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I was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, then lived a while in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before moving, at the age of 5, to Walnut, NC. I graduated from Madison High School in 1977. After a brief time in college, I spent the most of the 1980s in Nashville, Tennessee, working as a songwriter and playing in a band. I spent most of the 1990s in school and now teach at a university in Tennessee. My household includes wife and son and cat. In South Carolina I have a son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Christmas Eve!
Follow the link below for some beautiful pictures taken this past Friday night (12/18/2009) in one of my favorite western North Carolina towns: Waynesville.
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From today's Writer's Almanac:
It was on this day in 1914 that the last known Christmas truce occurred, during World War I. German troops fighting in Belgium began decorating their trenches and singing Christmas carols. Their enemy, the British, soon joined in the caroling. The war was put on hold, and these soldiers greeted each other in "No Man's Land," exchanging gifts of whiskey and cigars. In many areas, the truce held until Christmas night, while in other places the truce did not end until New Year's Day.

posted by mac | 8:16 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger nbta said...

Great pictures! Hope you all had a great Christmas.

12/26/2009  
Blogger mac said...

We had a great Christmas and hope you did as well. See you in 2010?

12/26/2009  

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