I admit that being a senior citizen can be a drag. Not that I am absent of energy and sharp mind or things to do but rather my OG mentality can dim the light on the more youthful cultural ways of being.
Read More
Now that the field of 64 is set, we can begin focusing for a little while on our community’s favorite annual distraction—our beloved Tar Heels and how far they can go in the NCAA basketball tournament.
Read More
It’s March Madness! Oh, my! I appreciate Michael Koh’s excellent reporting about the men’s and women’s matchups. On air with Andrew Stuckey, he even discussed our opponents’ school names and mascots.
Read More
A simple, time-tested, four-step process to maximize your chance of 1-winning your NCAA Tournament bracket contest and/or office pool, and 2-having a lot of fun along the way.
Read More
The Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival is a fantastic semi-annual event that offers a solid crash course in gypsy jazz. The festival’s fifth edition is set for March 20-22, 2026, mostly at Cat’s Cradle Back Room, with a cast of great musicians from as far away as The Netherlands.
Read More
If you’re reading this and you’re not out in a garden enjoying daffodils, then well, I don’t know what to tell you. The chill that rimes the morning, the donning and shedding of layers to keep pace with prevernal energy flows, the anticipation and outright joy that follows the time change and we get our hour back and we’re not driving home in the dark.
Read More
Daffodils bloom their sunshiney faces in early spring, though a cold snap is sure to come. Their cheerfulness makes me turn my face toward the sun.
Read More
Since the league’s creation in 1953, the Tar Heels have the second-most ACC championships (18) in men’s basketball, and they’re the only league member that has never competed in the ACC Tournament for any 10-year period without capturing at least one title.
Read More
This week’s show was a conversation with Judith Pacht, an award-winning poet who has become one of my favorites. I offer you here some quotes from poets about poetry.
Read More
America’s illegal war against Iran has become the most recent example of how Trumpism resembles Napoleonic authoritarianism by launching foreign military assaults during a time in which the government continues to arrest and imprison people who live within the nation’s political borders.
Read More