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History Thru the Looking Glass · 7M ago

way back weekly – 10.3 to 10.9

In a general sense this week has seen some very cool events: the Beatles released their first single, “Love me Do,” Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” and Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire,” dropped this week as well. The pivotal battle of Kings Mountain occurred, my mom, my nephew and Matt Damon were
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 8M ago

way back Wednesday, 9.21.11

On September 15, 1982 USA Today issued it’s first edition! I don’t remember those early papers, although I do recall some of the furor over the “McPaper” of news. Of course, that was just at the beginning of the continuous news cycles, before the “twitter” headline and the thirty-second sound byte a
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 8M ago

Southern Girl Gone North…..

I don’t think I have a Southern accent… yet moving here, thirteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon line, everyone notices. Chris tells me I turn it on like syrup when I need to make a point. And I know when I get nervous, “g’s” drop off the ends of words like dogwood blossoms in a [...]
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 10M ago

Persisting Memory, 7.24.11

I don’t like oysters, their slimy succulence completely eludes me. Although my Daddy, in ever optimistic efforts to tempt with his oyster stew (only the best in three counties) told me repeatedly how I would eat raw oysters by the peck as a toddler. So often, in fact, that I remember the wood panels
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

Rhapsody in Blue (dark, that is…)

“It’s basketball, baby….” Dick Vitale’s kazoo-meets-megaphone voice jumps from the TV and I start smiling. It’s time for my Blue Devils to play ball. After a couple of rough games at the end of the season, they showed real depth in the ACC championship. As that final game progressed, with Carolina p
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

Monday music, 2.28.11

Yesterday was the last day of Valentine’s Month. Perhaps, it seems I don’t have a calendar. I do. I realize one day gets marked with a big red heart. I followed the debates on the commercialism, sexism and rather pronounced hetero-normative valuations of that day — and I still like that heart. I wan
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

making a list

I love these questions to spark conversations in my brain, definitely an asset in the writing process Have fun with some holiday queries — 1. Real tree or Artificial? Real trees are wonderful. We never had a live tree in the house when I was a kid — I don’t know if it was for [...]
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

Monday music – 9.27.10, aka Peaches

I love peaches. One of the joys of late summer is finding that perfect “georgia belle,” firm, pale-fleshed and juicy — sweet with that little edge of floral tartness. I think I had the last one for the year this week, marking the end of a season. I know I could have canned or frozen [...]
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

way back Wednesday – 9.21.11

On September 15, 1982 USA Today issued it’s first edition! I don’t remember those early papers, although I do recall some of the furor over the “McPaper” of news. Of course, that was just at the beginning of the continuous news cycles, before the “twitter” headline and the thirty-second sound byte a
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History Thru the Looking Glass · 1Y ago

way back Wednesday – 8.18.10

Every now and then, as you look at the arc of a day — you can find a theme that runs through its history, sort of a historical Same Time, Next Year. August 18th is one of those days. Women dominate the day. Naturally, there’s good news and bad news in that. I’ll start with [...]
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