The Ruritans seem to have their prints on just about anything that happens in Silk Hope. But nothing they do is bigger than their Old Fashioned Farmers’ Day. And nothing is bigger on Old Fashioned Farmers’ Day than the steam that comes from the engines that power just about everything.
Welcome to Raleigh’s Hiram 40, one of the state’s oldest Masonic lodges, where good guys greet and eat meat. Now, what’s the password?
For 66 years, the Granite Quarry Civitans have been taking care of everybody’s business.
Even if you don’t need a tractor, you probably want some of what they’re selling at the annual Seaboard Lions Club farm-equipment auction.
North Carolina native Jonathan Byrd draws upon a style of folk music even older than bluegrass. But he uses those same familiar chords to string together a song that tells our stories. Read a review and hear several tracks from his CD, Cackalack.
Online gardening contributor Toby Bost makes a visit to the Dixie Classic Fair. As the big pumpkins are loaded onto the scales, he's reminded of his own attempt at winning a blue ribbon.
For nearly 40 years, the Tar River Boys have played mountain music with their own lively style, bringing the high lonesome sound to the flatlands of eastern North Carolina.
Folksy storyteller Donald Davis doesn’t take a position on the parenting debates raging in America’s neighborhoods. But depending on your . . .
Daphne Athas's latest book, Chapel Hill in Plain Sight, captures intimate details of growing up in the “Athens of the South.”
