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HomeAuthorsCharles (Buddy) Alligood

Articles by Charles (Buddy) Alligood

About Charles (Buddy) Alligood
Charles (Buddy) Alligood is a retired vice president of engineering and quality control who, in retirement, enjoys golf, gardening, and alternating visits between the North Carolina mountains and beaches. He can be reached at budlite61@gmail.com.
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A gift for mom

May 1, 2020 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

My mom and dad met during the last years of the “Great Depression.” They had lived through some very tough times, with both working any job they could find to help support their respective families. [Read More…]

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April

March 26, 2020 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

In his poem, The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot describes April as the cruelest month. While my literature professor would disagree, I take issue with the poet. From an early age, I have always loved the arrival [Read More…]

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Ms. Easly

December 17, 2019 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

I met Ms. Easly on my first day in the seventh grade. Twenty-eight students sat in a classroom awaiting the arrival of our social studies teacher. This was a new experience for us, as during [Read More…]

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Farmer Kelly

May 27, 2019 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

During World War II, many American families devoted a portion of their lots to producing some of their own food. This was considered patriotic, since much of the food was allocated to support our troops [Read More…]

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The best job I ever had

March 14, 2019 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

He stood in front of me. A small, freckled faced red-haired boy, clutching a mixed-breed dog, both looking a little apprehensive of this stranger in front of them. This was Tommy, the first of 12 [Read More…]

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Playing chicken

December 19, 2018 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

During my early youth, my parents raised chickens. This served as our source for fresh eggs, and when the supply was more than we could use, we supplied our neighbors with the excess. The chickens [Read More…]

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April

March 27, 2018 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

From early childhood I have always looked forward to the arrival of spring—the budding of flowering forsythia, soon followed by the tender crocus plants, breaking through the warm soil after a long winter’s nap; the [Read More…]

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Mickey and me

December 14, 2017 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

I first saw him one winter afternoon in my garage. He was sitting on the brick ledge adjacent to the back door, gingerly nibbling on a sunflower seed, one of several I had spilled while [Read More…]

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Nostalgic memories of old Hampton life

November 17, 2017 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

My maternal grandmother lived in the west end of old Hampton during the 1940s and 50s. This was a beautiful, older neighborhood with tree-lined streets and sidewalks bordering spacious yards of old Victorian homes tucked [Read More…]

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Reminiscing: Riding the rails in old Hampton

October 24, 2017 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 1

We watched excitedly as the creaky, old streetcar ambled down the track, sparks flying from the overhead boom as it contacted the power line above. The streetcar was returning from Newport News on its way [Read More…]

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The Quixotic hero

August 31, 2017 Charles (Buddy) Alligood 0

As a young Boy Scout I loved my subscription to Boy’s Life magazine. Here, I would read the adventures of scouts from across the nation as they climbed mountain trails, canoed down wilderness streams and [Read More…]

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