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Columns

Green & Tender: On Fathers, Sons, and Mowing the Lawn

In North Carolina, spring brings the scent of fresh-cut grass and memories of helping Dad mow the lawn.

by Drew Perry
Columns

Keep Cozy or Kick Back? Cabins vs. Cottages

Both are charming. Both have Southern hospitality to spare. But when it comes right down to it, what’s the best way to unwind in North Carolina — keeping cozy in a cabin or kicking back in a cottage? Two writers tell all.

by Drew Perry & Susan Stafford Kelly
Living in North Carolina

A Holiday of Our Own

A writer looks back on the Thanksgiving tradition that’s stayed with him since grad school. In those days, when it felt like everything was changing, he and his friends found comfort in a new sense of home.

by Drew Perry
Living in North Carolina

In Search of Secret Creeks

Stocked with paper maps and picnic lunches, one family’s minivan becomes a time machine, carrying them across North Carolina and back to a simpler era.

by Drew Perry
A Love Note to North Carolina

Morning Glory in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Getting away from it all isn’t easy, but the rewards are many: The simplicity of a cabin kitchen. The joy of togetherness. The day’s first cup of coffee, sipped as the sun rises over the mountains.

by Drew Perry
Columns

A Love Note to North Carolina: The Two-Lane Life

Pull off the interstate: From mountain blacktops to coastal byways, the soul of North Carolina lives on roads less traveled.

by Drew Perry
Restaurants

McDowell Local Dishes Up a Foothills Feast

In McDowell County, there’s a cardinal rule of eating local: Food should always be fun.

by Drew Perry
A Love Note to North Carolina

A Love Note to North Carolina:
On the Same Page

Remember your first library card? It was a passport to anywhere. Across the state, local libraries still connect us to the world, and to each other.

by Drew Perry
Columns

A Love Note to North Carolina:
Let It Sleet

An ode to the magic — and music — of snow’s icy cousin.

by Drew Perry
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