Sawdust and Spangles

For those of you not from the Chesterfield County area, Cheraw is the Birthplace of Dizzy Gillespie, American Jazz Legend.  

It was a "Hot" time in the city yesterday morning when entertainer, Mark Lippard, brought his fire eating, fire juggling, unicycl...

It's a big day here in Chesterfield County. School is out for the summer. It's the first time in the 29 years I have lived here tha...

My Grandson used Google Earth to zoom in on Cedar Point last night. Surprising to me was the roller coasters were labeled on the map.   ...

I wrote a book a few years ago I called "America's Elephants." I never had the money to have a printed version so it has alwa...

As many of you know, I am deeply involved with the Circus Historical Society. Having been the Secretary for the last eight years, and the T...

  Cedar Point opens for the summer season today. Go get your thrills on!  

I received a notice from Amazon yesterday that my pre-ordered copy of this great book will be arriving at our doorsteps the last week of Ma...

While on Circus Kirk in 1974, my generally useful status gave me the opportunity to be a performer, play in the band, be an animal trainer,...

Would anyone have any color pictures of the RBBB ammo cages they would be willing to share with me? I'm doing a major study of them for...

Dammit, why won't this blogger work anymore? This is why I quit doing this a year ago. Now it's doing it again.

As many of you know, things don't always go the way they used too. Working the Fairs and sleeping in the back of the truck was a normal...

The summer season is just about upon us once again. That means it's time for another chapter of "As the Stomach Turns" at you...

How's this for a great super market display?    

Well, the weekend is over, the cotton candy and sno-kones have been sold and consumed and everything is put away, once again. Let's do ...

Back in 2010, my daughter was introducing me to a thing called " selfies" Who knew that almost everyone would be doing it sooner ...

Our first outing of the season is coming up this Saturday and the weather looks to be beautiful. Hot Dog! No wait that's not right . . ...

One thing that has always grabbed my attention is how the same ride is called something different every where you go. If you go to Cedar Po...

For all of us growing up in Ohio, Cedar Point, was a household word. In the 1960s and 1970s, a lot of the park was owned by others paying a...