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The Coronaball Run, Day 2: Richmond to Asheville to Nashville

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the second installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post. On day two we left behind the North and drove deeper into the South. Richmond set the pattern … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Asheville, Burke County, Confederacy, Confederate statues, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dixie, Edley's Bar-B-Que, Jefferson Davis, Johnny Cash, Knoxville, Moxy Hotel, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, neon, North Carolina, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Sunsphere, Tennessee | 10 Comments

Our Favorite Things in 2017

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: As you will quickly notice, we’re a grouchy, grumpy lot, all of whom are too old to keep up with new things, so this list consists of our favorite things we encountered this year whether or not … Continue reading →

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Book Notes: “A Disease in the Public Mind”

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: All of the brouhaha over Confederate statues has rekindled my interest in the Civil War, so I decided to work my way through some of the books that have been cluttering my shelves. The first one is this … Continue reading →