Of Thomas McGregor and the pen knife…

From the 1806 minutes of the Mountain Creek Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina:
Thomas McGregor made report to the church, that he had been drinking too much. And in the time of his drinking he took a pen knife off of the counter and put it in his pocket. And then denied that he had [...]

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David Reader, Cellist (an old friend’s death)

“The victim’s cello was still inside the car.” That seemed right. He was one of the most brilliantly talented people I have known. When I read it I wondered unconsciously if it could be the same cello I had seen him play Hendrix tunes on in high school.
His death fanned memories to life. I remember [...]

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