Rebecca and I are hooked on A Chef's Life which comes on ETV. It’s a is a half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina, Kinston … Continue reading Can You Smell What The Gasbag Is Cooking
Pony died the other day. Pony ate at the soup kitchen where I volunteer. I don’t know anything about Pony. I don’t think anyone even knew his last name. Pony didn’t live in a nice three bedroom house with a white picket fence on Elm Street. He had no address, he lived in the woods. … Continue reading Questions, Questions, Questions
"If con is the opposite of pro, then isn’t Congress the opposite of progress?" Jon Stewart I got my sign the other day. It proudly sits in the front yard glistening all over my neighborhood like a beacon. Displaying the true feelings that I have with the upcoming election. I've had neighbors give me the … Continue reading We”re Screwed
I do a lot of riding in my line of work. I see a lot of the upstate of South Carolina. I am a Southern boy and I love the South. I love the way we talk and I love our southern traditions. I love our history and I know after I make a statement … Continue reading Crawdads and Lightning Bugs
The thing about trying to write a blog is you have to have some sort of subject to write about. You want to keep things fresh and not gasbag on the same topics. I could always write about the pandemic or the political environment and that truly would be gas bagging but the object is … Continue reading Brain Freeze
I am picky when it comes to my coleslaw. I am a coleslaw snob. I admit it. Anytime I go to a meat and three, coleslaw will be one of the three veggies I order. A good coleslaw dictates the rest of the meal. I truly get upset and lose my mind saying words that … Continue reading This Is Coleslaw?
“What have I become, my sweetest friend. Everyone I know goes away in the end.” As most everyone knows, I had a good friend die recently. A wonderful man and am so glad I had the pleasure of knowing him. This past weekend we had the wonderful experience of emptying two storage rooms he had … Continue reading My Empire of Dirt
This week has been a eye opener in a year that has been eye opening. Covid 19 was blown of the map and reduced to second class status when a Minneapolis White Cop Derek Chauvin murdered a black man George Floyd and murder it was. Officer Chauvin has been charged with murder in the 3rd … Continue reading Through My White Man’s Eyes
Once upon a time in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina on a Friday night Rebecca and I were listening to music and some friends of ours walked up and introduced us to this diminutive, sharp dressed, Asian dude with a bad comb over that would give President Trump envy. They said his name was Noah. Noah … Continue reading Noi………………The man, The Myth, The Legend
I am watching the sun come up on this beautiful Saturday morning and it is hard to believe that we are in the midst of a global pandemic. Everything looks normal but our country right now is so abnormal. Spring is in the process of springing, flowers are blooming, birds are singing and I am … Continue reading Oh Wow, Chow-Chow
