Cedar Posts

Mrs Cedar lost her Yorkie yesterday - Pooh was a five year cancer survivor. She passed away unexpectedly after falling asleep in my wife’s arms just before 6 PM. If you wrote a script of tbe perfect life for a little 4 pound dog I could not think of a thing that was left out.

Yesterday CMPD VCAT members took into custody TAHARI MONTERIUS BELIN age 34. Belin is charged with the September 7, 2026 murder of Dailan Gonzalez (age 23), on Marvin Road in East Charlotte, which is just north of Wendover Road. Here's the troubling part. CMPD Officers had already arrested Belin on September 24th (2 weeks after the murder) on failure to appear for a 2025 charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He was released on a "cashless" bond 2 days later by Judge Roderick Glenn Davis. Belin's original arrest on October 9, 2025 for carrying a concealed weapon resulted him being released the same day on a $5,000 unsecured bond less than an hour after his arrest. Just another reminder that "Incarceration Saves Lives".

The trouble with being a "girl dad" is that 2 decades later the lyrics to Pieces of Me by Ashlee Simpson are still stuck in my head. Thanks to endless car pools and long drives to the beach. Ugh! On a Monday, I am waiting Tuesday, I am fading And by Wednesday, I can't sleep Then the phone rings, I hear you And the darkness is a clear view 'Cause you've come to rescue me Fall, with you I fall so fast I can hardly catch my breath I hope it lasts.. Happy Birthday Kido!

The “Tranny War” will engulf the USA in 2027 so says the oracle. Similar to the Zombie apocalypse there will be no escape.

Could the Tar Heel State find some other reason to be in the news besides Hispanic migrants?

And we have our "White Guy Wednesday" WINNER! DANIEL LAURIN GEDDINGS Age 57 AKA TIMOTHY WILLIAMS LAURIN Charged with felony theft. "On or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did steal, take and carry away STHIL CHAINSAW AND POLE SAW the personal property of J JOHN BINNS such property having a value of $2,000." He'll be held without bond until a judge can set bond on Friday. As you can imagine he's a frequent guest at the Meck County Detention Center.

The comments are the tale of the tape - this fight is over before it even begins.

White Guy Wednesday has become a real challenge. But we shall keep looking for the elusive honky.

And then there's this ...

Cedar's Take on Veterans Day (Yes it's a long read) The Unknown Soldier I’ve watched him from a distance, in passing and close up. I’ve stood behind him at the post office, sat across the aisle from him at church and our paths have crossed at the gas station and the grocery store as well. Yet I don’t know his name ... Over many years I’ve noticed the two flags that fly from the large flag pole in his back yard. And because of those flags and the regularity they fly, I know a little something about him just the same, for he flies our country’s flag daily and below it the Marine Corps Standard. He is punctual 0800 sharp, I’ve discovered, and if I time my morning run just right I’ll pass by his home as he raises those flags. So, this morning I make the effort to rise early and Madison my five year old Lab and I head out the door before the sun warms the pavement beneath our feet. The air is brisk, and our pace is easy, down the long street around the corner and up to the top of the hill. It is a mile or so from my home where we finally stop and it is from this vantage point I can peer down the hill into his back yard. The cold brushed aluminum flag pole now bare will soon spring to life, and right on time with purposeful steps the unknown solider walks out the door. He is a man of some age, and so his walk is not as steady as I suspect it once was. On this morning as he’s done so many mornings before his hand reaches for halyard and he takes the brass clips in hand, then in one fluid movement the flag of our country is quickly hoisted to the top of the pole and unfurls in the chilly fall breeze. He steps back and offers a proud salute and seconds later the Marine Corps Colors unfurl as well and with it another salute. I watch as he turns heel smartly and walks towards the house but just before he disappears behind the door, he turns for one last look at the red white and blue that he proudly flies each day. And while he pauses, all time stands still. Perhaps it is in this moment he reflects on his life, the friends and fellow Marines he left behind in some far away place and his war. His war is unknown to me, but Vietnam Nam I’d guess given his age, too young for Korea and too old for Iraq and Afghanistan. The leaves rustle in the wind, they depart in droves from the trees, and then scatter about the ground. Madison sitting politely next to me nudges my hand with her cold, wet black nose. She' ready to go, but we stay just a little longer and watch the flags. In my heart the gratefulness is palatable and I wonder aloud who is this veteran, what battles did he fight for my freedom, what stories does he tell, and what stories he does not? He is an unknown soldier, who is always a marine, yet there are so many unknown soldiers who live their lives in quiet contemplation next to ours and I am so truly thankful for their service and sacrifices they have made for our country. The flags of the United States of America and the United States Marine Corps snap smartly in the stiff autumn wind, for Corps and Country, these unknown soldiers are Semper Fi. Always Faithful.

While many of you may have recognized the background as Charleston harbor you likely didn't recognize the girl with a bandana holding her hair back. Maybe a color version will help.

“Bronx man” not illegal immigrant from Honduras.

And then there’s this

He understands the FACT that a nation so equally divided can resolve their differences in one of two ways. One of the 1/2s decide to join the other and thereby creating a clear direction forward or both sides take up arms and kill each other until there is clear winner.

And this ...