Janie arrived in Myrtle Beach after graduating from high school in Reidsville, NC, where she had been self-exiled for the past three years arriving pregnant but not nearly as belligerent as her earlier years. She had been one spoiled brat. After a boring year waitressing at Captain John's on Ocean Blvd; her Robert Redford walked into the restaurant sweeping her completely off her feet. Not only was he good looking; he was driving a white 325i BMW convertible. Over the next few months they began dating and Jerry insisted she take the real estate course and become licensed. She returned home...

At the first opportunity, Max Howard left the farm he grew up on near Pink Hill, NC. Armed with 2 years of college from LCC in Kinston, NC and his Real Estate Salesman's license, he moved to Arapahoe, NC wanting to be near the water. It took a year of waiting tables before Ray Brinson gave him a shot at selling real estate and he proved immediately he could sell becoming the top producer as he beat the highways and back roads of Pamlico county searching for FSBO's (for sale by owner). The locals realized he could be trusted and called him constantly, trusting him to handle their real estate...

Back in 2000 when I published my cookbook, I said that when the Lord made pork chops, he said that they would be my favorite meat forever. That hasn't changed over the past twelve years; they still are as are most pork cuts. Admittedly, now I grill most meats including pork, beef, poultry, and fish, but still enjoy breaded pork chops fried in hog lard and I still use lard in my biscuits. There's something about the taste that can't be matched by any other shortening I'm acquainted with. From my beginning back in the years of World War II, pork was a main staple my first year of life back on...

"She Walked Through His Heart Again Today" Bob Holt Jason and Joan were like one all the way from second grade through high school. Then Joan was gone pursuing her dream of success in the world of academia. Jason floundered around afterwards marrying Carolyn on the rebound a couple of years later. The short-lived marriage produced a son, Glenn that was the only good thing to come out of the marriage. For the next decade, Jason turned his attention to growing his yard furniture and refinishing business buying a small house with a huge building out back. It was just a few miles from his Mom and...