What’s read and white, and in plain sight except when it’s not there, tossed around, but not put down, and doesn’t have a care?

Stuck in the middle between two and three wondering what I might  soon come to be. If I multiply I could become many, but if I subtract I…

Lots of hype has been published since Boom Supersonic announced they were going to replace the Concorde with a new supersonic aircraft, but will Boom ever launch, and if they do will anyone want what they have to offer? Greensboro College recently announced a partnership with Boom Supersonic through its Center for Innovation and Workforce Development at Greensboro College. “Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based aviation organization known for designing supersonic airliners, selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro as the site of its first full-scale manufacturing facility in 2022…

“I think about that night when I read stories of children being shot when chasing a ball into someone’s yard or when they accidently go to the wrong house. Why do people think shooting is the first thing to do when in reality it should be the last choice?” When I was 18 years old (1974) a friend and I were traveling south towards Greensboro, NC on US 220 late one night when his car started overheating badly. After going as far as he dared drive the car we pulled to the side of the highway in front of…

On April 15, 2018 a tornado struck my East Greensboro, North Carolina neighborhood. What follows are observations of that time. — “I’ll take a sandwich but I don’t need any water,” I told the young relief worker who had been going door to door after a tornado had destroyed much of my neighborhood Sunday evening. “How come no one wants any water?” she sighed. “It’s heavy, please take some water.” “Because…

This is a retelling of an old joke I heard many years ago, its origins unknown. — A North Carolina truck driver was paired up with a driver from Texas for the return run from El Paso Tx. to Greensboro, NC. Just a few miles outside of El Paso a Mule Deer ran along the side of the highway. “What’s that?” the Carrollian shouted. “That’s a deer,”…

A little flour is what it takes to make for you the best of cakes, and come each Spring the flowers bloom to end the Winter’s frigid gloom. Sun, it shines to light the…

Another true story from The Daze of my Youth. It was sometime in the mid to late 1970s, I was working for a manufacturer here in Greensboro, North Carolina that made parts and supplies for the textile and tire industries. I’ll not mention the name. I often spent boring days…

A little fish stared at the sea, said, “It’s so big I fear for me. The waves, they crash, impending doom will come to me so very soon.”