Now’s the time to plan and take a plunge into the flower of love By Anne Barnhill Roses, the flowers of love, have permeated our culture with a sweet perfume. We look through rose-colored [...]
Revisiting Cold Mountain By D.G. Martin Charles Frazier’s classic novel, Cold Mountain, was published 20 years ago and more than three million copies have been sold. The book inspired a popular [...]
Warm chestnuts and the birth of a Christmas tradition By Christine Moughamian • Iluustration By Romey Petite It was my boyfriend’s first time. I’d done it many times, but never upright in the [...]
A fair-weather fisher braves a day of winter fishing on the Cape Fear By Virginia Holman • Photographs by Alan Cradick I am a highly intermittent, fair-weather fisher. Don’t judge; there’s no [...]
From food to design, a book for every taste By William Irvine A selection of great new titles for anyone on your gift list: Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island, by Ray McAllister (John F. [...]
Winter Is Here Deadhead the rose bush. Prune the wild muscadine. Move the front porch pumpkins to the compost pile. The days grow shorter, yet from darkness comes light. Behold phlox and [...]
History with a beat By Kevin Maurer • Photographs courtesy of Bellamy Mansion Museum The first time Keith McClease picked up the “gumba box,” he felt something. An energy. Spirits, maybe? As [...]
In search of a family tradition By Wiley Cash Our oldest daughter was only 2 months old the first time we made her cry while showing her the importance of family traditions. It was a chilly late [...]
An aerial view of the swimming portion of the Ironman 70.3 North Carolina race, which took place on October 21st. More than 2,200 athletes competed in the event, which included the 1.2-mile swim, [...]
The spirit of a gift that lives on By Bill Thompson Christmas 1944 was not necessarily merry for my family or most Americans. Our country was in the midst of World War II. Most immediate concern [...]