Tag Archives: Personal Stories

Flying Squirrels blog

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Last Sunday, we decided to go to a baseball game. Richmond lost our Braves minor league team over a year ago. A new team moved into the ancient Diamond, a massive, 11,000 seat, 1970’s monument to un-eclectic symmetry and concrete, … Continue reading →

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Deer Sausage Riding On Cast Iron

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Steve gave me a tubular coil of deer sausage a while back when I was in Alabama. It is darker than pork or beef sausage and much leaner. Steve had shot the deer and a friend had made the sausage … Continue reading →

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The Isotopes In The Metal Box Are Now In Me

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Terry Taylor

I had some test a while back. I was asked to remove my shirt and sit in a chair that resembled a cross between a dentist’s chair and a dysfunctional Lazyboy. The nurse administering the tests put and IV in … Continue reading →

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Branding Or Not?

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A few days ago, I was castigated by someone for writing about things that have nothing to do with branding in this space – as if there is not enough on our site about branding. I responded by saying thank … Continue reading →

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“Droid Does” Some Things You Might Not Expect

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A week after getting my new Droid, it did something I have never seen and is not advertised on the “Droid Does” commercials. It scrambled my email – all of it. Not just one account, but three: work, home, personal, … Continue reading →

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One Week Almost Unplugged

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Last week, I did a little traveling with my family. We went to several places we used to live. We made a week of it. Where I went is unimportant. It became more about why.

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Going To The Mattresses

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Just now, on TV, I saw a commercial advertising beds and mattresses. There were the basic shots of the product in faux bedroom settings (as if people don’t put sheets and covers on their beds). Perhaps they just like to … Continue reading →

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Irony Of The Road

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Another 1,800 miles on my odometer. Only 300 more to go. Over 6,000 on I-95, I-85 and I-65 since Christmas. The road is crowded, but lonely, everyone in their moving cans like tomatoes on the way to the shelf in … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Cannibal

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A recent article in Oxford American resurrected my latent desire for jerky. A friend from Alabama asked me if I had ever had frog jerky. I grew up in the deepest of the Deep South, but I have never even … Continue reading →

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A Brilliant Alternative To Retirement Homes

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

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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