Thoughts While Shaving archive
Yesterday’s high temp was near 88 degrees … Overnite low was in the upper 60s…
Today’s forecast … A slight chance of showers early … then a chance of showers after 11 a.m. … Mostly sunny with a high near 86 degrees … and a 30% chance of rain.
Tonight … A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 p.m. with a low around 68 and a 30% chance or precipitation.
Tuesday, a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 84 … 20% chance of showers…
Our friends in western North Carolina are having a difficult time … Keep them in your thoughts and prayers … Keep hearing the death toll is going to be much higher than the totals currently being used…
Help is being shared by many areas of the state … Contributions, including supplies, may be dropped off locally at DreamWorks Gym located at 1001 West Broad Street, Elizabethtown … Many Bladen Groups, organizations, collecting donations and supplies for western NC communities…
East Bladen High School football game is scheduled to play at 7 p.m. today at East Columbus…
Today is the last day of the month of September … Elections will be held 5 weeks from tomorrow … if all goes as planned…
We had family members in the mountains of our great state the past weekend … Some horror stories related to the situation … Fortunately, they are home, safe and sound…
A former neighbor and great friend is being buried today … Crystal Simmons … funeral at 11 a.m. at Wesley’s Chapel today … Mike and I made plans years ago to begin an online newspaper … hesitated for a while … Mike passed away and after a while I decided to do it by myself.
Did you see where 7 were killed in an auto accident in nearby Robeson County? … Roadways can be dangerous … Drive with care…
A reminder that the auto license agency closes today … It may be a while before license plates will be sold in Bladen County again … Current operators have given notice they plan to close up shop at the end of business today … Hopefully, a new operator soon…
MacKenzie Gore had another impressive outing over the weekend … his last for the year … Major League regular season play ends today with a doubleheader between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves … Playoffs begin this week … Unfortunately, the Nationals did not make the playoffs … Maybe next year…
“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.” William Osler
“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.” William Hazlitt
“We pass through this world but once.” Stephen Jay Gould
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