Last Christmas, a friend of mine sent me an IM on social media with a “you’d-dig-it-the-most” preface that I’d usually pass over. For whatever reason, I opened the message, gave it a listen and was immediately drawn in. The video was of a group of coeds from Robeson County (North Carolina), wailing in song, singing […]
Sing Like Her
It rained today. A steady, hard, summer-in-the-south kind of rain. The kind of rain that makes the air feel thick enough to take on a persona of its own. At 4:45 pm I took note of two things: 1) It was time to “call it a day” at work, and 2) I would be succumbing […]
Don’t Look Back
How many times in life have we been told the messaging “don’t look back?” Whether it be related to a career shift, the marking of the beginning or end of a relationship, a big move, or just the general ebbs and flows of life, the message of “don’t look back,” seems to be one that […]