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Off for Pinehurst Our embarrassment of riches By Lee Pace This email landed in my inbox toward the end of 2021: “I’ve been following you via social media the past several months and wanted to [...]

Simply Surviving Two years of getting by By Deborah Salomon March marks two years we have battled the pandemic, in several iterations. It has consumed news broadcasts and changed our lives, from [...]

Balancing the Scales Justice among disparate peoples in Colonial America By Stephen E. Smith Humorist Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye is credited with saying: “Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” [...]

Pisces (February 19 – March 20) The only difference between a mythical creature and a Pisces is that a mythical creature believes in itself. Pisceans are magical by nature and naturally psychic. [...]

The Baker’s Assistant How sweet it is By Jim Dodson Not long ago, my wife, Wendy, joined 47 million foot soldiers of the Great Resignation by retiring early from her job as the longtime director [...]

Lure of the Wilderness Return to the Okefenokee By Tom Bryant I’ve been fortunate in my canoeing life on the water to travel to some fascinating places. At the top of the list is the Okefenokee [...]

Johnny Allen and the Aberdeen Nine When an all-time great wore an “A” on his chest By Bill Case    In 1956, at age 7, I fell madly in love with baseball. That summer, and several ensuing ones, I [...]

The Bard of Pinebluff Manly Wade Wellman, our forgotten man of letters By Stephen E. Smith On a September afternoon 53 years ago, I was one of eight creative writing students who had gathered for [...]

Bringing It on Home Creating a Reverie facsimile By Tony Cross I’ve learned a great deal since I started my business, Reverie Cocktails, over five years ago. Even so, I sometimes feel like I [...]