O.Henry The Art & Soul of Greensboro The Art & Soul of Greensboro

July 2022

DEPARTMENTS

9 Simple Life

By Jim Dodson

12 Short Stories 14 Tea Leaf Astrologer

By Zora Stellanova

19 Life’s Funny

By Maria Johnson

22 The Omnivorous Reader

By Stephen E. Smith

25 Bookshelf 27 The Creators of N.C.

By Wiley Cash

32 Art of the State

By Liza Roberts

37 The Pleasures of Life Dept.

By Lindsay Moore

39 Home by Design

By Cynthia Adams

41 Birdwatch

By Susan Campbell

43 Wandering Billy

By Billy Ingram

82 Events Calendar 112 O.Henry Ending

By Barbara Rosson Davis

FEATURES

47 Evensong Poetry by Joseph Bathanti

49 Chicken 101 By David Claude Bailey With a wing and a prayer, you too can become a chicken tender 52 Man, Dog & Photog By Cassie Bustamante A 17-year-old uses a Nikon to explore the connection between people and pups 60 Love in Bloom By Ross Howell Jr. Dewberry Farm, a beautiful place for new beginnings

65 Jasmine Joy and Big Puff By Ross Howell Jr.

Acupuncturist Heather Grant’s journey

68 Billy and Lynne Lee’s Collaboration

By Cynthia Adams A Fisher Park fixer-upper serves as a canvas to a world-renowned sculptor and his creative wife 77 Almanac By Ashley Walshe

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