— The case against sweet tea. — Using hammer and chisel to reveal the USS Monitor. — Blue Ridge Parkway: magnet for suicides? — Earl Scruggs back on stage in Shelby.
Posts Tagged ‘blue ridge parkway’
Weekend link dump: Hold the sugar, Sugar?
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged blue ridge parkway, earl scruggs, shelby nc, suicides, sweet tea, uss monitor on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Link dump makes case for high-fiber diet
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged blue ridge parkway, disunion, east mecklenburg high school, fayetteville north carolinian, galicia spain, gen george stoneman, hank williams jr, hemorrhoids, inquisition, lincoln election, lynwood sawyer, moonshine, popcorn sutton, russell schwarz, stone masons, stoneman's raid, suzanne sink, underground newspapers, wfae on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
— Why General Stoneman went raiding in a buggy. — Spanish stone stackers restoring ancestors’ work on Blue Ridge Parkway. — Hank Williams Jr. revives Popcorn Sutton‘s moonshine recipe. — “If we submit now to Lincoln’s election, your homes will be visited by one of the most fearful and horrible butcheries that has cursed the […]
Midweek link dump: A continental pork chop?
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged blue ridge parkway, colin quashie, hendersonville nc, historic henderson county courthouse, rev george jones, unc school of government on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
— The creator of the new Greensboro sit-in mural at the UNC School of Government has less conventional works in his portfolio, e.g., “Black People Love Pork Because Africa is Shaped Like a Pork Chop.” — “Outspoken people wanted demolition…. I decided it could not be done.” Happy 90th birthday to the man who stood up […]