March 2023

Nesting Season There’s no place like home By Susan Campbell It is almost that time again for our feathered friends: nesting season. Pairs of birds will team up to bring forth the next generation. [...]

We Know Great Writing When We See It Since 1986, the Moore County Writers’ Competition has promoted and honored superior writing throughout our communities. Join the awards ceremony where [...]

From the Mountains to the Sea By David Menconi Type design by Keith Borshak     Map Illustration By Miranda Glyder   Springtime in North Carolina means college basketball madness, [...]

The Right Track On the trail with Charles Frazier By Wiley Cash Photographs By Mallory Cash The first time I met Charles Frazier was in Asheville back in the spring of 2016. Along with several [...]

Courage and Candor Daniel Wallace’s thought-provoking memoir By Stephen E. Smith If you read the promo material for Daniel Wallace’s new memoir, This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a [...]

The Land of Pods What’s old is new again By Deborah Salomon Until recently, I knew pods only from the English peas growing in Granddaddy’s garden . . . and tent-like enclosures E.T. might take [...]

Remembering Wild Places And finding a project for spring   By Tom Bryant “So what a man has got to do is take a little time off as he grows older, and devote the waste space to remembering [...]

Bravery, blunders, and bloodshed at Monroe’s Crossroads By Bill Case     Art by  Martin Pate and the Fort Bragg Cultural Resource Management Program Gen. Kilpatrick misdirects Confederate [...]

Ice Cream Parlor The woman has a gold stud through her tongue, her companion a snarling tiger tattooed on his neck. They hover over cups of Crazy Vanilla and Chunky Chocolate as she describes the [...]

Pisces (February 19 – March 20) Einstein was a Pisces. While it’s true the German physicist struggled to remember his own birthday — “It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is [...]