Jim Patterson

October greetings from Virginia Beach and Davidson/ Lake Norman.  Fall has arrived in the Piedmont, but that has not kept us (and pets) from enjoying our kayaks.  Hopefully you are finding time to enjoy the outdoors.  Many thanks to Jennifer …

September greetings from Davidson, NC, and Denver Colorado, where the Mile High weather conditions were simply “smoky.”  This week’s opening picture shows last Thursday’s Denver skyline against the white backdrop of smoke, adding another reason to wear a mask.  The …

September greetings from Davidson, where we celebrated the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs season opener with a red velvet cake.  The only thing more delicious than the Editor’s homemade dessert was watching Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, Sammy Watkins and rookie …

Hi again from Davidson, where the dog days of summer are continuing.  Pictured is our pooch, Abby, stealing some relief from our neighbor’s sprinkler system.  This week, we will celebrate the end of Auction 105, also known as the CBRS …

Hi again from Davidson, where the COVID-adjusted “new normal” isn’t keeping folks from life.  Activity is up from summers past, partially due to an influx of Empire and Garden State escapees.  We welcome them with a big “Hi y’all.”  This …

Mid-month greetings from “move in” weekend at Davidson College.  Attached is the “scene” at the College as they grapple with containing outbreaks while maintaining the liberal arts community that makes Davidson special.  It’s an experiment that will likely have fits …

Greetings again from Charlotte/ Lake Norman.  Pictured is a double rainbow from July to celebrate a week of consistent market highs as well as a pretty darn good first earnings report from T-Mobile.  We will analyze four key parts of …

Greetings from Davidson, North Carolina.  Hard to believe it’s already August, but the weather forecasters are already tracking hurricanes (cone above/ left).  Lots of wind, and some greatly needed rains for the Tar Heel state to follow – typical summertime …

Greetings from North Carolina, where it is seasonally hot and humid. Fortunately, our COVID-19 “stay at home” garden is yielding fantastic results.  Zucchini, anyone? The earnings season started this week with AT&T, Verizon, and Microsoft reporting earnings.  As we predicted, …

A warm North Carolina welcome to the dog days of summer.  The picture is of our pooch Abby serving as boat sentinel on a recent float trip.  Summertime in the South – there’s nothing like it. After reviewing this week’s …

Hazy, hot and humid July greetings from Lake Norman, NC where we recently social distanced with an evening swim/ float.  This week, we will be revisiting the fiber thesis developed a year ago (Sunday Brief here and Deeper Brief here).  We have been …

Quarter-end greetings from Houston and Lake Norman.  We will be continuing this week’s Buzzword Bingo edition as we preview second quarter earnings.  As a reminder, in last week’s Sunday Brief (here), we discussed a series of events impacting T-Mobile (including …

Summer greetings from Charlotte and Lake Norman, NC.  This has been a news-filled week.  In our Q1 2020 preview, we described a “bingo card” that a few Sunday Brief faithful use as more of a tongue-in-cheek way to manage through …

Warm summer greetings from Houston, Texas, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where we are starting to see the first fruits of our “stay at home” garden.  This week also featured our first airplane trip since late February and, despite the mask-wearing …

Greetings from Lake Norman, North Carolina, where temperatures are not waiting for the official start of summer (June 20) – school is out, commute times are more often measured in feet for many of us than miles, and many boats …

Greetings from the Kansas City and Willard, Missouri (dogs at play pictured), as well as Lake Norman/ Charlotte, North Carolina. The caravan of goods and furniture started Friday and continues through June 1, hence the later distribution of this week’s …

Memorial Day Greetings from Lake Norman/ Charlotte, NC where cold spring rains gave way to a Carolina summer filled with heat and humidity.  That means more boats on Lake Norman (boat purchases increased during the pandemic) and making homemade strawberry …

Graduation greetings from Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC, where we virtually celebrated the college graduation of our son (Jimmy).  We are proud of his accomplishments and share his excitement as he begins his software development career at Cerner Corporation (Kansas City) later this …

Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where we are having a wet but overall terrific spring (pic is of our May Day celebration with neighbors – plenty of cheer… at a distance).  This week, we will continue our …

Homebound April greetings from Lake Norman, where North Carolinians are beginning to come out for Chick-fil-A (pictured is the drive-thru at the Mooresville location last Friday evening).  So much for sheltering in place.  This week, we’ll examine the earnings of …

Early Earth Day greetings from Lake Norman/ Charlotte, North Carolina.  Pictured are some peach iris in our front yard – nature is not missing a step in April, and reminds us all of its beauty on crisp, sunny spring mornings.  …

Easter greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where buds are turning into leaves and everything is renewing.  But don’t eat outside at the Arby’s – take it home!  This is part one of a two-part Sunday Brief earnings …

Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where the local media are complaining that 80 degree weather is driving too many folks outside in the parks, creating the potential for a lack of social distance discipline.  Still thankful for a terrific …

Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina.  It’s been an amazing week, and, as the picture shows, we are using videoconferencing more than ever.  Pictured is the first ever Patterson/ Delmege family Zoom conference call we held on Saturday …