Category: Coronavirus Diaries 2020
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The Coronavirus Diaries, Part Eighteen, Black Lives Matter in Richmond VA; June 14, 2020
I really like Richmond, which is a two and a half hour / 166 mile drive from my home in Chapel Hill. I can drive up there for the day. On this trip I wanted to see the condition of the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue. I drove off the freeway and looked…
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The Coronavirus Diaries: Part Seventeen; Southside Virginia; June 7, 2020
About two weeks ago a friend emailed and asked if I could do my next bike ride to Chase City VA and document it. This was a first. How could I refuse? He is an old friend and has been an enthusiastic reader of my blog. He really wanted to read about Chase City.…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, Part Sixteen: Laurinburg and its unusual airport; May 26, 2020
I parked at a gas station/mini-mart just to the north of town. There seemed to be plenty of spaces so maybe no one would care if I left our car there for 3 – 4 hours. I was about a mile north of downtown Laurinburg. Laurinburg (population 16,000) is ninety miles south…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, part fifteen: Carthage to Pinehurst NC, May 23, 2020
Where to go now? How about the area south of Sanford NC, on US15-501? I chose Carthage NC (population 2,200) which is fifty miles and a one hour car drive from my home in Chapel Hill. I parked our Prius at a farm store. I figured no one would care if I…
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