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McLeod Farm in McBee, SC

By HA On February 8, 2020 · Add Comment
One of the most popular routes to the beach is through McBee, SC. McLeod’s Farms Roadside Market is a popular peach stand, ice cream parlor & pee stop…has a restaurant, too.  During the peach season there’s fruit from the tree to your table in the snap of a finger — nothing is sweeter than a [...]
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Me & My Shadow

By HA On January 31, 2020 · Add Comment
I was out for a walk one day at sunset and saw my shadow and I was moved to take a picture. I thought that maybe shadows could be our conscience.  In the golden age of radio, in the 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s, there was a popular crime fighting mystery called, “The Shadow.” The [...]
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Fly Higher & Faster

By HA On January 31, 2020 · Add Comment
You want to do something fun the next time you go to the beach? Buy a loaf of bread. It’s food for a needy creature.  ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’ may be the best book I’ve ever read. It is the best thing I’ve ever read on motivation. Every time I go to the beach I look [...]
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Glamour Gal

By HA On December 3, 2019 · 3 Comments
Living…loving…and laughing. Thirty years ago I did a lot of that on WBT with guests on my program. I was lucky to have a job I enjoyed, and meet so many extraordinary people. Ida Stewart was one of those guests. I had her on my program over a span of about 3 years. She was [...]
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It’s a Paul Buck Throwback

By HA On November 13, 2019 · 1 Comment
Some of you will remember Paul Buck, former manager of what is today the Bojangles’ Coliseum on E. Independence Blvd. That “House of Entertainment” was born in 1955, when Charlotte didn’t go much past Myers Park.  The chief in charge who ran the joint for more than 33 years was Paul Buck. He was a dynamic man [...]
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Beer Me.

By HA On October 7, 2019 · Add Comment
Take a look at this! I was listening to beach music in a juke joint, and I smiled at the boxes of beer near me, and noticed the bottles on the tables all around. Like most everyone, I drank my share back in the day, and it made me think about the popularity of the [...]
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Thoughts on Dorian

By HA On September 5, 2019 · Add Comment
Time travels slowly when something like a bad storm keeps us housebound. I’m hunkering down at my daughter’s place since she has a thicker roof than I do. About 11am the rain was moderate and the heart of the storm was several hours away. I jumped in my car and went to make my own [...]
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Unmarried Mayberry

By HA On August 26, 2019 · Add Comment
Recently, I sat next to a gentlemen, who was solo dining like me, and struck up a conversation. He was from Mt. Airy, NC. Right away, we centered on Andy Griffith, who grew up there. If it wasn’t for Andy, the 9,000 residents of Mt. Airy would be little more than a dot on the [...]
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Greek on the Go

By HA On July 11, 2019 · Add Comment
This is a picture of me and Mr. ‘C’, George Couchell, founder of Showmars Restaurants. He is one of Charlotte’s most successful entrepreneurs. His origin is Greek, so what does he do? Why, he runs a very successful chain of restaurants. That’s what.  George came to the United States with his parents to escape the [...]
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Freeeeedom

By HA On May 24, 2019 · Add Comment
Do you grit your teeth? We often do it and don’t know it. I think I’ve been doing more of it. There’s a lot of stress in the world — watching politics on TV is at the top of the list…getting stuck in heavy traffic is a close second…getting on a plane at the airport [...]
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