A few images of a North Carolina city lost in time. — Elm City… it's between Wilson and Sharpsburg on Highway 301. You know, where they had the Endless Yard Sale a few months ago. There were lots of tables in Selma and Micro but not so many in Elm City. Old Judge George Howard of Tarboro, North Carolina built Elm City…

Pick me up some Bacon-Wrapped Candied Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Sandwiches — It’s not easy to get to the North Carolina State Fair. After driving in circles you end up at a big dirt parking lot, then hop a giant bus to the fairgrounds, then walk literally two miles to get to the gate. Good thing you and the missus worked up…

Trees will save us from the upcoming disastrous Presidential election — We do not appreciate old-timers in the USA except in wine and Presidents. Next year it looks like we will face a Presidential election between two ancient specimens who were disastrous creatures even in their salad days. There will be third parties even fourth, fifth, and sixth parties. Vicious Vegetarians…

Dealing with inflation in retirement — You turn on the BBC for “Road Policing Unit.” British police are very nice and call you “lad.” They do not carry guns and apologize for using pepper spray to subdue. I can imagine how the coppers talk: “Got a cock-up. Drink-driver on Lueton High Street put a Vauxhall Astra…

Help me to find a large lined receptacle for my writings. — Recently I sent one of my polished writings to a Medium publication. Two weeks later I withdrew it without issue having sensed no arousal. I sent it to a second publication and now after ten days, there is not even a cold slap of dismissal. Could these once hearty mags…

A very curious passion for taking pictures of trains and tracks. — FOAMER: A person that stands by the side of a track and foams at the mouth when a train comes by in awe. It’s a derogatory term for railroad enthusiasts generally not preferred in the industry. Rail Fan is a more proper, less demeaning way to describe this group. My…

Why was this deer so tame? — I went a few miles north on the greenway today. I was close to the river with high weeds and yellow wildflowers lining the trail. The weather was beautiful and I saw several bikes zipping along. Walking this trail involves a lot of weaving and dodging amidst calls of “rider…

The curious ancient practice of book reading in 2023 — When I was a child during the Peloponnesian Wars, we read Dick and Jane at primary school then I came home and read Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and every Classics Comic Book. I read the entire All About Book Series, especially the ones about Prehistoric Life. Later on, we…

In the Know with Buster — Hey, it’s Buster your Legal Shmeagel. Now you got your slip and falls, your spit and splits, your grab and stuffs, and do not get me started on your wince and snorts. You remember how I told you sleeping in a laundromat dryer can earn you a pile of sawbucks…