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A Brilliant Alternative To Retirement Homes

Over the weekend, I heard about a brilliant piece of thinking from a man in Florida. His name is Ricardo. I hate to use peoples’ names in this space since sometimes my writing attracts unsavory elements and angry retorts, but … Continue reading

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Rain in Wilmington

Recently, we had the opportunity to shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Michael Jordan is from Wilmington. They shoot movies and TV shows there. It is a friendly town, filled with college kids from UNC Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College. … Continue reading

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Retching By the Waves

My father did not take many vacations, but when he did, we always packed a box of groceries, filled the ice chest and drove to Destin, Florida. It was a very different place in the 1960’s. The Frangista Motel sat … Continue reading

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When In Doubt, Jump

January 17, 1994. The fire alarm in my hotel in Santa Monica, California, began screaming at 4 a.m. Sleepily, I shuffled over to the door and looked out the peephole into the hallway. No smoke. I called the front desk; … Continue reading

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Hotel Rooms

This is sick. I have stayed in various and assorted hotel rooms for about 2,345 days of my life. I tried counting up just the trips. If anything, I’m underestimating it. Most of them were business. Some were pleasure. Some … Continue reading

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The Moon Winx Lodge Sign

I see in the Spring Issue of Oxford American a series of articles about the Best of the South. If you don’t get this wonderful magazine, you are missing some tasty Southern writing. In this issue are a series of … Continue reading

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$11

Checking out of a hotel in North Carolina, I see a man standing at the counter with a business associate of his. This is the conversation: “What is this?” says the man in the dark suit, looking over his friend’s … Continue reading

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