When I Was a Kid in San Diego

Assignment from my writing class at Central Carolina Community College 8/2011 When I was a kid two of my neighborhood playmates, Lloyd and Julie, were dragged out of a pond in Hidden Valley where they’d fallen off a raft and drowned. I could feel the dread and...

Facto Phobia

Originally published in the Chapel Hill Herald 8/2011 Though the official name of the county in which I reside remains Chatham, the defacto moniker it has earned by the actions of our board of commissioners (BOC) and their supporters is Facto Phobia. This is now,...