By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Ever since I moved to the mountains, I have thought about going to see the Asheville Tourists play. If I had been a betting man, I would not have predicted I’d be sitting at HomeTrust Park on Friday night. I also wouldn’t have predicted I’d get so …
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The sameness of the news
By MONTE DUTTON Two identical news anchors deliver unchanging breaking news. Click here. I’m getting old. I am old. It follows that I am set in my ways. The evening news. I like to watch it, but it’s getting harder. The anchors could be AI-generated. They’re not. There apparently is a Tom Llamas. Wikipedia says …
That place is so crowded, nobody goes there anymore
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s impossible for me not to pay attention to auto racing, since I’ve been going to races since my earliest memory and spent two decades writing about it full-time. I don’t watch all the races, and I don’t often watch all of those races. I’ve been guilty of picking up …
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Summer springs eternal
By MONTE DUTTON The one I attended was not so boisterous. It was fun, or else I wouldn't have been there. Western Carolina's Kerwin Bell It was good to be out and about Tuesday.The Southern Conference held its football media day in Greenville, S.C., giving me another opportunity to review the various routes from my …
A quick trip back
By MONTE DUTTON A quiet small town street glows warmly in the early morning light. Click here. I breezed through Laurens County on Thursday. It was an economical trip. I went to the post office, discovering to my surprise that the box wasn’t crammed. A big manila envelope was inside, but it was to an …
Rainy Monday thoughts from a rainy Sunday
By MONTE DUTTON Uh, don't tell me I've nothing to do. Click here. A few things to ponder on a dreary Monday morning: The next generation will never learn to tie its shoes. It’s a useless knack. I never do it anymore. I was up to 2 a.m. watching the stock cars race. It’s a …
Yessiree, I found some barbecue!
By MONTE DUTTON Customers enjoy a lively drive-thru experience. Click here. Everywhere has its unique places. They don’t seem unique to the folks who live there because, well, they are theirs. But I am new to this area, and I am amazed. During the NASCAR years, I took an avid interest in eating places. I …
New thoughts from the hills
By MONTE DUTTON A charming mountain general store and café with people enjoying the porch For the first time in short-term memory, no World Cup game was scheduled for Wednesday. The world will survive. We are back at war with Iran. I think the world will survive. It’s so easy to overreact. It just seems …
For once, Il Duce, let it be
By MONTE DUTTON Exciting World Cup final moment with fans cheering for Argentina versus Brazil. Click here. Slapdash observations from a weekend of watching sports and being American: One of my enduring nitpicks with NASCAR telecasters is their misleading comments on road courses and short tracks. A car slows for a flat turn. The car …
Our little 4th fireworks adventure
By MONTE DUTTON Families enjoy a lively Fourth of July fireworks show. Click here. On Friday night, the fireworks went off Adventure Village. I’d had a frustrating day with a new computer. (Still am.) I stopped by the office to see if The Transylvania Times had arrived. It hadn’t, but back at the shoe box, …
Nightrider's Lament 