Almanac December 2020
Almanac By Ash Alder December is here and, with it, the sound of a single cricket. One distant, mechanical song. A message transmitted across space and time. The stars are out. You cannot sleep. [...]
O.Henry Ending
The Rebel in Me A gourmet’s shameless confession By David Claude Bailey Whenever, as a teenager, I would do something that was beyond stupid, as in outright illegal, like seeing if our [...]
Christmas on Tate
It’s cozy, over the top and perfectly holly jolly By Cynthia Adams • Photographs by Amy Freeman Grumps and Grinches beware. To enter Katrina and Nat Hayes’ College Hill bungalow is to [...]
The Creators of NC
Art in Service Rosalia Torres-Weiner’s flowers blossom By Wiley Cash Photographs by Mallory Cash People begin arriving at 2 p.m. sharp on a Saturday afternoon at the Compare Foods [...]
The Elf Doctor
Dr. Kimberlee D. Shaw prescribes a little comic relief to cure the pandemic blues By Cynthia Adams • Photographs by Bert VanderVeen With a languorous stretch and neck roll, Dr. [...]
All Squared Away
Barn quilts that blanket the landscape By Maria Johnson • Photographs By Lynn Donovan We know you’re tired of scandals and lies, but we think you deserve to know the truth about barn quilts. [...]
Prayers of the People
Photographs by Lynn Donovan Not every prayer is formal or religious. Many are not. Bestselling author Anne Lamott wrote Help, Thanks, Wow as a reminder that, yep, a prayer can be as simple as one [...]
Christmas Stories, Somewhat but Mostly Not True
By Daniel Wallace Illustration by Ippy Patterson The oldest family Christmas story I know is about my great grandmother, Nona. This is the century before last. Nona was a widow. As far as [...]
Poem December 2020
Worksock If I could round up stockings I’d take all the holey ones from Mama’s box of sewings, My father’s, first, the heel ragged as a monkey’s face. I’d hang that sock again for him And pray [...]