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An enduring springtime ritual shared by a quartet of golf-loving friends from Charlotte to the Cape Fear By Jim Dodson “Without question,” says Greensboro’s Keith Bowman with a gentle smile. [...]

By Clyde Edgerton Moby and Medley are moles, sitting at a table in the Sandbucks Coffee Shop, where they meet once a week to talk about life underneath and around the Yardley home. They hear a [...]

The life of a Taurus is always intense By Astrid Stellanova Queen Elizabeth and Ted Kaczynski. Willie Nelson and Billy Joel. Karl Marx and Malcom X. Tina Fey and Adele. Cher and Bono (U2 front [...]

Ancient trees and basking in the world of our ancestors Story and Photographs by John Wolfe I am bobbing on calm black water beneath a charcoal sky that threatens rain. My kayak is bright orange; [...]

Upscale Resale Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity hosts its fourth annual UpScale ReSale & Design Challenge. Twenty-two local designers will use the resources of the Habitat’s ReStore to furnish [...]

The Arborist The arborist: “This tree is nearly eighty years old, and bound to fail. Put in when folks developed Rosemont Street — all up and down the yards the same — the maples, oaks, and firs. [...]

Deep in the woods of Forest Hills, Jodie Rippy has created an elegant sanctuary for her art By William Irvine   •   Photographs by Rick Ricozzi Amid the rows of sedate 1920s Colonial Revival and [...]

Savoring time between the beginning and the inevitable By Jim Dodson At the beginning of Episode Two of my favorite British TV program of the moment, a charming series called Delicious, the [...]

Pollinate your taste buds with elderflower syrup By Tony Cross The first time I sipped from a cocktail with elderflower liqueur in it, I think I said something to the tune of, “What the hell is [...]

Spring is the most ephemeral time of the year, so it pays to cook completely in the moment By Jane Lear Asparagus season is in full swing, and a good thing, too, for the vegetable is one of the [...]