Professor George Tex Wood of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has provided a review of “A Game Called Salisbury”, the new book by Susan Barringer Wells:
“…Faulknerian in its revelations and observations of human nature, clearly spotlighting the question of real responsibility not just for active human evil, but also for spawning its activity. [...]
The Lost Colony in Manteo North Carolina. Most people, including myself, believed the English colony to be the first European colony in the US. However, recent archeological finds near Morganton NC have revealed a Spanish colony settled in NC 30 years prior to The Lost Colony. The Spanish built Fort San Juan in the Catawba [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I just got through watching a documentary on NC Public
TV about Senator Sam, Sam Ervin. Sam Ervin is best known
for chairing the Watergate Committee, his knowledge of the
Constitution and his down home wit. He was known to say “I
am just a simple country lawyer from North Carolina.” Well,
he was from NC, but he was a [...]
I wrote briefly about Old Sam, Laurence Sams, the “can man” of Tate Street in Greensboro NC recently. I found my copy of the article written by Jim Schlosser of the Greensboro News & Record and together with the article and my many memories of Old Sam, decided to write more about him. Thousands of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My favorite coffee shop in the world, and one of my favorite places in the world, is Tate Street Coffee Shop, near UNCG, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Tate Street Coffee is a great coffee shop but it is more than that. It has a lot of the atmosphere of “Cheers”, where everybody [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Ok, I know, this blog is all about North Carolina. However, we are still in Everett Washington and I am going to post one more article about this area. We just got back from Whidby Coffee Shop, which overlooks the Puget Sound across from the ferry landing. This is one of my favorite coffee shops [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Rathskeller restaurant in Chapel Hill North Carolina, a legendary hangout for UNC and other college students for many years, has closed. Apparently, the business and contents were seized for non payment of taxes. The fate of the restaurant is unknown. The restaurant, on popular Franklin Street, has a lot of problems including a dilapidated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )News and information about North Carolina visit: NCrealestateforum.com
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