Well, it finally happened. Somebody attested that I am human after all. And it’s not like I haven’t been telling … More

Those guys up top? They were the founders of the Shining Rock Orienteering Society getting ready to push off for … More

The first time I camped on the Mills River, in the Pisgah National Forest, was maybe a quarter century ago. … More

Funny but sadly true story. We surviving members (dregs?) of the Shining Rock Orienteering Society have once again converged upon … More

Raise a toast to absent companions.  Today I’m toasting Waylon Clifton and David Flagg.  Waylon was GNV police chief from … More

Everything I know I learned from the movies: R. Cunningham Knowledge is good: Animal House I’m going to tell you … More

I wrote this for today’s edition of The Sun. A deranged barber obsessed with revenge in Victorian London. A young … More