December Poem: Reduced for Quick Sale
These stanzas encourage us to reflect on the real spirit of the holiday and to resist the urge to get carried away with gifts and events.
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Simple Life: Let It Snow
Remembrances of little winter miracles over the years.
25 Christmas Eves
A writer reflects on a holiday tradition with humble beginnings that’s grown and flourished — and in some ways, remained the same.
November 2023 Poem: Elsewhere
This poem is dedicated to George Moses Horton, an enslaved poet and the first Black American to publish a book in the South.
A Day in the Life of UNC’s Rameses XXII
Find out what Otis, the Dorset Horn sheep who’s a mascot at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, does in his role on game day.
Simple Life: A Cure for the Blues
After losing his beloved canine companion, this writer’s wife knows that he needs a best friend — and finds him a new dog.
Character Portrait: Meet Etaf Rum
This novelist based in Rocky Mount is forging her own path through her writing, teaching and a community bookstore and coffee shop.
On the Grounds: 170 Years of the N.C. State Fair
A look back at the origins and evolution of this annual celebration of agriculture and innovation, which was first held in Raleigh in 1853.
October 2023 Poem: What I Kept
A writer reflects on the items she held on to after her mother passed away.
A Farewell to Golf
Reflections on a decades-long friendship and fairway rivalry, sparked by a beautiful fall evening.
Rambling Ways: David Menconi’s New Book about Rounder Records
The longtime North Carolina music writer tells the history of an influential Americana music label in his new book, Oh, Didn’t They Ramble.
September Poem: Getting to the Bones
A sad sight by the side of the road invites the writer to contemplate how humans and animals are the same.
Simple Life: Squirelly Business
A seedy family of rodents that‘s constantly attacking Jim Dodson’s bird feeder drives him nuts — so he takes action.
Rainy Daze in Beaufort
What to do when a thunderstorm threatens to ruin a summer vacation weekend at the beach? Grab the rain jackets and go…