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Send us Fan Mail Growing up as Boomers, our games were simpler, This episode looks at a few of the old standards and what we took from them.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I sit on the steps of the Bandstand and watch the town grow. There are so many stories that I just might have to make several visits to tell them all. This episode is dedicated to John McCrae,  a loyal listener and good friend who we lost to illness recently. There will be laughter in heaven!

Send us Fan Mail There's no plates like Home Cooking. Join me for another fat-filled journey through the land of food and memories. 

Send us Fan Mail What's in a Game?  Shakespeare didn't say that, but if he had played golf he would have used a few more colorful words. 

Send us Fan Mail When we are young, our favorite places take on such significance that even their names are held in our memories. Follow me into the deep woods, along the stream and into a world left behind by the passing years.

Send us Fan Mail One look and you can tell I never miss a meal. I come from good cooking and it is a tough habit to break. If you're not from around here, use this as a guide to enter the world of Southern foods.  For those who grew up in the grits and gravy belt...enjoy.

Send us Fan Mail Shopping ain't what it usta was. If you don't believe it, just ask Amazon Prime to take in the waist a little. There was a time, long ago and not very far away when Main Street, Fort Mill, was bustling  with  shoppers. 

Send us Fan Mail This Episode is all about bad judgement...Mine, of course. We have all ignored that whisper of common sense from time to time.  When will I ever learn to stop and listen?

Send us Fan Mail The new year, 2023, is a chance to make our lives all the things we dream of but as the old year ended, my thoughts went back to other times and the things we miss.

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes life takes you by the hand and pulls you along. This time it took me a hundred miles.

Send us Fan Mail Jack Frost doesn't have to be nipping at your nose for Christmas to be meaningful.  Here in the sunny, mostly, South, we have our own ways, so deck your halls,  wrap your presents and hang those memories on your artificial tree.

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes Thanksgiving gets lost in the shuffle. Let's remember what it is all about.  This episode is dedicated to my true and wise friend John who passed away this morning.

Send us Fan Mail The South is full of storytellers and, whether good or bad, family stories are our specialty.  They bind us together and set us apart. 

Send us Fan Mail From paper airplanes to starting a new life, we all take leaps with high hopes and dreams. May the breeze lift you and carry you to all the places you want to go.

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Back Window is about some of the places we go to renew our lives and the ways we learn what made us the people we are.

Send us Fan Mail Nobody knows who first uttered the phrase, "Tell the Truth and Run!" But I've got my Reebock's on for this one.  For just this one episode, I beg your indulgence and try to tell it like it was instead of what we wanted it to be.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about learning to be on our own and about finding out how much other people guide our way. 

Send us Fan Mail We never know, from moment to moment, where we will find the inspiration to keep us going. For the Kids, the Parents who taught us all we know.

Send us Fan Mail This Episode of Back Window is all about the Great Southern Breakfast. I have been a lot of places and seen a lot of sites, but nothing brings me home like this traditional morning feast. 

Send us Fan Mail Before Fast Food mushroomed all over, there was Stuckey's or Mama's picnic lunch. If you would love to sit at a roadside picnic table one more time, this Episode might be for you. 

Send us Fan Mail Springs Park, Lancaster, SC holds lots of memories. From WWII airplanes to an Olympic size swimming pool to live performances, families and campers at Camp Springs were guaranteed a good time. 

Send us Fan Mail  Isn't it great that life went along so smoothly and now you are right where you planned to be?  Well, don't feel bad...as Robert Burns is often quoted as saying, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."  Here's to where we eventually arrived.

Send us Fan Mail This one's all about coaching...there's success, failure, comedy, drama and I hope a memory or two you can relive.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about memories brought back by smells and sights and sounds. I hope it brings back a memory for you too.  

Send us Fan Mail The late 1960's and early 1970's were difficult times for America and especially for her young men.  The real cost of war is always paid for by the young.