So, last time I was writing about our recent visit to San Antonio. I had just gotten us up and out and on our way to La Villita. I ought...

So, I’m picking up where I left off. You remember we had gone to San Antonio to enjoy the city and to catch an Amos Lee concert. We’d...

Special note: I’m posting this today instead of on Thursday because tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I’m hoping we’ll all be too busy eating...

Okay, last time I said that there were two reasons we went to San Antonio in June, 2022. One was that we just like the city. The...

Hey, Everybody, So, I said that we were headed off on yet another adventure last time we spoke. Specifically, we were driving down to San...

Okay, today...believe it or not...I’m going to finish up with our trip to Durham. No. Really. I am. There was only one minor (albeit...

Picking up where I left off in Durham... Sunday was our last day in the city. It also proved to be the fullest. Forgive me, then, if I...

Okay, everyone, back to our adventures in Durham... The next day, Saturday, we slept in a little. The day before had been longish and we...

And still more about the Bennetts, plus four annoying guys, of whom (alas) I was one.

Hi, Everyone, Well, I’m taking a break from my Salado story because, as you know, tomorrow is Election Day here in the U.S.A. Most of you...

How one of the most important events in American history happened in a poor little house in North Carolina.

Meeting the Bennetts, a working class family of the rural South...in a war.

As you know, I’m in New England. In fact, we just got to the Boston-area. But, I also promised I would try to keep the Durham story in...

And thus we have a perfect, linear progression: genocide, slavery, war, and, finally, a plague of cancer...

Some notes on the fabulous Doris Duke (1912-1993)

Strangely enough, I have a (very, very, very) distant connection to the Duke family. Sorta. In a way.

All about the origin of the Duke fortune and good old Durham, N.C.

Hey, Everyone! So today, I’m picking up where I left off...with us in Durham... The next morning, we got up, put ourselves more or less...

In which, our heroes continue their fearless exploration of Durham, N.C.

Hey, everyone! I’m picking up where I left off with my notes from our trip to Durham. As you’ll recall, we had just landed and driven to...