NC – Deep Sand

Let It Snow

December 2, 2009November 13, 2009 John a.s.u., appalachian state university, ASU Jazz Ensemble, Boone, Let it Snow, NC

Coming from the ASU Jazz Ensemble, it’s a pretty appropriate song even if the mountains don’t seem to get as much snow as they did when I attended.

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Hometown Pounded by Tornados

June 18, 2009 John Bethlehem Community, Cleveland County, NC, North Carolina, Oak Grove Community, Storms, tornado, Weather

What now appears to have maybe two tornados pounded my hometown of Kings Mountain Tuesday evening. West Kings Mountain out through Bethlehem and Oak Grove communities seem to have been hit the hardest. Fortunately, Mom only had a few limbs down in her yard.

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Gray Court Apartments

August 3, 2008February 2, 2010 John Apartments, Audible, Audible.com, Chapel Hill, David Sedaris, Grey Court, NC, When You Are Engulfed In Flames, Winston-Salem

The most recent book I’m “listening to” from my Audible.com subscription is David Sedaris’ When You Are Engulfed in Flames. It’s a collection of essays on the banalities of life. I was listening to one of his essays this past week during a drive to St. Pete, and it stirred up some strong memories about one of the best places I lived for some years. In his essay, Sedaris talks about an experience he had living in a rooming house in Chapel Hill, NC when he was between attending school. This reminded me of living in Gray Court Apartments in Winston-Salem, NC.