James Black and Ciaran Bradley are involved in a pretty cool project — one that I’m inserting myself into right now, though it will not have an effect on them.

Black and Bradley, from what I can understand, are employed by a dot-com company known as StoodThere.com, based in London. That’s right ... England.

The project calls for the public — from all around the world — to let Black and Bradley know where their favorite place to stand is. There are little in the way of rules, but the question has been broken down into categories: On the planet, in the United States, in the United Kingdom and in Europe. But they also claim that, if you’d like to vote for your favorite place to stand in your town, city, county or state, they’d be happy to take that nomination, too.

So that got me to thinking: Where is the most favorite place to stand in all of Bladen County? The possibilities, of course, are endless. And the reasons may very well be even more diverse.

Maybe, for you, it’s at the end of a pier at Goldston’s Beach at White Lake as the sun begins to set.

It could be on the side of the pond at Lu Mil Vineyard in Dublin on a crisp autumn day.

Perhaps it’s along the fence during a youth baseball game at Leinwand Park in Elizabethtown.

You might prefer standing at Tory Hole Park along the Cape Fear River early in the morning with a fishing pole in your hand.

Possibly there are spots in Bladenboro, Clarkton, East Arcadia and all the nooks and crannies around the county that offer someone a perfectly peaceful and enjoyable place to stand. Wherever it might be, I want you to tell me about it.

Maybe it’s a certain spot in your home, where the air blows just right and nobody can see you as your mind wanders to other places — places you’d like to stand if you had the chance.

In a way, this project of mine is even cooler that the one being conducted by StoodThere.com’s Black and Bradley. I’m not sure I’m interested in the best place to stand in Poland or England, or even the best place to plant my feet in North Dakota. But I think it would quite interesting to see what you think is the perfect place in Bladen County to stand at any given moment.

So be specific: Exactly where is this spot? What time of year is best? What time of day? What makes that particular spot the best? What’s it like standing in your favorite spot? And so on.

Now, if you REALLY want to participate in the worldwide search for the greatest place to stand, you can send your thoughts to Black by e-mail at james@stoodthere.com or to Bradley at ciaran@stoodthere.com. But if you’re like me, and all you really care about is Bladen County, then send ME the e-mail at the address below. And who knows ... maybe your nomination will be the focus of an upcoming column I write.

And if it’s REALLY good, maybe I’ll think of a prize to send you.

But send it soon!

— W. Curt Vincent is the editor of the Bladen Journal. He can be erached by calling 862-4163, Ext. 259, or by e-mail at editor@bladenjournal.com.