In my college days, I was introduced to a way of thinking that has stayed with me. It was called the means and the meaning of something. The example, as I remember it, went like this: Was it essential to know whether the world was created in seven literal days, or was it more important … Continue reading While Waiting For Audit Results: The Means and Meaning on Main Street →

STILL NO NEWS ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT HERE'S ANOTHER THOUGHT WHILE WAITING Many of us know what it feels like to leave a meeting believing something important has happened simply because an issue has been named. But naming a problem is not the same as addressing it. In Rocky Mount’s civic life, the issue is … Continue reading Still Waiting For Results: The Cost of Fractured Leadership →

STILL NO NEWS ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT HERE'S MY THOUGHT WHILE WAITING I write because I hope to give people language for their experiences, their memories, their feelings. Three novels later, I write the blog, Mainstreetrockymount.com. to help people see the painting of Rocky Mount, differently, as it hangs on the wall. I have on … Continue reading Rocky Mount’s Problem Is Not Unnamed. It Remains Uncorrected. →