Dear Bird and Deal, I write to you every week, but this is a different sort of letter that I wanted to share publicly. America is freezing. Do not look away. Consider this a sequel to what I wrote in May 2020. Here we are six years later when you are no longer living under … [Read more...] about America Is Freezing. Do Not Look Away.
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Handmade in NC – City of Raleigh Museum & The Pope House
Sometimes North Carolina gets pummeled in the news. Don't be fooled. We are not a state moving backwards. We are, in fact, a state that is looking backwards to understand what's shaped us and better grasp what is to come. Nothing captures the essence of … [Read more...] about Handmade in NC – City of Raleigh Museum & The Pope House
Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial
We spent the weekend in Washington, D.C. It is a marvelous city to wander around now that Bird and Deal are getting older. There is the right mix of outdoor running around like a banshee wandering coupled with using inside voices. Bird is studying the civil rights … [Read more...] about Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial
9/11, A Brother Remembers
I have many thoughts and feelings about 9/11. We all do, of course. I remember being glued to the TV, wrought with worry because I couldn't reach Mac Daddy, who worked in the Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago at the time. No one had any idea what was happening, and … [Read more...] about 9/11, A Brother Remembers