Honoring the Past, Building a Future
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was a notion that you could be mugged or raped getting out of your car if you went downtown. It was hyperbole, but still a prevalent view people held who never went downtown anyway. When Ed Riley opened The Prime Smokehouse it was a game … Continue reading Rocky Mount NC: A Great Dilemma- Picking A Restaurant
Porch Tour & Art Stroll Saturday, May 19, 2018 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. FREE event Stroll through Historic Broad-Kenan’s Residential Park Neighborhood for the Old Wilson’s Neighbors Association’s Porch Tour and Art Stroll. See the works of more than a dozen local artists and craftsmen. Pottery, Weaving, Wood Crafts, Artisan Soaps & Teas, Walking … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: In A Bungalow State of Mind
This post is dedicated to Robert Lewis Stevenson as I begin Treasure Island, a book I haven't read since Jr. High School. However long it has been, we can all sing, Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and … Continue reading The Past Glories of Rocky Mount, NC: We Have Our Own Manderley’s to Save
RFK Jr. Runs For 2024 Presidential Nomination As An Independent I am writing outside my usual Main Street box about baseball, Israel and now about Robert Kennedy. A quick Stepheny story will explain why I have done this and will continue to pop in a few posts like this from time to time. Years ago, … Continue reading From Main Street – I Don’t Care About Tax Records, Do You Read a Book?
Sky-vue Skateland has been given the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award this month. A wonderful tribute, yet, there is more to be said about the Chief Fun Officer, Denise Watkins. We met through the Main Street blog. I wrote about Sky-vue there after (2015) and made a new friend. https://mainstreetrockymount.com/2015/09/16/a-place-not-to-be-missed-sky-vue-skateland-happy-anniversary/ Denise is valued for … Continue reading Chief Fun Officer at Sky-Vue Skateland, Denise Watkins
All together I have spent ten weeks in Israel. I've read dozens of books about the history of the area and biographies about Israeli and Palestinian leaders. I have slept in the desert on the way to St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt. I've seen camels and riders on a ridge with the sun setting behind … Continue reading From Main Street Rocky Mount,NC – Stepheny’s Reflection on the Israeli War
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