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Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon and Half-Marathon
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November 7, 2012
27,848 feet waiting for the trigger …
The annual Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon, which winds through the many parks and neighborhoods in downtown Savannah (GA), begins with the pull of a trigger and the rise of the sun. The start is not all at once, but in waves of a thousand at 45 second intervals. The number of participants were half the number of feet.
November 6, 2012
A Breed Apart
Pat Land left a professional career of dance and theater to pursue her dream Comments: Karen Hoyer - I felt like I was at the farm .... Pat was a huge inspiration for me in my life & career, her spirit will ALWAYS inspire me. This is a beautiful portrait -- thank you for making it and sharing it. Donna Powell - captures the 'true' you .... Zelle - thats beautiful, you have shown me all the…
November 5, 2012
The joy of victory …
K.B. (my wife) celebrated a significant accomplishment Saturday by exceeding her personal finish time goal in the Savannah Rock and Roll Half-Marathon by five minutes. She finished 9th out of a field of 257 in her age group, and in the top 10% of a half-marathon field of over 11,000, running an 8'22" pace. Her next ambition? ... the Olympic Triathlon Nationals. She is looking for a great coach, do you know any? I will remain…
November 4, 2012
Krispy Kreme celebrates 75 years and its beginnings in Winston-Salem (NC) ….
The restored Moravian community of Old Salem (NC) recently hosted Krispy Kreme's 75 years of it's melt-in-your mouth Original Glazed donuts. Glazing that did not find its way into tummies could be found smeared on the smiling celebrators faces. [portfolio_slideshow]
October 24, 2012
A champion falls …
It should no surprise that the eastern hemlock was my favorite tree growing up. It ALWAYS provided shade for those trout streams that I fished with my father, ALWAYS embraced the cold and deep swimming hole where I swam as a kid, and ALWAYS with verdant comfort dotted the winter landscape scenery of the Blue Ridge Parkway. When they began to die off in my backyard of Haywood County, I felt for the first time my own impending mortality. What…
September 24, 2012
Mr. Morton is still alive on the mountain …
While attending one of the 60th anniversary events for Grandfather Mountain's swinging bridge, both of Mr. Hugh Morton's daughters were there. Catherine (Morton) said to me, "Houck, with your being here with your camera, I feel like my dad never left the mountain." With an instant lump in my throat, and a tear in my eye, I said, "Catherine, with you and your sister, Judy, looking so much like your dad and being present at…
August 27, 2012
They call me “The Corn Man” …
Larry Chamber's family in Haywood County (NC) has been farming for years, and their farm (Chambers Farm Market) has some of the best bottom land in the county. Local citizens patiently wait for his first corn crop --- which is displayed in an appealing produce market style on the back of his flat-bed farm truck at the "corn corner" of Lake Logan Road and U.S. 276 in the "up-river" Bethel community of Canton, NC. "We…
August 26, 2012
Winston-Salem Police Honor Guard memorializes fallen officers
The Winston-Salem Police Honor Guard tradition of standing guard to honor fallen officers was created by Chief Scott Cunningham in October of 2010. The Guard presents colors at public events, opens police ceremonies, attends academy graduations and memorial services for other officers in the region, and participates in National Police Week which is the centerpiece activity of the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund once a year in Washington, D.C. For every day Winston-Salem has lost a…
August 7, 2012
New idea for canopy tour!
We finished our bike ride today at Tanglewood Park, and as we were loading our bikes, a camper having left the the campground a short distance away passed our parking lot , but ---- his canopy was still deplyed on the right side of his van. Whap! Whap! Whap! Whap! Not good ... We followed him out the exit anticpating the worst. Only when the canopy became hung up in the stop sign did he realize…
July 15, 2012