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Garden in the Grove Poplar Grove’s Annual Herb Garden and Fair is always a great weekend of family fun, and this spring will be no exception. In addition to a huge selection of locally grown [...]

Preservationists & Patriots The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of North Carolina have been leaders in the historic preservation movement for 125 years By [...]

Confessions of a Happy Old Guy And the joys of life in the slow lane By Jim Dodson A close colleague needed to speak in confidence the other day. She looked so serious. “I don’t know how to tell [...]

A heaven-sent one-man show By Gwenyfar Rohler   •   Photograph by Mark Steelman Describing Ashley Strand in print as “a force of nature” is so overdone. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say [...]

Tilt Toward Spring Night’s frozen mantle sparks in early morning rays, luminous as a bride’s new diamonds. Tree’s crystalline coatings slip soundlessly from drooping branches, twinkling fairy [...]

Regrets, I’ve Got a Few The penitence of parents By Susan S. Kelly Lent looms and then — BOOM — the season of gloom is upon us, those 40 days and 40 nights during which one is meant to repent. [...]

The Definitive Douglass Revealing a multifaceted American icon By Stephen E. Smith Readers who’ve been inspired by Frederick Douglass’ eloquent autobiographies will likely find David Blight’s [...]

The Originals Leave it to the March-born to break the mold By Astrid Stellanova March madness doesn’t just apply to basketball, boys and girls. It applies to the whole universe. We astrologers [...]

Strings Attached Adrian Varnam of Ronald Sachs Violins wants to place the perfect instrument in your hands By Dana Sachs Adrian Varnam How long have you been in Wilmington? I was born and raised [...]

Goodbye, Norma Jean Going whole hog in Lumberton By Bill Thompson In the course of an otherwise normal conversation, a lady asked me how I come up with the “weird” stuff I write about. I told her [...]