Darryl Parker

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Armed Forces Museum & Archives of the Carolinas, Ltd. (4 members)
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Darryl Parker gave 5 stars to: Man's Search for Meaning

Darryl Parker reviewed:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

A path from apathy...,

From the perspective of a member in a culture consumed in the "existential vacuum", Frankl's experiences and logotheraphy discussion offers a call to action for those prepared to live a meaningful life. This book will change you.

Darryl Parker gave 4 stars to: Are We Rome?

Darryl Parker reviewed:

Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy

A wakeup call to the Apathetic,

If they can be awakened, this is a book to do it. Murphy grandly illustrates the parallels between Rome and the US while leaving room for differences and opportunities to not repeat history.

I found it most intriguing that Murphy highlights Rome did not fall in some epochal collapse, but was literally stretched apart through that time's own version of globalization and the responsibilities of the geopolitical leader.

We do have something the Romans did not. Within our grasp are the tools of interconnectedness that heretofore did not exist. We have the opportunity to assess progress and failure more rapidly than ever before and the populace carries a level of knowledge, if engaged, that is unprecedented. The strength of the individual en masse within any system has never been more apparent. In that regard, we have been ripping at the insular layers of our governance and are flushing out the corruption and misguidance.

The question is whether or not it is soon enough...

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Do you live in the Town Limits of Matthews?: No

Do you either own, operate or work for a business within the Town Limits of Matthews?: Yes

How long have you lived in the Matthews/Charlotte area?: More than 20 years

What is your interest in iMatthews.com?: I'm hoping we have found a meaningful way to reach out and connect within our community.

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Darryl Parker's Blog

Good Night Story

Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:43pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Fowl Play

We have been awaiting the arrival of chickens since March. Weekly trips to Renfrow Hardware kept us informed as to the progress of the new chicks and when we could expect the "sexed" chicks to be in (versus straight run which might include roosters). The big day was this past Saturday. We loaded up and headed over. No luck. They had not come in as expected. The remainder of the weekend was spent in great anticipation of their scheduled arrival on Tuesday. Understanding more about chicks after o… Continue

Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Late April Garden

Its been a little over a month since my last post. There has been some nice progress in the growth of the garden. Nearly the same viewpoint as one month ago:

Peas are coming in: …

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Posted on April 27th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

Ten Great Reasons to Shop Local First

From the Seacoast Buy Local Program (Portsmouth, NH) 1. Significantly more money re-circulates in Matthews when purchases are made at locally owned, rather than nationally owned businesses. Locally owned businesses help keep more money in our community because local business owners spend more of the profits of their businesses where they live - here - and locally owned businesses purchase from other local businesses. 2. Most new jobs are provided by locally owned businesses. Smal… Continue

Posted on March 24th, 2008 at 7:31pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Garden in Spring

Ok - here are a few photos of my garden thus far this year. I've kept it to cold hardy plants for now. I'll be planting more after April 15th - mostly tomatoes, squashes and beans.

You can see garlic, onions, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, snap peas, radishes, carrots, and cabbages (for sauerkraut!)… Continue

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 at 9:48am — No Comments (Add)

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At 7:47pm on July 7th, 2008, Lyell E. Petersen said…: Hi, Darryl. Great job on iMatthews.com. I really love the Ning platform and what you've done with it. I'd like to talk to you soon about the ins/outs of the implementation. I have a project in mind, we may be able to collaborate!

At 2:24pm on June 25th, 2008, Ronald Sinclair said…: Amazing garden Darryl!

Dr. Ron

At 2:13pm on June 24th, 2008, AnaYoung said…: Hi Mr. Parker
How does everything look? What would you like to know about us & our business?

Ana

At 12:15pm on June 19th, 2008, Rosanne Losee said…: Hi back, Darryl,

What a terrific garden! Beautiful. My husband & I have a mini one in our yard, which we lovingly take of, mostly tomatoes (and boy, with all those rotten ones hurting people nowadays, it sure is nice to know we are growing out own), plus lots of peppers of all kinds, cukes, and herbs. Oh, we are growing some fennel this year, too. Being of Italian background, I ate lots of it growing up. ..very tasty just raw with a little salt and pepper and dipped in some olive oil. ;! Yum!

Nice to meet you.. Laura and I work the Reference Desk here at the library - come by and say howdy sometime.

At 7:36pm on June 7th, 2008, Michael Brock said…: Daryl, I just joined and was wondering what it would take to get my logo on the right side of the website? I have a new business called GarageSaleCharlotte.com - I would be willing to put a permanent Banner Ad on my site for iMatthews if that would help with the cost of advertising on this site.

Let me know what you think,
Thanks
Mike Brock

At 6:51pm on June 2nd, 2008, AnaYoung said…: Thanks

At 5:05pm on May 27th, 2008, Carol Buie-Jackson said…: D-
How hard (expensive?) would it be to create a dating-service-like website to match up Matthews residents for car pooling purposes? Jay and I were talking this weekend about how to find someone in Matthews who worked in the Ballantyne area M-F, 8-5ish. I've never used a dating service (no, really!) but don't you put in a profile and then get matched up with someone with similar interests? Could iMatthews accommodate something like that?

At 1:26pm on May 26th, 2008, Jay Jackson said…: Great photo's of the garden. Now Carol wants chickens, thanks, thanks a lot.

Carol mentioned you were interested in learning Bridge. As I think she said, if you ever want to play spades, let us know.

Have a good week.

Jay

At 10:22am on May 22nd, 2008, Arriel Goodwin said…: I added my last name, etc. to the website.
Thank you!

At 9:04pm on April 26th, 2008, Jay Jackson said…: Great to meet you as well finally. I don't know why I didn't input my full name. Thanks for catching it.