Parking and other pains...
Okay, today...believe it or not...I’m going to finish up with our trip to Durham. No. Really. I am. There was only one minor (albeit...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 14, 20225 min read
House of Mirrors and Wonders
Picking up where I left off in Durham... Sunday was our last day in the city. It also proved to be the fullest. Forgive me, then, if I...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 12, 20224 min read
Of Mayhem and Ice Cream
Okay, everyone, back to our adventures in Durham... The next day, Saturday, we slept in a little. The day before had been longish and we...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 11, 20224 min read
More Bennetts, and Four Annoying Men
And still more about the Bennetts, plus four annoying guys, of whom (alas) I was one.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 7, 20223 min read
More Bennetts, And A Surrender For The Ages
How one of the most important events in American history happened in a poor little house in North Carolina.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 5, 20224 min read
War, Bennetts, and “Unity”
Meeting the Bennetts, a working class family of the rural South...in a war.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Nov 3, 20223 min read
Bombs, Bullets, and Bennetts
As you know, I’m in New England. In fact, we just got to the Boston-area. But, I also promised I would try to keep the Durham story in...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Halloween, And A Quick Note On Good And Evil
And thus we have a perfect, linear progression: genocide, slavery, war, and, finally, a plague of cancer...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Duking It Out
Some notes on the fabulous Doris Duke (1912-1993)
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Durham, the Dukes, and...Me(?)
Strangely enough, I have a (very, very, very) distant connection to the Duke family. Sorta. In a way.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Duke and Nuke
All about the origin of the Duke fortune and good old Durham, N.C.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 17, 20224 min read
Dukes, Durham, and More
Hey, Everyone! So today, I’m picking up where I left off...with us in Durham... The next morning, we got up, put ourselves more or less...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Preparations, but neither Stagville nor lamb
In which, our heroes continue their fearless exploration of Durham, N.C.
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 10, 20223 min read
B&Bs, Pizzas, Vincent
Hey, everyone! I’m picking up where I left off with my notes from our trip to Durham. As you’ll recall, we had just landed and driven to...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Durham, Airports...and Fury ‘Bout MapApps
Okay, picking up again from our trip to Durham. As I said before, I’m trying to reproduce the notes I took in a little spiral steno pad...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Oct 3, 20223 min read
More Bumps and Thumps
Hey, Everyone, So I’m picking up where I left off last time. As you’ll recall, I’m recounting our adventures in Durham, NC, which we...
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Sep 26, 20223 min read
First Leg!
So last time I said that I was going to try to reproduce (and translate into English) my notebook jottings from Durham. Well, here goes....
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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
Sep 22, 20223 min read
And Off To Durham!
Hello, Everyone! Well, here begins our most recent adventure. This is the one where we go to Durham, North Carolina. It was fun, and...
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