Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, May 9, 2021, 1:26 p.m.

Mother’s Day avoidance began yesterday. Mine died last year. Life has been lonely ever since. I still have a moment’s guilt that I haven’t talked to her today. I used to call her, well, almost every day and feel guilty when I didn’t. Talking to her was a daily salve for my soul.

Today I don’t want to think about it. For once.

It’s the pandemic, too.

Just call Lonesome 7-7203.

I am overstating the case. I am excited about the growth of DHK Sports, which launched LaurensCountySports.com and now, with the country emerging a bit from the COVID-19 scourge (Just call Covid 19-2021), another site, Electric City Sports, is about to launch, with, well …

Now batting, Laurens County Sports at short … on deck, Electric City Sports, catching … and in the hold, Furman ATT, in center field …

The leadoff site gets on base. The 2 spot advances the runner. The 3 spot drives in runs. A cleanup man is on the way.

Last night I stayed up late watching stupid things. When I was about to go to sleep, I found an episode of a sci-fi series I watched when I was 8 years old, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and inexplicably watched it.

Duhhuhhhuh! Duhhuh-UHHH!

After lo these many years, I still remembered the show starred Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Last night – oops, this morning – eventually a tsunami washed away an uncharted island that had a triceratops lurking about and some kind of hallucinogenic gas wafting through its air. Sea View to the rescue, much like Jim Dandy.

Thanks for reading my dated references. I’ll be here all week. You’re a great audience.

Because of the nature of sports journalism, most of my nights are long, my mornings inexplicably early. This morning I rolled over, looked at the clock and realized it would be ridiculous to get up on four hours’ sleep. The next time I rolled over, it was 9:40, and I practically jumped into my bedroom slippers and headed for the drive-through because breakfast closed at 10:30. A sandwich and a biscuit helped, but a large coffee was necessary. I’ve had another mug brewed at home since.

Since I got vaccinated, a burden lifted off my soul. I’m trying not to let Mother’s Day knock it back down. Lots of traumatic events have occurred during my lifetime, but the death of my mother affected me more deeply than I could have imagined. I did what I always do, which is bury myself in work. There is worth in that.

Moving on to the crassly commercial, it’s a great time for Laurens County Sports advertisers. The past three weeks, mostly on account of columns and reports on the football upheaval at Presbyterian College, the site’s circulation has skyrocketed. Based on those three weeks, the average daily page views have risen nearly 500 for the year to date. On a daily basis, it will subside as the story stabilizes – At PC? Ha! – but the stories have spread the exposure of the site beyond the borders of the county, and they will be a boon to the new sites, too.

The clouds have silver linings.

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Become a patron of my work.

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