Poem
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 [...]
Out of the Blue
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 [...]
Bookshelf
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 [...]
Southwords
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 [...]
Sweet Tea for the Soul
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 [...]
Hog Heaven
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 [...]
Drinking with Writers
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 [...]
In the Spirit
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 [...]
Golftown Journal
The Game of the People Build it and they will come By Lee Pace Hugh MacRae stood before the Wilmington City Council in the early 1920s with a bold proposal to build a municipal golf course on [...]