Daily Life

British 64th Regiment of Foot

Continental and British armies occupied Hillsborough, NC during the Revolutionary War. Commanding figures like Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene, and Lord General Cornwallis headquartered in the town’s inns and taverns. Cornwallis’ ill-spent week

Trouble with Reading Lights

As you read this post, you will realize that the title is a tremendous understatement, but I wanted to put all of this in context. Peter, like both of his parents, reads before

Customer Serviced to Death

From News and Observer’s Check it Out column: > Have you noticed we’re being customer serviced to death? Not when we want or need it, mind you. But retailers are more

Highest Point in Orange County

[http://www.ajmm.net/mountain/Mvc-274f.jpg] Today I was doing research for a Cub Scout Summer Activity Program and I hiked to the highest point in Orange County. Occoneechee Mountain is 867

Remember Pop-up Books?

[http://www.paintboxpress.com/images/whats_new/derbyday.png] Today I had a meeting with my friend Pam, who is an artist and book publisher. She has created pop-up books about the Kentucky