March 2023

Heart of a Poet Time, place and eternity meet in Indigo Field By Stephen E. Smith On this sunny late-March afternoon, Marjorie Hudson occupies rarefied space: She’s standing in the footprints of [...]

Working Without a Net The bold, acrobatic Carolina chickadee By Susan Campbell The chickadee is one of the most beloved feeder birds across the country. Central North Carolina is no exception, [...]

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 [...]