I’m not really a joiner and when my boss “suggested” that I join Rotary back in the late 80’s, I thought, okay, a free lunch on Monday isn’t the worst thing in the world since the company agreed to pay for my membership. But I soon learned that it takes more than being a member […]

For a good many of the 30 plus years I’ve lived in Durham, the City Government was not famous for anything particularly good, with a couple of exceptions. Therefore, when I spotted among the pile of newspaper inserts headed for recycling the City of Durham’s Citizens Financial Report for the fiscal year that ended in June, […]

On the Buying a Home page I put pictures of homes ranging from an ancient castle to a couple that, to put it mildly, need a little tender loving care.  The point I was implying was that at any given time there is a wide variety of homes on the market.  As a listing agent sometimes […]

Good exercise, cooler weather, and helping to raise a 4-year-old granddaughter lead to very sound sleep for me…with really weird dreams.  Earlier this morning my dream was a new variation of my corporate nightmare where I’m employed but nobody will tell me what to do or where to do it. This time the twist was […]