Annie Lennox’s kind voice is the first thing callers hear when they call the main line to Lake July, North Carolina city hall. Of course, not the famous Scottish-born Annie Lennox. Who fronted The Eurythmics, sang No More “I Love You’s,” and was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in…
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My Ideal Burke County Day
There could be many ingredients in cooking up your ideal day. Hopefully, elements like the what, with whom, and where will harmoniously blend together to become your perfect conception. For example, it could be tailgating in Boone for an AppState football game. Hanging around a pool with friends on a hot summer day. Or watching…
The Piedmont Outdoor Trail Commentator (POTC)
We North Carolinians should be familiar with our State’s nicknames: The Tar Heel State and the Old North State. But what about the Great Trails State? “Naw, I’m not familiar with that one. What‘s that?” said James. What’s the Great Trails State?” asked Mary. Since you asked, Mary and James. The most common North Carolina…
Once a Wild Turkey Gobbled
It was by lamplight that Michael Deal awoke. The first drab damn thing the college student sees is a table lamp without a nightshade, standing on the floor a few feet from where he’s sitting. The place (wherever he is) would be pitch darkness if not for the slight radiance from the bare light bulb….
A Trip to Lake July, Not the City
Shortly after the 2020 United State Census, one of those real estate personal finance travel guide eCommerce websites released a report they harshly called “The 100 quickest dying cities in America.” The study looked at municipal population change from their 2010 Census count to their current. Boring! Someone from the website crunched the population change…
Will of the Wilderness
The most epic and legendary hero ever is Will of the Wilderness, the label the Duhart Kingdom gave him. Since his arrival to dominion; he’s grappled with human-eating giants in the Magic Mountains, he rode leviathans like boards in the Narrow Sea, and pulled a star from the dark night and gifted the villages with…
White Screen of Death
“There has been a critical error on your website. Learn more about debugging in WordPress.” These are the words that appeared after you typed my WordPress website’s URL into a web browser and pressed enter. More nastily known as the WordPress White Screen of Death. I tried to fix the error by working through the…
Catchy Blog Intro
To make a long story short. Joking–you probably already hate me for writing that. I saw that 87.5432% of people who use that idiom love mayonnaise on their Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits. Need a minimum of five ketchup packets for their Bojangles cajun chicken filet biscuit combos or scrambled eggs. As well as believe that Bold…