Due to a variety of reasons, we need to find new home for one of our wonderful dogs — Miss Frances, a 7-year old female spayed Scottie. She was rescued in Greenville, adopted from Humane Society 6 years ago. She’s an alpha dog, a typical Scottie, and she needs a man as her primary owner. [...]
Tagged adopt, ScottieWe can support the Spirit of Washington but we don’t have to subsidize it. Swanner gets the same shot at success as anyone else. Here’s how it works: You invest in an idea. You put the idea out into the public. If the public likes the idea, they (the public) will pay for it. I [...]
Tagged ag swanner, spirit of washington, washington nc, Washington NC HistoryOkay, I’m only going to tell you one more time.
Buy 31.
but was it? The nearby fires sent smoke spiraling into the air as we sat contemplating PapaDiddy’s gravestone down at TwoBit Hollar. It’s hard to find a hollar anywheres around here since there’s no mountains. But be that as it may, the graveyard was awash in swamp spiders. Aunt Belinda Louise Martha Sue ran for [...]
Tagged swamp spidersIt’s taken about 15 years to get one of the nastiest houses in Beaufort County removed from the historic district.
Thanks, ya’ll. Photos here on Picasa. Unedited, so they haven’t been righted or optimized, but they needed to get online right away. Will fix the album later.
Tagged crackhouses, immoral landlords, neighborhood blight, rural southern USGreat post on Death by Email, click to read the entire post.
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley’s panel on deleting emails and public records laws is scheduled to hold its second meeting today. It is a timely meeting after revelations this week that show that some employees believed that the Governor ordered the deletion of emails [...]
Anonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress of mankind. Great works of literature have frequently been produced by authors writing under assumed names. Despite readers’ curiosity and the public’s interest in identifying the creator of a work of art, an author generally is free to decide whether [...]
The Obama organization continues to run all over Beaufort County with amazing results. These people know their shit. Today, Saturday, you can catch a Gospel Concert, breakfast and/or lunch, and a glimpse at some of the local politicos at the Obama Campaign Headquarters next to the Washington Fire Department on Market St.
It is impressive to [...]
My newest online friend Mehmet, who lives in a place far far away, has graciously allowed the use of this fine template for our dear Little Washington blog. The glory of the Internet lies in its freedom. Estonia… imagine, the fall of the Berlin Wall precluded modern Estonia. Next time you’re feeling pissy about how [...]
Tagged dead mule, ecpc, endless chain pig club, gabfire, little ibx, little washington, mehmet, washington ncStart reading, Beaufort County, NC. This man has offered to ride into our town on his black horse and defend Stan and Hood’s bigotry. Your tax dollars at work. Personally, I’d rather have an illiteracy rate below 60% than have my money go to lawsuits against Beaufort County.
Rightwing ‘Version’ of the Sierra Club Challenges Clinton [...]
Washington, NC’s own Jane Olsen [blogger extraordinare!] is featured in the News & Observer today.
Then Knight-Ridder/Tribune grabs it and she’s on BusinessWeek.
Last week, we attended a nice little intimate Hillary Clinton campaign in Pittsburgh, PA prior to her Saint Patrick’s Day parade walk, now here’s Miz Jane with an Obama question. It’s a pretty decent [...]
Everyone needs a little give-and-take, the New York Times - the Daily News…
University Chophouse
We sampled 2007’s best addition to Greenville, NC dining: The University Chophouse in Lynncroft Shopping Center (off Evans St, a stand-alone building), owned by one of the previous forces behind Stacattos — Ray Myers.
To quote the Greenville Reflector (last May 2007)
The traditional [...]
“Nothing hurts a nation so much as war within its own boundaries.”
*Flanagan Wilder, Lessons of a Wildeman
First off and foremost — A heartfelt and sincere round of applause and some loudly sung congratulatory praise to Catherine Glover for her recent appointment to head up our local Chamber of Commerce. She is a hard-working sincere young woman who will do our area proud, as they say. Can’t think of a better person [...]
Here’s the entire article written by Kathleen Angione and featured on the NC Sea Grant website. It’s so well written that I figured it could just sit here on this blog for a few weeks. People need to read it.
Coastwatch High Season 2007:
Small City, Big Plans
-Kathleen Angione
From U.S. 264, Washington, North Carolina, looks like any [...]