Somewhere in a downward-sloping Virginia curve heading north on Interstate 81, traffic stopped suddenly. Brake lights and blue smoke appeared behind the car in front of me, and every rear-end collision in my past came to mind.
Somewhere in a downward-sloping Virginia curve heading north on Interstate 81, traffic stopped suddenly. Brake lights and blue smoke appeared behind the car in front of me, and every rear-end collision in my past came to mind.
Life in these United States of America is something of a paradox.
Watching for deer in the woods while motoring through North Carolina’s Morrow Mountain State Park was a fun family tradition during childhood camping trips. The elegant animals were plentiful enough to spot now and then along the edges of the forest but wild enough to keep their distance.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a philosophy that says that America is a flawed and racist country and that all her institutions such as business, and education are geared towards oppressing non-white people.
The end of September is no time to go shopping for shorts. But my wife, Sharon, and I were heading to South Carolina for a 60th-year celebration with my high school friends and spouses. All of my shorts were either too tight or too short.
When my father bought the farm — before the proverbial one — about 45 years ago, the previous owners had done their best to modernize the century-old farmhouse. Determined to shed the city life, Dad immediately set about uprooting everything the young couple had worked so hard to establish.
Growing up as a preacher’s kid, I did not always listen closely to what he was saying from the pulpit. It did not occur to me that I might ever wish I could flip a switch and hear my dad preach again.
Recent events in Afghanistan and the southern border have obfuscated grievous civil rights violations in our own Capitol. Based upon various news sources and SKOPES, this is what we know about the Jan. 6 Trump supporters protesting election results:
Our little dog, Max, was an excellent listener right up until he wasn’t. At 13, he remains playful and loving. But he suddenly cannot hear a lick.
Routine — that has become a four-letter word in some aspects of modern culture. Especially as school starts up and some people are returning to physical offices, schedules are shifting. We sometimes associated routine with the day-to-day struggle that life can bring at times. However, routin…
I have more good things in my life than one man probably deserves. Somewhere near the top of the list is my mother’s chocolate pound cake with chocolate icing. To receive one of those is to live a blessed life.
We were on the lake, and the yellowjackets were buzzing around our beverages. A friend who is allergic to bees and wasps said she had her EpiPen (emergency epinephrine injector) and was not afraid.
Many years have passed since Benjamin Franklin said, “Our new Constitution is now established, and everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.”
Several weeks back, I wrote here about how my mother refuses to use the self-checkout lanes at grocery stores because she believes they are putting people out of work. I might join her in that boycott, but for different reasons.
A farmer woke up and found the river had flooded the first floor of his house. Two men floated by in a canoe and shouted, “Hop in, we’ll save you!” The farmer said, “No thanks, the Lord will provide.”
As a school system, we stand united in our commitment to student success and effort to keep our school family safe as we continue to educate our precious children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As we embark on the new school year, be assured that Duplin County Schools will continue to collabora…
One of the toughest jobs in the country these days has to be driving a semitractor-trailer up and down the interstate highways. Navigating the truck-filled interstates in a car is no piece of cake either.
On my jogging route around the community college, there are trees planted as memorials. Each one has a plaque on a post bearing the name of the tree, the person who planted it and the one remembered.
MOUNT OLIVE — At this point in the growing season, if you are not familiar with weeds, you may soon be. As the motivational quote by an unknown author states, “Weeds don’t need any encouragement to grow.” Weeds do not need fertilizer, rain, or any help, they just grow, often in surprising ci…
