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 →

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Sometimes the best discoveries happen because someone simply says, "Let me show you something." That is exactly what happened when my sweet friend, Denise Watkins, the Fun Director of Sky-Vue Skateland, drove me through an area of Rocky Mount known as Englewood, a part of Rocky Mount I have never fully seen, though I have … Continue reading Crossing the Threshold into Englewood →