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Rare Birds Sightings of the evening grosbeak are fewer and far between By Susan Campbell The evening grosbeak is one special bird: one that old-timers in Piedmont North Carolina may remember from [...]

Be My Valentine ‒ for Life You may get a good laugh out of it By Susan S. Kelly I don’t know how you’re spending Valentine’s Day, but if you’re feeling blue, hie yourself to the Harris Teeter [...]

Lion’s Share A touch of fungus for the brain By Jan Leitschuh What if there was a mushroom that might repair our aging brains? What if this mushroom tasted a little like lobster, was quite hard [...]

Valentine’s Day didn’t begin with chocolate and roses By Michael Smith Y’all remember this song about Valentine’s Day, don’t you? My funny valentine Sweet comic valentine You make me smile with [...]

Shaken or Stirred? A brief primer on the fundamentals of icing the perfect cocktail By Tony Cross Having discussed the different shapes and sizes of ice, and how it’s used as an ingredient and [...]

Reflections of Africa The Arts Council of Moore County presents an exhibition exploring the unique diversity of African culture and wildlife showcasing works by South African artist Garth Swift, [...]

Mother-daughter business keeps them close to home By Deborah Salomon   •   Photographs by John Koob Gessner Know a person by his or her house. In the case of Denise O’Reilly, horse art, dog art, [...]

A Running Dialogue Keeping a list, checking it twice By Renee Phile “I hurt my foot, and I don’t think I can sit through church,” he said on a rainy Sunday morning about 10 a.m. We needed to [...]

Four on the Floor Major championships at home in the Carolinas By Lee Pace The coming year is a big one in the Carolinas for national golf competitions as four USGA national championships will be [...]

Why Poetry? A robin comes  to my yard in spring,  breast like sun, bead-black eyes, slate-blue wings. He cocks his head, this way and that, listens for breakfast, grubs and insects rustling in [...]