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Remembering a master
Reading this blog post by Sanford (N.C.) Herald reporter Jonathan Owens about his grandfather, M.L. Owens, reminded me of my own visits with “M.L.” I have a few pieces of his pottery — I wish I had more. I particularly like his salt glaze pottery. He was, indeed, a true character. He could be a…
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Summer baseball
Father’s Day was spent at the baseball field. Tennessee Copperheads won Silver Division by winning five of six games over the weekend. Mark is waiting on deck to bat. More on flickr.
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The picture’s real, but it swirls in misinformation
Gizmodo says this tornado photo from Orchard, Iowa — which made it onto a New York Times blog — is why you should carry a digital camera at all times. But Kurt Greenbaum has the story of how newspapers and news sites handled the photo and that is nearly as fascinating as the photo is…