thinking, so today the Executive Committee found this church is not “in friendly cooperation with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina” and today the membership as a whole gave Myers Park Baptist the boot. The decided to not go without comment…
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By John on Oct 26, 2007 in Culture, Family, Southern | 0 Comments
I read an article on MSNBC a few days back about a small but growing practice of “home funerals.” It’s touted as a way for people to reclaim their death rituals. Having been a funeral director in the past, the title certainly caught my eye.
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By John on Apr 13, 2007 in Culture, Family, Kings Mountain, Places, Southern, Tampa | 0 Comments
Each year since I’ve purchased the house in Tampa, I’ve had spring announced by a tapping on the sliding glass door at the dining room. Several weeks ago, just as has happened every year previous, I’ll be sitting in the office and start hearing an unusual tapping. I always forget what it is.
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By John on Jan 22, 2007 in Culture, Movies, Politics, Southern | 0 Comments
Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.
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By John on Nov 27, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, General, Holidays, Kings Mountain, Mobile, Movies, Places, Southern, St. Petersburg, Technology, Weather | 0 Comments
We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.
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By John on Jul 20, 2006 in Culture, Places, Politics, Southern, Tampa | 1 Comment
Front porches, I am convinced, represent such a solid contribution to a reclaiming of community spirit that our government should provide whatever incentives are at its disposal to foster the construction of real front porches.
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By John on Apr 10, 2006 in Culture, Fun Stuff, Humor, Southern | 0 Comments
Some good southern humor from a friendly New Orleans native.
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