Mama Bessie’s Brunswick Stew
Here’s the recipe for my great grandmother’s Brunswick stew. She was from Bessemer City, NC. The recipe and commentary are from my Aunt Parker, my mother’s sister and Mama Bessie’s granddaughter. Brunswick Stew: this is a combination of Mama Bessie’s…
Chef Louis
Harrison absolutely killed it last night playing Chef Louis in The Anthony School’s production of “The Little Mermaid.” Katherine and I were so proud. The curtain opened on Harrison sporting a white chef’s hat, apron, and fake mustache. He slammed…
Climbing
“Dad, do you know that climbing song?” I am backing the minivan out of the garage at 7:40am on a Friday morning. “Sure,” I say before I start singing, climb, climb, i always climb out of bed in the morning…
Galapagos 2013
Galapagos 2013, a set on Flickr. Updated pics from Katherine and Harrison’s amazing trip to the Galapagos.
Triple Fuss Gigantus
Every summer I seem to find an unusual creature at Pawley’s Island. One year it was a giant, purple, acorn barnacle. Scientific name Megabalanus tintinnabulum. This year it was a horse conch. Scientific name Triplofusus giganteus. Or “Triple Fuss Gigantus,”…
A dog will always make you feel good when you’re sad
Photo Credit: Carrie Wills Title Credit: Fred Harrison
Thomas
If you knew my cousin Thomas, you knew that he loved movies and was quite an aficionado. We always thought he might become a film critic and a fine one at that, so I found it fitting to begin with…
“Sunshine” Wyrick
Maybe this explains why I let that punk kid / glovebox thief go a couple of weeks ago. It seems I have a friendly cop in my blood.
Recital
Recital, a photo by Red Chuck on Flickr. Helen gave her first guitar recital on Saturday, December 15th at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. She performed two songs, “Waltz” and “Andantino.” And she killed it. I’m working on uploading…
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