From the ground, the sight of a hot-air balloon renders you speechless, breathless. But take to the sky in one? Put your life in the care of fire and a capricious wind? Three thousand feet above Statesville, one writer takes the risk.
A Love Letter to North Carolina
Drew Perry has a crush on North Carolina, and he doesn’t care who knows it. To illustrate his ode to the Old North State, we sent artist Suzanne Cabrera to paint the scenes of some of the writer’s favorite memories.
Our Grade A Beverage Choice
On a menu of many worthy drinks, milk rises to the top.
Oh, (State) Christmas Tree!
A Fraser fir, always and only. Folks who’d stoop to taking home something like a Scotch pine? Amateurs.