Monthly Archives: May 2019

Cigars, classic cars, and mojitos? I went to Cuba expecting to find these, and I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, I was quite impressed at the production I saw in an un-air-conditioned cigar factory where workers sat rolling cigars by hand. They worked with leaves of dried … Continue reading →

I’m home from Cuba and people are asking, “What was it like?” I hardly know where to begin. I found Cuba backward but lively, poor but happy, decaying but beautiful. It’s a country of contrasts. Cuba still struggles under a socialist government. Even … Continue reading →

One of the many good things about being in the Rocky Mount Garden Club here in my hometown is that every April we go on some sort of field trip. This year we visited the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson, a nearby … Continue reading →