Simple Life
Confessions of a Happy Old Guy And the joys of life in the slow lane By Jim Dodson A close colleague needed to speak in confidence the other day. She looked so serious. “I don’t know how to tell [...]
10 Things You Never Knew about the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
By Jim Dodson • Photograph by Lynn Donovan Many of us had the great fortune to grow up with the historic Guilford Battleground in our backyard, the place where the city’s namesake General [...]
Life’s Funny
Crying Time The art of pre-infant bonding By Maria Johnson Dear Future Grandchild, I realize it’s brazen of me to write this directly to you because — as far as I know from both of my unmarried [...]
Scuppernong Bookshelf
Blair Fare Thanks to Carolina Wren Press, veteran N.C. publisher John F. Blair finds an owner, adopts a new name and offers up several new releases Compiled by Brian Lampkin Some big-name writers [...]
O.Henry Ending
Nettleton Nightmare The nettlesome side of “Greensboro’s Shoe” By Charles A. Jones When I recently noticed my accountant was wearing non-Nettleton tassel loafers, I winced. In 2012, O.Henry [...]
Wandering Billy
Caps ’n’ Taps A different kind of brewing company serves up a sip of the past alongside current faves By Billy Eye “Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.” — [...]
Short Stories March ’19
Branching Out Help the Gate City keep another moniker, Tree City USA, as designated by the National Arbor Day Foundation. And you don’t have to, er, go out on a limb. Just join Greensboro [...]
Drinking with Writers
The Art of Civil Discourse A little healthy organic juicing with Rachel Lewis Hilburn By Wiley Cash • Photographs by Mallory Cash Last year I attended a literary event with some of the best [...]
Resonant Dwelling
Architect Michael Clapp’s poetic barn conversion in Whitsett By Cynthia Adams • Photographs by Amy Freeman Michael Clapp is living what he calls “the poetics of architecture.” His vision, [...]