This past September, I wrote a column to serve as a tentative goodbye, should my time at The Dominion Post be coming to an end. As it turned out, that farewell was unwarranted. Today, my friends, it’s for real. After many, many years wearing many, many hats here at the paper, the ...
I have a ridiculous amount of stuff going on right now. I won’t get into the details today, but will probably share more about it next week. Suffice to say, I haven’t had a whole lot of TV time lately. My evenings are spent on my laptop, or my phone – or, more often than not, ...
A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more folks getting outside to avoid crowds and potential contagion, a trend started where people would leave these ...
It’s crazy how the world works. Every morning, we wake up, believing we know what the next 24 hours will bring. Some mornings, we’re right. Others, we couldn’t be more wrong. Today — the day I sit and write this column — was one of the latter. And it wasn’t exactly ...
Every summer, I climb into the back seat of my dad’s Traverse, dogs in tow, to head to Carolina Beach for a week of family time. It’s a laid-back vacation during which nothing much happens, nor is it supposed to. We simply relax and enjoy each other’s company. My mother and I pay ...
Well, I’m back. For the few people besides my father who regularly turn to this space to read these words, you’ll have noticed I was absent the past couple of weeks. While I did pack my laptop to pitch in here and there during my 10-day stint in Portugal and Spain, I did not log on ...