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Back from the Beach
Just got back from the beach with Jill’s family and we had a very good week! Our lasagna went over well and Jill enjoyed holding little Ryan …
iPod Vending Machine
Okay, I know that these are not new, but this one in the new Terminal 2 at RDU airport was the first one that I have ever seen. While playing with the machine for a few minutes, I realized that it was a great business concept. How many times has someone left their earphones or … Continue reading
Martha Mason, who lived 60 years in iron lung, died
Martha Mason, who was one of our neighbors while we lived in Lattimore, has recently passed away. She was the only person in the Southeastern USA that still lived in an iron lung and a world-record holder, having survived in the iron lung for 60 years. She had been in the machine since she was … Continue reading
Penland School of Crafts
Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in books & paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists’ … Continue reading
Wild & Wonderful Brews
Just finished off a big bottle of Leffe Bruin tonight and so I thought that I would post about a few beer news items that I had received or come across recently … First, if you are in Brussels on Saturday, 7 March 2009, Cantillon Brewery is holding a public brewing session. From 6:30 to … Continue reading
Gold & Gem Hunting in NC
This WashPost article reminded me of an early fieldtrip to Reed Gold Mine, east of Charlotte. Reed Gold Mine was the first documented gold find in the United States in 1799 and sparked the first US gold rush … not to California, but to the Piedmont of North Carolina. I can remember when I visited … Continue reading
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