Honoring the Past, Building a Future
TOMATO, CUCUMBER, AVOCADO SALAD Serves: 2 INGREDIENTS 1½ cups of chopped tomatoes - I used cherry tomatoes 1 cucumber - peeled and seeded then diced 1 avocado - diced 4 oz feta cheese - cubed 2 tbs minced red onion 1 handful parsley - minced - about 2 tbs 2 tbs olive oil 1 tbs … Continue reading Rocky Mount Farmers Market – A Farm to Table Recipe
You are familiar with how a rosary looks; a string of beads made up of five sets of one large and ten smaller beads, called decades. A person prays their way around the rosary, holding each bead between their fingers. The image of a rosary struck me as a perfect metaphor for todays post. I … Continue reading A Family Leaves A Legacy – The Battle Family
I heard a story once that I have never forgotten. A man built a boat, painstakingly, lovingly, with skills and precision. It took time and patience. The day finally came when the man took the boat to the waters edge to launch. As he and the boat were about to slip into the water, his … Continue reading Saying “YES” to Rocky Mount Everyday
John M. Mebane, Jr. A Question Southerners Understand The first time I participated in Rush as an initiated member of my Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Kentucky, I didn't understand a question that was asked about a girl going through the process."Who is her Daddy?" I came to know that it is … Continue reading People Making a Difference In Rocky Mount – John M. Mebane, Jr.
Monday, August 17th is a RED LETTER day for Nash Community College, and for seven students starting the first offered classes in the Brewing, Distillation, and Fermentation Degree Program of Study. It might seem like a 'no never mind day' to most, but, it will go down in the history books of Eastern Carolina when … Continue reading Ringing the Bell – Classes Begin for Seven Important Students
The middle of August has come round far too quickly, which leads me to write about our Rocky Mount Farmers Market once again. "Farm to table" is the concept of purchasing locally grown food directly from the source. The term comes from the idea that the less time and fewer hands it takes for the … Continue reading Rocky Mount Farmers Market – Be a Farm to Table Participant
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