by Wadesboro | Nov 19, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Some variation of the quote, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life,” has been attributed to everyone from Mark Twain to...
by Wadesboro | Nov 12, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. You’ve probably seen the quote “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder” on a T-shirt or a sign, most likely in a bar. The phrase is designed,...
by Wadesboro | Nov 5, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Every year, right after Halloween, my wife Janet removes a ceramic turkey the size of a softball from the china cabinet and places it on our dining room table....
by Wadesboro | Oct 29, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. During the first week of July 2019, I traveled around my native Ohio doing signings and readings of my new book, “Ocean of Storms.” I had a blast reconnecting...
by Wadesboro | Oct 22, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Like this year, Halloween of 1987 fell on a Saturday, and that’s why it was doubly disappointing to us that no trick-or-treaters knocked on our door. ...
by Wadesboro | Oct 15, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Last year, for the first time since the mid-1980s, vinyl record sales surpassed that of CDs. While that’s an interesting factoid, it doesn’t reflect a...
