Main Street Contemplates: The Perfect Storm

A Note to the Reader Those of you who regularly read Main Street know that I write about the places, people, history, architecture and preservation stories that help us understand our community. From time to time, however, something beyond those usual subjects seems important enough to ask for a little space here. This is one … Continue reading Main Street Contemplates: The Perfect Storm →

When a Place Gives You Reasons to Return – Nashville Junction

I live in Nashville, North Carolina, and when our Farmers Market first opened, I was curious. My daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter and I made a little adventure out of going to see what we could see. We wandered, we shopped, we enjoyed ourselves. I remember coming away pleased that Nashville had created this gathering place and … Continue reading When a Place Gives You Reasons to Return – Nashville Junction →

Who Is Telling The Story of Rocky Mount

I have started the book,  The Last Brahmin, Luke A. Nichter's biography of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and I am already hooked. Lodge belonged to an era of American leadership that I respect and long for once again. He was born to privilege, education, wealth and connections, but with those advantages came an expectation I … Continue reading Who Is Telling The Story of Rocky Mount →

NEEDING LEWIS GRIZZARD

Not a consultant. Not another financial report. Not another City Council meeting. Lewis Grizzard There comes a point when a person who cares deeply about her city has read enough, worried enough, written enough, shaken her head enough, and said, “Surely they aren't going to do that,” enough times that another approach becomes necessary. I … Continue reading NEEDING LEWIS GRIZZARD →