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The art of keeping New Hanover County’s most beautiful public garden By Anne Barnhill   •   Photographs by Andrew Sherman Al Hight is a handsome man whose face has been tanned and etched by years [...]

Listening for voices of characters I have not yet created By Wiley Cash Jill McCorkle, my friend and fellow writer, has said on more than one occasion that she knows it is time to let go of one [...]

Two aging road warriors strike out in search of the American past By Jim Dodson As summer’s end approached, I hit the road for research on a new book, though I wasn’t sure how far I might get — [...]

Don’t come home without ’em By Tony Cross I’d like to thank the editors for making this article an absolute breeze for me to write. When I learned the theme of September’s issue was Home & [...]

I wait for you here with my coffee cup and newspaper, and I watch the sea. The dolphins head up the beach, and in the evening scallop down. The force of their numbers through surf pushes toward [...]

For busy interior expert Susan Covington, the best answer is “simplify” By Dana Sachs Interior designer Susan Covington and I are sitting on the deck of the Fish House Grill on the Intracoastal [...]

For a city girl visiting the country, summer is all about heat and discovery By Jason Mott It’s a tradition dating back to my own childhood, when my parents and an aunt in New York would conduct [...]

In a wild and natural world, says zoologist extraordinaire Karen Smith Linehan, everyone can be a child again Story & Photographs by Virginia Holman “Do you want to see my fort?” Karen Smith [...]

Plump, short-legged and dressed like a clown, this industrious little shorebird is pure delight By Susan Campbell Identifying diminutive shorebirds, scrambling around ahead of the waves, tends to [...]

How a town on the rise will soon delight diners in the Port City By Jason Frye   •   Photographs by Cindy Burnham A note on the heavy wooden doors of the former Farmers & Merchants Bank [...]