HENDERSONVILLE — I will admit, the Appalachian Mountains have a a certain allure. On this past Saturday morning, the mist lifted off the hills, as a creek gently flowed near my parked car. I waited for a chance to get my hands dirty at Veterans Healing Farm, a few miles outside Hendersonville.

Upon returning Saturday from Corolla-on-Sea, I found stuffed in my little mailbox the new edition of the latest Garden & Gun magazine. I looked for the obituaries, memorials, and encomiums for the newly departed Julia Reed.

While many liberal organizations helped create the NC Clean Energy Policy (CEP) the North Carolina Utility Commission and the Public Staff provided guidance and perspectives during its development.

About three Augusts ago, we lost a golden balladeer. I’m sure you remember him. When we moved down here from northern, icebox climes, I had Glen Campbell on my mind.

Today, I live in a peaceful and beautiful area of North Carolina on the Albemarle Sound.

Today, I purchased a sign, for my lawn, with half displaying the American flag and the second half showing the “The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.” Francis Scott Key wrote these words in 1814 and, since 1931, have been sung as the National Anthem of the United States.

Last week, if you saw a thin wisp of smoke rising from the vicinity of Soundside Road, you likely witnessed the disastrous results of a “thought experiment.”

A round-up of all things Chowan County…

Aug. 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote across the country and enfranchised nearly 50 percent of the U.S. population. A century later, voting is as – if not more – important than ever before.

We all know it takes a long time to grow up—not only biologically, but psychologically. There’s a saying among psychiatrists that it takes 50 years to overcome the first 20.

North Carolina has seen more than its fair share of devastating storms, particularly in the past few years. When hurricane season comes around, we don’t have the luxury of sitting back and seeing how it goes — even when we’re in the middle of a global pandemic – we have to be ready.

Do we need to destroy the environment to save it?

It’s 1965 in the music room at the Burbank Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The harried music teacher (and aren’t they all?) hits on a sure-fire way of refocusing her unruly first-graders.

Last Friday (July 24), Hagia Sophia, the center of the Eastern Christian Orthodox faith, was turned into a mosque.