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Mark Twain and Me A fascinating seat at the table By Gayvin Powers As far as American writers go, Mark Twain is as iconic as Halley’s comet. That’s why I jumped faster than Huckleberry Finn onto [...]

The Reluctant Pilgrim By Jim Dodson Two decades ago, on the eve of the new millennium, the acclaimed Cambridge biologist Rupert Sheldrake was asked what single change in human behavior could make [...]

In the Loop No Pinehurst but plenty of character By Lee Pace Had the producers of the new film Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk been able to get to Pinehurst to interview some of the men who have [...]

Sandhills Melon Slice it any way you like By Jan Leitschuh When the heat is on, the kitchen is the last place you want to be, unless it’s rummaging in the refrigerator. Luckily for the [...]

An Ear to the Ground Sometimes you can hear the past By Tom Bryant It was a child’s trick remembered from early days growing up in proximity to the railroad tracks. I leaned down, put my ear to [...]

A cozy family home doubles as a gallery for animal behaviorist By Deborah Salomon   •   Photographs By John Koob Gessner A sandy, rutted, quarter-mile driveway off Pee Dee Road ends at a white [...]

Summer Daze When being outdoors was a terrifying adventure By Clyde Edgerton It was a hot summer day. 1951. In my memories of my seventh year, all summer days were hot ones, calling for me to go [...]

Well-Versed A pocketful of poets & photographers reflect on summer Ask a poet to show you a glimpse of summer and they will not give you words on a page. “OK,” they will tell you, tying a [...]

Matchless Low mileage, one owner, gently used By Bill Fields My ’66 Mustang needs a paint job, and the wheels are wobbly on my ’62 Ferrari. But compared with my ’63 Vauxhall Estate Car, whose [...]