A Haunting Tune A country music star’s harrowing memoir By Stephen E. Smith If a memoirist’s job is to make sense of the raw, shifting facts of the past in order to instruct the future, country [...]
Guts, Game and the Good Life Virgos have it all By Astrid Stellanova By September, ole summertime holds on like the last drop of sweat. September-born Virgo children have guts and game — [...]
Porch Rockin’ The sweet sounds of the Dunleath Porchfest create community By Ross Howell Jr. • Photographs by Lynn Donovan For an early June afternoon it’s hot and the air is heavy. Though [...]
The World After Rain A good soak is the gift that keeps on giving By Jim Dodson Every year about this time, as another summer’s lease expires, I remark to anyone who will listen (i.e. [...]
Jack Murphy’s Law Breaking the rules is the former radio personality’s rule of success By Billy Eye “Radio is theater of the mind; television is theater of the mindless.” — [...]
Nailing It How one student builds on kindness and encouragement By Maria Johnson When shoppers inspect the wooden outdoor furniture at a special sale this month at Habitat for Humanity’s [...]
The Greatest Show on Turf NC Folk Fest promises another stellar lineup The Greatest Show on Earth won’t be coming to town anymore. No more plodding pachyderms leading a ponderous [...]
Vacay Days Haze How to refine relaxing By Susan S. Kelly But deep down, though, aren’t you glad it’s over? Not summer, no — the temps, the tomatoes, the twilights. The rum drinks and rose [...]
The Sound of You This morning I wake to music, the sound of the cat lapping water from the glass on my nightstand, and wish I could capture the softness with words. The 1-2-3 rhythm sends me [...]
