One of the more fun things to do on a nice day is to ride to the end of Carolina Beach and take the Fort Fisher ferry across to Southport, a quaint little town south of Wilmington on the Cape Fear river, which BTW is a really big river. The ferry is inexpensive, and the ride lasts about 30 minutes or so, with each ferry able to carry about 30 cars and trucks. Here’s the ferry itself– Actually there are... Read more
Just for the record, I’ve been to beaches all over the world. Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, all over the Mediterranean, Israel, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Hawaii, both coasts of mainland USA, Nova Scotia, I could go on. And in my humble estimation, there are no beaches anywhere that are better than Cherry Grove Beach S.C., the northernmost beach at North Myrtle Beach, on the Inlet and near the border with North Carolina. If you are looking for soft... Read more
Back in 2009 or so when I was scholar in residence at John’s College at Durham university, I began reading Edinburgh finest thriller writer, Ian Rankin, novels about John Rebus and I was instantly hooked. Here was a writer who could produce interesting if flawed characters, colorful depictions of life in modern Edinburgh, police work at its best and worst, and of course one fascinating detective story after another. The stories are complex, like working an 1,000 piece picture puzzle,... Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpstMSbtEbA Read more
For many years now, I’ve maintained a daily blog (yes I said daily). In fact it’s been going on for over 14 years, which is to say, since 2009 or a bit earlier. And that doesn’t even count the years I was with another website (Beliefnet) as the Bible answer man and blog poster. I’ve learned a lot in these years about social media and its uses and abuses. And I have no intentions of stopping now, as I... Read more
THE HARBINGERS OF FALL The harbingers of Fall Are warnings to us all, It’s downhill from here Despite how it appears. There’s no point complaining About the dying of the light No point maintaining That things are just as bright. Instead, there’s beauty in the falling As leaves complete their calling To live and then to die Like sunsets in the sky There’s no point in regretting What’s gone forever more But remember, not forgetting What... Read more
Rick Beyer has a whole series of books with titles similar to this one. This one however just deals with the back stories to popular tunes, and I’ve seldom had as much fun as I did in reading this during the summer. There are lots of surprises in and about this book. For one thing the hardcover edition (which emerged in 2011) is less expensive than the Kindle edition. Only 12 bucks in hardcover. For another thing, the book has... Read more
Select your answer to see how you score.
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In