October PineStraw

A Perfect Unmatch Historic cottage exudes comfort, harmony By Deborah Salomon   •   Photographs by John Gessner Just because “big” and “beautiful” start with the same letter doesn’t signify a [...]

A football odyssey for a father and his sons By Charles Marshall   •   Photographs by Joshua Stedman Growing up in North Carolina, my life unfolded along a well-worn path of I-85 between Atlanta [...]

Produced by Brady Gallagher   •   Photographs by William McDermott Schitt’s Creek Mark Hawkins as Johnny Rose Mark is a master craftsman who has been designing fine jewelry and restoring your [...]

Raising the roof and bringing down the house By Bland Simpson   •   Photograph by Tim Sayer Stephen Smith — teacher, journalist, poet, and the witty and imaginative inventor of the Bushnell Hamp [...]

Those with “the Sight” claim there are wee folk among us. Do you believe? By John Hood   •   Illustration by Harry Blair That rock in the river was a big one. Big enough to sit on. That’s what [...]

Advice on Nighttime Caregiving Know the bulk of night will be sleepless and embrace it with the weariest part of yourself.   Nothing but bitter tea will do, steeped too long as you pour another [...]