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I Don't Know What This Thing Is

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A baseball glove’s renewal – and mine as well

My glove.

A year ago, I bought a baseball glove.

My being a 50-year-old empty nester, you probably cannot think of a more absurd purchase. Completely agree. But it goes a little deeper than that.

I wanted a specific glove, and I didn’t w...

13 days ago
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Who I was, who I was taught to be…and who I am

Jim Shumaker, who, a lifetime ago, gave me purpose.

A thousand years ago, Journalism School at UNC-Chapel Hill was pretty straightforward.

You had three tracks of study to choose from: Public Relations, Broadcast or Newswriting.

Thanks f...

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The Joy in the Shadows

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Thank you to everyone who read my last column about Pinehurst, joining The Pilot and what it all means to me. It’s one of the most-read pieces I’ve put up here, and I appreciate it very much. More to co...

2 months ago
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Stories matter. So does Journalism. So, here we go

There are three stories that stand out to me that I’ve written in my time at Pinehurst.

One is my Michelle Wie West story. She was awesome that day. Her saying with the brightest of smiles, “Let’s go to my bunker!” will never leave me. So...

2 months ago
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Knock on wood to avoid hubris…

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One of my college roommates, the always wonderful and witty Tim Schwarzen, was a better Catholic than me.

Granted, this is not, and was not, a high bar. The last two Masses I’ve been to in the last 10...

2 months ago
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