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The Stolen Flower Child Love, loss and living things By Jim Dodson On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a clear spring morning in my tiny corner of the planet, I was out early planting a fig [...]

An Honest Day’s Storytelling Finding truth in Lee Smith’s fiction and nonfiction By D.G. Martin Some North Carolina writers say that it is easier for them to tell the truth in fiction than it is [...]

June is the ink that flows from the poet’s pen — sweet as gardenia and ephemeral as a dream; the fountain of everlasting passion. If ever you have read the love letters from John Keats to Fanny [...]

Where science meets the spirit Story and Photographs by John Wolfe The unseen tug of our distant moon pulls the waters of the Cape Fear River to their highest crest, but only for a moment. Soon, [...]

The Perfect Ending One man’s awakening on the water By Nicholas A. White During my senior year at Clemson University, I lived in student housing on the wooded shores of Lake Hartwell. It was a [...]

Life after Shark Attack The remarkable spirit of Paige Winter By Dana Sachs Paige Winter: Survivor On June 2 of last year, a shark attacked you when you were in the ocean near Morehead City. How [...]

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many sites dropped their paywalls to allow unrestricted access. This likely won’t last forever, so don’t be surprised if the viewing at some [...]

Hank Carter Hank Carter became interested in photography from a very early age, when his mother, an artist, encouraged him and his sister in their creative pursuits. “And I was lucky enough to [...]

A Burger Done Right By Jason Frye Over the course of one week, the azaleas in my yard budded, bloomed and fell back to their deep summer green, sending up shoots here and there that begged me to [...]

A tight-knit group of Venus flytrap poachers find easy targets in local game lands, gardens and nurseries By Kevin Maurer North Carolina Wildlife Officer T.C. Stacy flipped on his police lights [...]