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Cagey Character Winging it with Gandalf the Grey By Maria Johnson I’ve always thought that anyone who uses “pansy” as a synonym for wimp knows nothing about pansies, which can be frozen under [...]

Our Gal Friday After 70-plus years, former local reporter Eleanor Dare Kennedy feels the pull of printer’s ink By Billy Eye “Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read [...]

Everything in its Place Meg Brown Home Furnishings offers pearls of wisdom in choosing and arranging furniture By Nancy Oakley We’ve all been there. You dream of the perfect room, certain that [...]

Reimagine, Repurpose, Refresh By Cynthia Adams   •   Photographs by Amy Freeman Dabney and Walker Sanders’ stunning Fisher Park renovation Walk by the handsome and historic Fisher Park home of [...]

Pastel Perfect The spirited works of Laura Pollak By Nancy Oakley I always joke that using pastels is like playing the piano with a sledgehammer,” says Laura Pollak. You wouldn’t know it from [...]

Stars and Star-Makers Dazzling, yet old-fashioned, Librans treasure their nearest and dearest By Astrid Stellanova Star Children, our October-born enjoy longer lives and a better chance of [...]

Jay Day There’s more to the ubiquitous blue jay than meets the eye By Susan Campbell The blue jay is one of those species most of us can instantly recognize. But how well do we really know this [...]

Simple & Southern A kitchen remodel and refreshed décor open up an Oak Ridge home By Nancy Oakley To remodel or not to remodel? Given the choice of living through a complete kitchen overhaul [...]

Sentimental Journey Chris Stamey’s musical love letter to the Gate City Photograph and Story By John Gessner “As a child, Greensboro seemed like a magical place to me, where we’d climb aboard [...]

The Chardonnay Way Finding the right fit for fall By Angela Sanchez There are as many reasons why so many people, in so many places, love chardonnay as there are, well, chardonnays. It’s highly [...]