Archives

The Happy Hour On the balcony, overlooking the water’s edge, hope and friendship grow   By Cynthia Adams On recent coastal trips, we’ve noticed a complete turnover of residents in our [...]

By Ashley Wahl January cold guides us inward. You find yourself studying your hands, quietly tracing the lines of your palms when, suddenly, there is movement in the periphery. A flash — and then [...]

How one Greensboro couple went room to room with interior improvements By Maria Johnson   •   Photographs by Joey Seawell   Recent retirees Marnie and Jim Fenley wanted a designer’s help [...]

While researching her own family narrative, author Shonda Buchanan uncovers pieces of a story that belong to all of us By Virginia Holman   •   Photograph by Nathalie Gordon   “Where do you [...]

A photographer’s journey through cameras Story & Photographs by Mark Wagoner   Photographer Mark Wagoner’s origin story is one of seduction. In the early 1960s, when Mark was 4 or 5 [...]

Three local artists share their radiant visions of hope for the New Year By Ashley Wahl   •   Photographs by Bert VanderVeen   Our thoughts create our reality.    Mystics and writers have [...]

What It Was about that First Marriage The floors were fine. Gorgeous, in fact. Blond as sunshine, clean, polished, alive with the kind of promise we had dreamed. But oh those two mismatched [...]

Rise of the Mill A glimpse of Greensboro’s past and present   By Billy Eye Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent. — Joe Sparano Following the vibrant reemergence of [...]

New Birds on the Block You never know. You could spot a western tanager   By Susan Campbell The most exciting part of watching birds is that you never know who might show up — and when. [...]