Monthly Archives: February 2021

Godspeed My Friend & Fellow Pilot, Steve Shannon

Dyer County, Tennessee I was sitting in my favorite Mexican restaurant here the mountains of Virginia when I got the message from a mutual friend Joe Markham down in Florida. “Steve Shannon died this morning.” Within a minute I had … Continue reading

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Happy Trails Meteorologist David Reese!

Charlottesville, VA > Brownsville, TX If I’ve learned anything from my stint of 20 years back in the TV News business, it’s this. You’ll make a lot of great friends, but don’t get used to them hanging around too long. … Continue reading

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I Think I Know How My Dad May Have Felt When Paul Harvey Died. And Why

Northwestern Tennessee Growing up on the farm back in rural west Tennessee I always remember Paul Harvey being a mainstay on the AM radio in my dad’s old blue Chevy truck. He’d take me and my brother and sister to … Continue reading

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