Nostalgia’s great, but ditch the rose-colored glasses

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Wednesday, 27/12/2023

Like a lot of middle-aged-to-older Americans during the holiday season, I’m a person with a healthy nostalgic streak.

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A broken heart is an open heart

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Wednesday, 30/08/2023

It was a beautiful sunny morning when I felt the urge to make the 45-minute drive to my hometown of Weaverville.

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This must be the place: ‘Scarecrow and a yellow moon and pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town’

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Wednesday, 16/08/2023

Mailbox 278 (pictured) along Route 581 in the unincorporated community of Nahunta, North Carolina. In the rural depths of Wayne County on the outskirts of the small city of Goldsboro. 

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