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Pulling Up the Wild Blackberry Bushes seems ungrateful but they’re too plentiful crowding the precious patch of sun meant for the Heritage Red Raspberry that cost $16. So it’s a matter of hubris [...]

Drivin’ Me Crazy A car, by any other name, is still transportation By Deborah Salomon Something’s happened with cars. Forever, it seems, the majority were grayish to blackish. Then, starting [...]

July Books FICTION The Chelsea Girls, by Fiona Davis In a dazzling new novel about the 20-year friendship that will irrevocably change two women’s lives, the author of The Dollhouse and The [...]

Mama’s Cookin’ Sweet memories of the most creative home chef who ever lived By David C. Bailey I was 16 by the time I appreciated what an incredible cook my mother was — thanks to the woman who [...]

A sociable Southern greeting in a glass By Gayvin Powers In the South, summer heat takes on a personality of its own, inspiring thoughts like, “I’m walking through soup,” or “If it gets any [...]

A pig picking — down-home and dramatic all at the same time. Invite the neighborhood and ice down plenty of beer. By Jane Lear When my editor asked me to write about a pig picking — that is, a [...]

A Born Storyteller Wills Maxwell makes comedy real By Wiley Cash   •   Photographs by Mallory Cash Wilmington-based comedian Wills Maxwell routinely opens his sets with a joke about what he [...]

The Bare Necessities Keeping it simple keeps it delicious By Tony Cross Last month I confessed to being behind on a number of books that I had barely started or hadn’t opened at all. One of those [...]

Reminders A milestone birthday By Susan S. Kelly This is the month that I turn 65. I suspect I’ll have a breakdown. I don’t put much store by birthdays typically. As a child, a July birthday [...]