Jim Dodson
Recent Stories
After College, an Open Path for Adventure
There really is no such thing as failure. It’s only the universe’s way of sending you down a better path or teaching you the value of revising the project until you get it right.
Birds Let Loose Into Darkness
This Mother’s Day I would like to thank the mother of my journalism career, a classy lady, Juanita Weekly.
Right Words From the Good Book
Every morning on my laptop I receive something called a “Reminder from God” that comes from, well, God only knows. The Internet may be the ultimate mystery.
The Forgotten Lenten Rose
It was a funny little plant, growing wild among the weeds of a neglected terrace planter when we moved into the house that April.
Easter Thoughts By an Old River
It was so nice to slip the harness and vanish to the shores of the Pamlico River over Easter weekend, if only to get away from my unanswered emails and a constantly ringing cellphone.
Bores, Burns, Bombs Can't Kill Game of Golf
Book tours are funny business. Many established authors I know detest them, owing I suppose to the stress of travel and rigid appearance schedules, unprepared interviewers, and any number of unpredictable circumstances from lumpy hotel beds to disappointed fans.
Bittersweet: Friends From Another Life
There are just three of them left now, old friends from another life.
Water Amazons: Tea for Me, Not for Them
It happened again the other day at lunch in Aberdeen. I’m still not sure what it means for the future of America, but I’ve noticed this happening everywhere lately.
Telling Whoppers for the Fun of It
By the luck of the Irish and the grace of God, I was blessed to have a wonderful lying uncle. His name was Carson Jewel, and he was every bit that.
‘Downton’: You Gotta Love Those Brits
The reason I finally gave in and watched “Downton Abbey” is flatly twofold.
