Tag: history
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Tale of two cities; Goldsboro NC to Kinston NC; Nov 30-Dec 1, 2024
Several of my New Orleans coterie of friends think of “North Carolina” as an exclusively mountain destination. Geography students: the western third of North Carolina is indeed mountains. The middle third of the state is the Piedmont; rolling hilly countryside that includes most of North Carolina’s major cities. The final eastern third of the state,…
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Danville VA, just looking around; September 22, 2024
I keep coming back to bicycle around Danville VA, only fifty-five miles straight north of my home in Chapel Hill NC. Danville’s city limits abut the North Carolina / Virginia line. Unlike the booming Research Triangle area of North Carolina, Danville has for many years been left behind. A hundred years ago Danville (current population…
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Jackson, Mississippi (with a Stick in my Hand); May 9-11, 2024
I had never been to Jackson, Mississippi but because of one song “Stick in my Hand” I have spent many years thinking about the place. It’s a great song but is very tongue-in-cheek and gives no details about Jackson at all. I have been married to Tootie for just over forty years. We met in…
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Bayou Country; March 29-30, 2024
Born on the Bayou is a magnificent song from 1969 on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s second album Bayou Country. It is the flip side of the big selling 45 single Proud Mary. The only problem, which is maybe not a problem, is that having your facts straight is not always necessary to create great art. Creedence…
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