FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Registration Opens for the 2008 North Carolina Writers’ Network
Spring Conference
Charlotte, NC – Registration is now open for the 2008 North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference, which takes place Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. in the Elliott University Center at the University of North Carolina at [...]
Harris Teeter, the aforementioned grocery emporium, has an alarm system in the store’s cash registers which make a BRRRRP noise and freeze when the cashier could theoretically be “helping” the buyer. As in, too much of a discount.
Saturday I tripped the alarm.
Saved over $130 — before the bakery markdowns for some awesome cranberry-walnut GIANT cookies [...]
Written on March 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Today is monthly grocery shop trip day. Thanks be to technology for auto-deposit of that next paycheck. I get to fill up my freezer with Harris Teeter specials. Krogers’ website is down so they can improve the “environment” which is confusing… readers are told to return after 3:00 a.m. so Harris Teeter gets my business [...]
Written on March 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Now this just sounds absolutely incredible. What a great opportunity for writers in North Carolina. Just got this email from Ellen Rosenberg about the Kenan Writers’ Encounters.
It’s rather lengthy, but that’s necessary for so much information.
Dear Member of the Writing Community,
I am very excited to announce this year’s Kenan Writers’ Encounters program: Earth: Writers and [...]
Written on March 28, 2008 | Posted in
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First, information regarding William Neely’s funeral:
Memorial services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, March 30th at First Presbyterian Church, 125 S. Third Street, Wilmington, North Carolina. In lieu of flowers or gifts please consider charitable contributions to Bill’s friends at ‘Friends of Felines’ PO Box 475 Castle Hayne, NC 28429 Phone (910) 452-6721 at [...]
Written on March 28, 2008 | Posted in
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A friend has left us.
Bill Neely died yesterday in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was an icon.
And everyone will miss him dearly.
I will link to a Bill Neely obituary as soon as one becomes available online. Meanwhile, I’ll remember Burt Reynolds in Stroker Ace and how much my Dad adored Lonnie Anderson. He had a poster of [...]
Written on March 27, 2008 | Posted in
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If you remember DB Cooper, people will figure out how old you are. Like “where were you when Kennedy was assassinated?” For me, I remember so very clearly when Nixon resigned. For some reason, it is a pivotal political moment in my collective life filing cabinet. The most astonishing thing about “Cooper” is the $200,000 [...]
Written on March 26, 2008 | Posted in
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