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14 Cumberland Drive, Pinehurst

$2,700,000 MLS 186168 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

85 Cypress Point, Pinehurst

$1,600,000 MLS 187725 Christine Barrett Carol Haney 910-420-0701 910-315-5013

Thistle Dhu historic flagship Pinehurst home: completely renovated and restored. First miniature golf course in USA. 6 bedrooms, 7/3 bathrooms.

$1,350,000 MLS 186021 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

One of the best golf views in CCNC. Custom designed, incredible architecture, and impeccably maintained. Over 5,000sf on 5-acres with views of the cardinal course. 3 bed, 5 bath.

Elegant and gracious custom home on over 2-acres in Forest Creek. Brick terrace, professionally appointed kitchen, wine cellar, decadent master suite. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.

335 SW Lake Forest Drive, Pinehurst

800 Lake Dornoch Drive, Pinehurst

2335 Midland Road, Pinehurst

Traditional elegance, exquisite finishes, and modern conveniences. Breathtaking views from all of the living areas of this lakefront custom home on a double lot. 4 bed, 4 bath.

Spacious traditional on 5-acres with views of CCNC’s cardinal course. Great flow and interior and exterior spaces for entertaining. Geo-thermal heating and a pool. 4 bed, 5 bath.

Situated on 2 lots and totally renovated. Twin Peaks is cottage living at its best with large master suite, open kitchen/family room, 2 garages and outdoor living space. 3 bed, 4 bath.

25 Brookhaven Road, Pinehurst

35 Southern Hills Place, Pinehurst

50 Hearthstone Road, Pinehurst

Stunning and elegant custom-built all brick home. Incredible golf views, gourmet kitchen, oversized master suite with generous closets. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

Waterfront on CCNC’s Lake Dornoch with over 4,000sf and water views from every room. Elegant living and convenient to pool, tennis/fitness complex, and clubhouse. 3 bed, 4 bath.

Custom home on large private lot near the Village entrance. A true lifestyle home for entertaining. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

15 East McCaskill Road, Pinehurst

10 Village Green East, Pinehurst

120 Woodenbridge Lane, Pinehurst

“Craven Longleaf Cottage”. Large decks overlooking luscious gardens, walk to village. 4 bedrooms, 2/1 bathrooms.

Own a piece of Old Town history. Home has a welcoming 2-story turret that ushers you into a space reminiscent of time gone by. Beautiful grounds, library, and elevator. 5 bed, 4/1 bath.

Golf front Pinehurst National #9, transferrable PCC charter membership, open floor plan, built by Lee Huckabee in 2006. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

$1,350,000 MLS 187655 Christine Barrett 910-315-5013

$1,325,000 MLS 186019 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$875,000 MLS 188256 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

$845,000 MLS 177388 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$679,000 MLS 187694 Marie O’Brien 910-528-5669

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$899,900 MLS 188465 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$770,000 MLS 187316 Kay Beran 910-315-3322

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29 Abington Drive, Pinehurst

240 Frye Road, Pinehurst

114 Timber Ridge Court, West End

Charming brick home located on Pinewild Lake with dramatic view of yard and lake. Saltwater pool with waterfall, workshop, golf cart garage. 3 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

Steps away from the Village of Pinehurst. Expanded and upgraded home on a quiet, lovely cul-de-sac. Pinehurst Country Club membership is available. 4 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

Vacation at home. Gorgeous custom home with pool, hot tub, and walk to marina. Main level master suite on first floor. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.

$579,900 MLS 187408 Pat Wright 910-691-3224

6 Whirla Way, Pinehurst

$325,000 MLS 189280 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099 Charming craftsman style home meticulously maintained. Front porch, hardwood floors, pristine kitchen, and spa-like master bath. Fully fenced backyard. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

$549,000 MLS 188341 Kay Beran 910-315-3322

$515,000 MLS 186427 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

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605 Rex Church Road, Saint.Pauls $250,000 MLS 188662 Casey Barbera 910-639-4266

Farmland and acreage. Over 45-acres of land available in Saint Pauls, NC. Property has 2 barns with paddocks, a chicken coop, wood shed, hay field, and multiple gardens.

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104 BrenDeLL Court Gorgeous all brick 4 BR / 3.5 BA home located on quiet, wooded cul-de-sac w/great privacy! The interior is bright and open w/hardwood and tile flooring, lots of windows and double-sided fireplace between the great room and the Carolina room.

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637 MCLenDon hiLLs Drive Alluring 3 BR / 3.5 BA lakefront home in McLendon Hills. Kitchen features a large island, custom cabinets and huge walk-in pantry. Upstairs there are two add’l bedrooms and bonus room. Great home in gated community w/access to stables and riding trails!

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215 horseshoe Drive Cute 3 BR / 2 BA golf front home on the 15th tee of Hyland Course. Custom crafted by an award winning builder this home shows like new! Nice floorplan with beautiful flooring and lots of curb appeal.

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60 stoneykirk Drive Beautifully maintained 3 BR / 2.5 BA home on the 13th hole of the Magnolia Course at Pinewild CC. Offers a large center living room w/fireplace, built-ins and beautiful views of the course and 8 X 14 workshop in the garage!

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105 LeeWooD Court Beautifully maintained 4 BR / 4.5 BA home located in Seven Lakes West. Perfect for a large family, this home offers a bright and open floorplan w/a great kitchen, sunny Carolina Room and an abundance of living space.

Pinehurst • $497,500

4 CreeksiDe Court Exquisite 4 BR / 4.5 BA home in gated community of Forest Creek. Built by Camina Construction the home offers beautiful architecture, a spacious interior w/open floorplan and gourmet kitchen and the exterior has tons of curb appeal.

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178 GranDe Pines Court e. LIVE GRANDE in beautiful gated Equestrian community in Foxfire! Two-story 5 BR / 4.5 BA home on large 2.5 acre lot w/low maintenance exterior. Interior offers an abundance of living space w/two master suites on the main level. Totally immaculate and a must see!

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313 JuniPer Creek BLvD Elegant 3 BR / 3.5 BA two-story home in Pinehurst #6 offering an open floor plan, beautiful hardwood and tile floors and spacious master suite w/lovely walk-in closet. The kitchen is a chef’s dream! Custom cabinets and gorgeous granite counters.

111 sakonnet traiL Two-story 4 BR / 3.5 BA brick home located across from the 14th hole of Pinehurst’s #6 golf course. The home offers hardwood flooring throughout main living area w/open floorplan, gourmet kitchen and Master and 2 additional bedrooms on main level.

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120 tuCker roaD Two-story 3 BR / 2.5 BA home currently under construction on about an acre of land. Hardy-plank exterior, covered front porch, spacious master suite and two additional bedrooms on the second floor as well as a very large bonus room.

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29 WestLake Pointe Lane Beautifully renovated 4 BR / 3 BA home on Pinehurst Lake. Upgrades include stainless appliances, Brazilian marble countertops in the kitchen and Italian marble flooring in bathrooms. Home also offers beautiful lake views from almost every room.

WhisPerinG Pines • $495,000

11 LakeWooD Court Beautiful and spacious 4 BR / 5.5 BA home perfectly designed for a large family w/separate kitchens in each living area. Property is located on almost 3 acres of incredibly low maintenance landscaping and is a short walk to Country Club and Pool!

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108 LoGan Court Amazing 4 BR / 4 full BA 2 half BA lakefront home located on two premium wide water lots. Open floorplan with water views from almost every room. Truly one of the most beautiful homes on Lake Auman.

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14 LoChWinnoCk Lane Impressive 3 BR / 3.5 BA home on 14th green of Pinehurst #9. Home offers many well-appointed upgrades including gourmet kitchen w/custom cherry cabinetry. Pinehurst CC #1- #9 membership available for transfer.

145 Brookhaven roaD Stunning 5 BR / 5.5 BA home in Fairwoods on Seven located on oversized, private lot and overlooks the 15th fairway of the #7 course. Spacious floorplan offers beautiful views and very nice upgrades.

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100 MCkenzie roaD W. Exquisite 5 BR / 5.5 BA cottage in the heart of Old Town. This lovely home sits on 1.66 beautifully manicured acres and offers over 8,000 sq ft in main house and two guest houses. Truly a magnificent home!

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25 MaPLe roaD Charming 4 BR / 3.5 BA cottage in the Village of Pinehurst w/beautifully landscaped yard, outdoor seating areas under flowering trees and an artist studio tucked away in the garden. The interior of the home is inviting w/elegant living and dining area and cozy kitchen and breakfast room. A must see!

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103 sunrise Point Gorgeous 4 BR / 3 Full BA 2 half BA waterfront home on Lake Auman. It encompasses all one would ever want in a lakefront property - beautiful lake views and an exceptionally well appointed floorplan. Truly an amazing home!

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80 fieLDs roaD Quintessential 4 BR / 3.5 BA Old Town Cottage with all the charm and style expected in a vintage 1920’s property. Home has been beautifully renovated and features original fixtures, hardwood floors throughout and in-ground chlorine pool.

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700 shaDy Lane roaD Beautiful 4 BR / 4.5 BA farmhouse style home on 8 private acres including a pond at the front of the property. Floorplan is open and spacious w/gorgeous wide plank pine flooring that was milled out of trees from the property!

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118 Pine Lake Drive Amazing 4 BR / 4 BA waterfront home in beautiful Whispering Pines. Built in 2014, this home offers a spacious floorplan, gourmet kitchen, large master suite and extensive upgrades. Home is totally immaculate

Pinehurst • $890,000

102 strathaven Court Elegant 4 BR / 3 Full BA 2 half BA golf front home. Home is located on the signature hole of Pinehurst #9. House was custom built w/fine finishes, great attention to detail and has been well maintained and cared for.

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149 Morris Drive Stunning 4 BR / 4 Full BA 2 half BA lakefront home on Lake Auman. All brick custom home w/open floorplan and outstanding features. Home has been meticulously maintained and cared for and includes adjacent lot.

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72 When History Goes Missing By Stephen E. Smith The lost volumes of Weymouth

76 A Passion for Palindromes By William Irvine Do Geese See God?

80 The Real Song of the South By Nan Graham

How an eccentric Alabama spinster collected folktales and living voices — human and animal alike — from an age that is gone with the wind

84 Living by the Book By Deborah Salomon A cottage with a wow factor

93 Almanac By Ash Alder Departments 23 Simple Life By Jim Dodson

47 Wine Country By Angela Sanchez

49 In the Spirit 26 PinePitch By Tony Cross 29 Instagram Winners 53 Out of the Blue 31 Good Natured By Deborah Salomon By Karen Frye

33 The Omnivorous Reader By Stephen E. Smith

39 Bookshelf 43 Hometown By Bill Fields

45 The Kitchen Garden By Jan Leitschuh

55 Pleasures of Life By Joyce Reehling

57 Mom, Inc.

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59 Birdwatch

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61 Sporting Life By Tom Bryant

67 Golftown Journal By Lee Pace

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar SandhillSeen PineNeedler By Mart Dickerson

111 The Accidental Astrologer By Astrid Stellanova

112 SouthWords

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102 Hammerstone Circle • Whispering Pines Beautifully sited on a large corner lot, this charming cottage with French country overtones is a stunning example of quality construction and finishing detail. Spacious (3530 square ft), the home features a living room with vaulted beamed ceiling, dining room with coffered ceiling, open kitchen/breakfast/family room with stone detail (high end appliances Wolf cooktop & oven) and screened porch with outdoor fireplace. Highlights include hardwood floors throughout, stacked stone fireplaces in living and family rooms, and a large walk-in attic on second floor. Lovely master bedroom is light filled with luxury bath featuring a double shower with two entries, barrel vaulted ceiling, separate sinks, tub,two walk in closets. Second floor exercise room is large and has multiple uses. New Listing Offered at: $515,000.

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70 Cypress Point Drive • CCNC

5 acres overlooking the 9th Fairway of the Cardinal Course in CCNC, the residence is a testament to fine taste and comfortable elegance in a Southern setting. 5BR, 5 full BA, 3 half BA. Offered at $2,775,000.

1495 W. Connecticut Avenue • Southern pines

Knollwood House poised above the 15th Hole of Mid Pines enjoys the best golf view in the Sandhills. The 5 BR, 5 BA estate built in 1927 has a glamorous history tied to golf and horses. New Listing offered at $988,000.

451 Old Mail Road • Horse Country

The jewel of Moore County’s horse country, Fox Hollow Farm is secluded on 10.52 acres with easy access to thousands of acres of equestrian land. 4BR, 4.5BA, 5,276 sq ft. Offered at $2,200,000.

55 Shaw Road • Old Town

‘Centerwood’, the log cabin in the Village. An enchanting property built at the turn of the century, this 5BR, 5.5BA cottage represents a genuine piece of Pinehurst’s history. Offered at $1,398,000.

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292 Old Dewberry • Horse Country

Peaceable Kingdom Farm situated on 6.2 acres just 2 miles from downtown. Grandfathered horse farm with total privacy on iconic sand road. 4BR, 2BA. Offered at $775.000.

15 Bel Air • CCNC

Exceptional residence features comfortable elegance throughout. Sited on 1.5 acres overlooking the 6th hole of the Dogwood Course at CCNC. 4 BR, 3.5BA. Offered at $679,000.

14 Appin Court • Pinewild

Tucked between the 11th and 14th hole of the Holly Course in Pinewild, on 3.24 very private acres. 4BR, 3.5BA, pool, 3 car garage, bocce ball court. Offered at $698,000.

24 Colonial Pines Circle • Pinehurst

This remarkable townhome in the Colonial Pines subdivision has surprisingly spacious rooms with a beautiful view from every window, stunning back meadow. 3 BR, 3 BA, 2,374 sq. ft. New Listing offered at $196,000.

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Featured Homes 1 Dunedin Circle

Pinehurst No. 6, Pinehurst Gorgeous water front home on a beautifully landscaped corner lot. Features a covered back porch with gas heater, covered patio off the kitchen, office with fireplace, wet bar, 3 car garage, solar panels, and more. 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 3,500+ Sq.Ft.

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125 Manning Square

Walker Station, Pinehurst Energy Star rated new construction home featuring beautiful hardwood floors, granite counters in kitchen and baths, drop zone, and much more. Located in a wonderful neighborhood with parks, community pool, and community garden. 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 2,600+ Sq.Ft.

MLS# 183091 $369,000

235 Legacy Lakes Way

Legacy Lakes, Aberdeen Fantastic condo with views of the golf course from the 2nd floor balcony! Gourmet kitchen with granite counters, main level master suite with walk-in closet, another master suite upstairs, back patio, 2 car garage. 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 2,200+ Sq.Ft.

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344 New Haven Place

Southern Pines Exquisite equestrian facility on 10.34 acres! Features a gorgeous residence with an open living area, vaulted ceilings, and outdoor balcony. Barn with 5 stalls, office, tack room, wash and grooming areas, and a guest bedroom and bathroom. Additional outbuildings with stalls, sand riding ring, and much more. 2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2,200+ Sq.Ft.

MLS# 188723 $1,300,000

40 Linville Drive

Country Club Of North Carolina, Pinehurst Beautiful all brick home on almost 2 acres featuring a gourmet kitchen with center island and sitting room, family and dining rooms both with fireplaces, master suite with an office, sunroom, back porch area with another fireplace, and 3 car garage. 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths, 5,000+ Sq.Ft.

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Last Days of the Yard King A final summer of innocence is shelter from the storm

By Jim Dodson

That July I owned the neighborhood. Or at least my block.

It was 1968. I was 15, towing a wheezing Lawn-Boy push mower behind a well-traveled Schwinn Deluxe Racer with chrome-plated fenders and dual side baskets. My mother called me Jimmy the Yard King. Actually, I had three jobs that summer. One was mowing half a dozen lawns in the neighborhood at a time before lawn crews were commonplace and customers could phone your parents if they didn’t like the job you did. The second was a weekend job as an usher at the newly opened Terrace Theatre, where I was required to wear a snazzy tangerine orange, double-knit sports jacket with a black, clip-on bow tie. The jacket matched the theater’s innovative “rocking chair” seats. My job was to keep kids from violently rocking their brains out and disturbing other customers by banging their knees. This often resulted in my giving chase to truants hopped up on candy. That summer I also had my first job teaching guitar two mornings a week at Mr. Weinstein’s music shop — for five dollars an hour, no less. Given my combined income, my mom joked that she might have to someday ask me for a loan. I was saving up for either an Alvarez guitar or a Camaro, which ever came first. The year 1968 has been called “The Year that Shattered America.” Looking back, it was the year we both began to lose our innocence. Being a son of the newspaper world, I paid close attention to the news, read the paper daily and never missed Uncle Walter on his evening broadcast. That year, for the first time, the Tet Offensive by the Viet Cong brought the horrors of the war in Southeast Asia home to 56 million American TV sets. On my birthday that February, I saw the iconic photograph of a South Vietnamese general publically executing a Viet Cong prisoner. The picture shocked Americans, stoked the anti-war movement and turned millions of Americans against the war. One month later, the My Lai massacre that killed more than 500 civilians but wasn’t revealed and investigated for another year — all but finished off public support for the war. That spring I taught myself how to play every song on the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and started performing around town with my buddy Craig Corry who lived two doors away on Dogwood Drive. We wound up placing third in the city’s teenage talent show that next fall and made an appearance on Lee Kinard’s Good Morning Show, our first and last TV appearance. On a breezy afternoon that April, I was playing golf with my dad when we heard that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis,

Tennessee. We watched riots break out in Detroit and the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C. happen on TV. Commentators wondered if America was coming apart at the seams, heading for revolution in the streets. I was more interested that the Broadway smash musical, Hair, featured live and fully naked people on stage. I couldn’t fathom it but sure wished I could see it. On the plus side that summer that America was going to hell in a hand basket, as Mr. Huff down the street always grumbled when I showed up to collect my $8 for mowing his lawn, I took Ginny Silkworth to the Cinema Theater to see Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet. It was great. I fell in love with Shakespeare and, in a way, Ginny Silkworth. She was my first date ever. We grew up attending the same church group. Unfortunately my dad had to drive us to the theater, under strict orders not to say anything embarrassing. After the movie, Ginny, a deep thinker with a warm and horsy laugh, wondered what I planned to do with my life. I told her I planned to write books, probably travel the world, play my guitar, mow lawns and maybe move to England. She punched me on the arm and laughed adorably. Ginny and I stayed in touch for decades. She went on to become a gifted schoolteacher in Philadelphia and passed away from breast cancer many years ago. I miss her still, especially her wonderful laugh. Earlier that summer, Robert Kennedy was gunned down after winning the California Democratic primary. My mother really liked Bobby Kennedy. We watched his funeral train together and she actually cried. My dad was a half-hearted Nixon guy. My mom used to joke that she did her patriotic duty by cancelling out his vote in the voting booth. By July I was deep into my lawn-mowing life, guitar-playing, trying to forget what was going on in America. I hated the usher job at the Terrace so much I handed in my elegant orange usher’s jacket in early August, blaming my family’s annual beach trip to the Hanover Seaside Club at Wrightsville Beach. We went there every year for at least half a dozen years, though this would be the final time. I loved the Seaside’s unfancy dining room, its cool wooden floors and big porches where I could sit for hours in a real rocking chair and read. I read Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair that summer, getting hopelessly addicted to his storytelling. I also finished John LeCarré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, picturing myself mowing a lawn in some far-flung, sun-mused outpost of the British Empire, a spy in short pants, enjoying a gin and tonic with some sultry blond who looked like Tuesday Weld. That week a family from southern Ohio was visiting the Seaside Club. A pretty girl named Sandy was reading Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire, bare feet

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tucked up in the rocker just down the porch. We struck up a conversation and took a walk on Johnny Mercer’s Pier. Sandy told me that we humans were destroying the world, killing the oceans with our garbage and fighting an unwinnable war. She told me she was going to become an “environmental activist” like her aunt who was attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a delegate from Ohio. The Seaside Club didn’t have a TV set, so there was no way to see what was happening in Chicago. We heard, however, that there were police riots and lots of injuries at the convention when Chicago’s mayor turned the police loose on Yippies and the Students for a Democratic Society who tried to crash the party. For the rest of the week we were pretty much inseparable. Sandy was a year older and half a head taller than me. She was no Tuesday Weld but I liked her a lot. Like me, she was crazy about books and movies. The Graduate was playing at the Crest Theater in Wrightsville Beach. She suggested we go see it. That year the Motion Picture Association of America instituted its film rating service, serving as a guideline for parents anxious about a movie’s content. I was worried about getting in. You were supposed to be at least 16 but the lady working the box office took one look at Sandy, then me, and let us in for a buck and a quarter each. Sandy didn’t care for the movie but I loved it. The night before her family headed home to Ohio, we talked until midnight while seated on a stack of canvas rafts stacked beneath the Seaside Club. My family was staying through the Labor Day weekend, our final days there. The next night, I gigged a huge flounder in the tidal flats off Bald Head Island and wondered if I would ever hear from Sandy again. She actually wrote me a couple of times and I wrote her back. In 1974, a F5 tornado flattened her hometown of Xenia, Ohio, killing something like 100 people and leaving 10,000 homeless. I never heard from Sandy again. I like to think she’s somewhere in the world saving the planet.

Back home, with school starting, I still had a few weeks of decent lawnmowing income to count on, plus teaching guitar for Mr. Weinstein. I knew all the dogs in the neighborhood, those which were friendly and those that weren’t. I knew the better-looking moms, too. When you’re 15 and King of Yards, you notice such things. Looking back from half a century, life seems deceptively simpler then, so far away from the anti-war protests, the burning cities, the murder of visionary leaders, the riots, the raised fists at the summer Olympics, Nixon winning the White House, O.J. winning the Heisman. “And stones in the road/Flew out beneath our bicycle tires. . . ” as my favorite singer Mary Chapin Carpenter remembers in her beautiful anthem to that moment in America’s life. “Worlds removed from all those fires/ As we raced each other home. . . ” I rode my bike everywhere that summer, pretty much for the last time. I mowed lawns, ate my first Big Mac, kissed Ginny Silkworth and had part of me awakened by a spirited girl named Sandy. I taught myself to play every song on Revolver. I went to Scout camp for the final time, did the Mile Swim twice, finished off my Life Scout award, built a nature walk at my elementary school for my Eagle project. My Yard King days came to an end. Fifty years later, I can remember these things like they happened yesterday, and wonder what a 15-year-old in America thinks about in 2018. History, I’ve learned, may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes like a Mary Chapin song. “And the stones in the road/Leave a mark from whence they came/A thousand points of light or shame/Baby, I don’t know.” PS Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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PinePitch Seagrove Potters and Sweet Tea Spend a lazy day in Seagrove on Saturday, Aug. 11, enjoying two of the area’s finest traditions: iced tea and pottery. Local potters will be offering iced teas and homemade treats for you to sample as you browse through their shops on this gallery crawl. Participating potters include Blue Hen Pottery, Dean & Martin Pottery, Eck McCanless Pottery, From the Ground Up, Thomas Pottery and Red Hare Pottery. Their featured wares for this special event will be pitchers and tumblers. Shops are located along N.C. 705 (the Pottery Highway) and will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pick up a pottery map at your first stop. For more information, call (336) 879-4145 or visit www.teawithseagrovepotters.webstarts.com.

Step Back in Time You can still see the bullet holes in Colonel Philip Alston’s House in the Horseshoe, where his revolutionary band of citizen soldiers fought the Loyalists in 1781. See a re-enactment of this Revolutionary War battle at 2 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday, Aug. 4 or 5, at the 237th anniversary of the Battle at the House in the Horseshoe. From 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., you can tour the 18th century plantation house and view militia encampments and a blacksmith shop. Watch demonstrations featuring musket/ artillery firings, colonial brewing, gardening and spinning/weaving. Admission is free, but parking is $5. Food trucks will be on-site. The House is located at 288 Alston House Road, Sanford. For more information, call (910) 947-2051 or visit www.nchistoricsites.org/horsesho/.

Fine Arts Festival The 38th Annual Fine Arts Festival will open on Friday, Aug. 3, at the Campbell House Galleries. The FAF, started by the Arts Council of Moore County in 1980 to showcase local artists, now features artwork from all over the country. The opening reception, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, offers the opportunity to view the artwork, meet the artists and friends, and enjoy wine and light hors d’oeuvres. Prizes and ribbons will be awarded in painting, drawing or pastel, photography, mixed media, pottery and sculpture. The artwork will be for sale and on display at the gallery through Aug. 30. The Campbell House is located at 482 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-2787 or go to mooreart.org.

Musicians Jam Session/Song Circle All members of the public are invited to bring their instruments and join other musicians for an informal evening of music and song — or just come to enjoy the company and surroundings. Please bring your own beverage. This free event will be held Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Great Room at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines. This event is held throughout the year on the last Tuesday of each month. For more information, call (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

63rd Annual Robbins Farmers Day Begun in 1955 when Curtis Hussey and his cousins obtained permission to have a parade through downtown Robbins, Farmers Day festivities begin on Thursday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. with the 5K Run/Walk and gospel music on the depot stage. Friday from 6 to 11 p.m., dance to Bluegrass by the Hill Family of Sanford and William Willard’s Country Storm Band. On Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., enjoy carnival rides, entertainment, demonstrations and — of course— the Farmers Day Parade. The horses and wagons arrive at 11 a.m., competing for trophies in 21 categories, including best buggy, horse, mule team and donkey. Bring your lawn chairs, but please no golf carts or ATVs — they’re not allowed inside the barricades. For more information, call (910) 295-7808 or visit robbinsfarmersday.com.

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Bocce in the Backyard The 11th annual Sandhills Children’s Center Backyard Bocce Bash takes place on Saturday, Aug. 18, and you are invited to join the tailgate party and play a little bocce for a good cause. This private, nonprofit organization provides much-needed day programs for children with and without special developmental needs. Register your team of four players for $100 (basic) to $350 (VIP). All proceeds benefit the children. VIP teams get a courtside tent to decorate — and a prize is awarded to the best decorated tent. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. at the National Athletic Village, 201 Air Tool Road, Southern Pines. For more information and registration, call (910) 692-3323 or visit sandhillschildrenscenter.org.

Live After 5 On Friday, Aug. 10, the village of Pinehurst invites you to Tufts Memorial Park for another evening of great music and family activities. Food trucks will offer a wide variety of fare, or bring your own picnic basket — but no outside alcohol allowed. Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for purchase. The event is free, as are parking at the Village Hall and shuttle service to downtown and back. Berryfield performs from 5:15 to 5:50 p.m., and The Royal Suits from 6 to 9 p.m., performing classic rock, funk, Motown and more. The park is located at 1 Village Green Road W. For more information, call (910) 295-8656 or visit www.vopnc.org.

Sandra Brown to Present New Thriller New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown will be at the Hannah Center at The O’Neal School on Aug. 8. Her new book, Tailspin, is a spine-tingling thriller and tantalizing romance about a daring cargo pilot, Rye Mallett, caught up in the intrigue surrounding his mysterious cargo and the alluring woman doctor who intercepts its delivery. Tickets to this event are $35, general admission, which includes a copy of the book. Tickets are available at Ticketmesandhills.com and at The Country Bookshop. The event starts at 6:30 p.m., and doors open 30 minutes prior. The O’Neal School is located at 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

Sandhills Broadway Series Om’erica: The Yoga Fest Hot Asana Studio is hosting a day of yoga to celebrate military veterans on Saturday, Aug. 4. Veterans, all of whom are certified yoga instructors, will teach the event’s three outdoor classes. The businesses and vendors represented are owned by and support vets. The cost is $30, which includes access to vendors and three classes. A portion of the proceeds will send one vet through training at the Hot Asana Yoga University, another portion goes to the Exalted Warrior Foundation, which facilitates yoga instruction for wounded warriors. Vendors will open at 7:30 a.m., and classes will be at 8, 9 and 10 a.m. Tickets are available at the door, but space is limited, so reservations are suggested. The Yoga Fest will be held at the Sunrise Theater Greenspace, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. For more information and tickets, visit www.hotasanastudio.com.

The Sandhills Repertory Theatre presents Marissa McGowan and Michael Mendez in “Out of The Friend Zone,” a cabaret-style concert. Through Broadway songs, the two stars relate how they started working together, became friends, and ultimately fell in love. The concert will be at the Hannah Theater Center at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road in Southern Pines. It starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19. Tickets are $32/general; $30/seniors and military; $20/students and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3438061. The Given Library and The Country Bookshop are selling senior and military tickets only. Tickets at the door will be $35. Proceeds will help fund arts programming in the schools and special needs arts programming in the community. For more information, call (347) 385-4207 or (910) 692-6920.

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Pinehurst’s popular Chef & Maker series returns with three inspiring weekends of tantalizing menus and tasteful creations. Each weekend, one of North Carolina’s award-winning chefs will showcase his unique talents alongside a variety of artisans. Enjoy interactive culinary demonstrations, cookbook autograph sessions, informative workshops and chef dinners. It’s the perfect pairing of creative cuisine and Southern craftsmanship.

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Okra Rules

A healthful Southern delicacy

Migrate to Wrightsville Beach, NC By Karen Frye

lashbacks of my summers growing up bring fond memories. No social media. The phone was a party line, so you had to be quick with any conversations. There was just the splendor of family and nature. Climbing the big mimosa trees in the front yard or exploring the woods around the house was what I loved most. My grandparents had a large garden that included everything you could imagine to help feed our entire family. Aunts, uncles and cousins would gather around the table to devour family-style portions of the freshly picked vegetables. Stormy afternoons were spent on the front porch shelling bushels of peas and butterbeans. My grandmother was efficient at everything. Nothing went to waste. She was an amazing cook and loved to feed anyone who came through our door. She canned, froze and preserved anything that we didn’t eat. There was always a long row of okra in the garden. The pods grow on a large, leafy plant with lovely flowers that bloom before the pods appear. Native to Africa, South America and the Middle East, okra has been used medicinally for hundreds of years. It is a low-calorie, high-fiber food. Some of the vitamins and minerals most abundant are vitamins B and C, especially folate and potassium. One cup of okra contains 33 calories and 44 percent of the bone-strengthening vitamin K that you need per day. The vitamin A in okra is good for your eyes, as well the antioxidants beta carotene and lutein, which help prevent macular degeneration and cataracts. The gelatinous mucilage in okra, especially when you cook it, is recommended for digestive problems such as constipation and acid reflux. Okra has been studied for its effect on blood sugar levels. One study published by the open access Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences noted a connection between okra and lower blood sugar levels. The polysaccharides in okra open up the arteries and improve circulation. Even if you haven’t acquired a taste for okra, you may want to include it in your diet. It’s easy to add to soups and gumbos, and you can even eat it raw. Slice it up and add it to a stir-fry with other vegetables. In the South, we like it fried, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but remember to use a healthy oil for frying. My favorite way to prepare it is roasting the whole pod in a cast iron skillet until it’s crispy. It is a perfect side dish to any meal, even eggs. In some countries the okra seeds are even used as a coffee substitute. This summer, as always, I have a beautiful raised bed of okra growing, which usually yields in early November. If you didn’t plant any in your garden this summer, you can find some great okra at our local farmers markets. Buy extra and freeze it, so you can enjoy it all year. As always, food is our best medicine. PS

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AUTHOR EVENTS New York Times best selling authors are coming to Southern Pines! Stop by the Country Bookshop to see and talk to them about their latest books.

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CHRISTOPHER SWANN – Shadow of the Lions “My lungs began to burn as I started sprinting. It wasn’t just that I wanted to catch Fritz. I had the distinct feeling that I was chasing him, that I had to catch up with him, before something caught up with me.” How long must we pay for the crimes of our youth? That is just one question Christopher Swann explores in this compulsively readable debut, a literary thriller set in the elite--and sometimes dark--environs of Blackburne, a prep school in Virginia. When Matthias Glass’s best friend, Fritz, vanishes without a trace in the middle of an argument during their senior year, Matthias tries to move on with his life, only to realize that until he discovers what happened to his missing

friend, he will be stuck in the past, guilty, responsible, alone. Almost ten years after Fritz’s disappearance, Matthias gets his chance. Offered a job teaching English at Blackburne, he gets swiftly drawn into the mystery. In the shadowy woods of his alma mater, he stumbles into a web of surveillance, dangerous lies, and buried secrets--and discovers the troubled underbelly of a school where the future had once always seemed bright. A sharp tale full of false leads and surprise turns, Shadow of the Lions is also wise and moving. Christopher Swann has given us a gripping debut about friendship, redemption, and what it means to lay the past to rest.

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SANDRA BROWN – Tailspin

Rye Mallett, a fearless “freight dog” pilot charged with flying cargo to far-flung locations, is often rough-spoken and all business, but soft on regulations when they get in the way of meeting a deadline. But he does have a rock-solid reputation: he will fly in the foulest weather, day or night, and deliver the goods safely to their destination. So when Rye is asked to fly into a completely fogbound northern Georgia town and deliver a mysterious black box to a Dr. Lambert, he doesn’t ask questions. As Rye’s plane nears the isolated landing strip, more trouble than inclement weather awaits him. He is greeted first by a sabotage attempt on his plane that causes him

to crash land, and then by Dr. Brynn O’Neal, who claims she was sent for the box in Dr. Lambert’s stead. Despite Rye’s “no-involvement” policy when it comes to other people’s problems, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the intrigue surrounding his cargo . . . and to the mysterious and alluring Brynn. Soon Rye and Brynn are in a treacherous forty-eight-hour race to deliver the box before time runs out. With everyone from law enforcement officials to hired thugs hot on their heels, they must learn to trust each other so they can protect their valuable cargo from those who would kill for it.

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DAVID JOY – The Line That Held Us When Darl Moody went hunting after a monster buck he’s chased for years, he never expected he’d accidentally shoot a man digging ginseng. Worse yet, he’s killed a Brewer, a family notorious for vengeance and violence. With nowhere to turn, Darl calls on the help of the only man he knows will answer, his best friend, Calvin Hooper. But when Dwayne Brewer comes looking for his missing brother and stumbles onto a blood trail leading straight

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Chang and Eng

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By D. G. Martin

If I asked you to name

our state’s best-known citizen, living or dead, who comes to mind?

What if I said to think of people of who lived in Mount Airy? I bet you would say Andy Griffith. After all, his still-popular TV show was set in Mayberry, which was based on his hometown, Mount Airy. But long before Griffith was born, long before television, two world-famous men moved to Surry County farms near Mount Airy. They were known in America and Europe as Chang and Eng, the Siamese Twins. Still today, almost 145 years after their deaths, people all over the world know about the two brothers, joined together from their birth in Siam (now Thailand) in 1811 until their deaths near Mount Airy in 1874. In 1978, Irving Wallace and his daughter, Amy Wallace, wrote a popular biography titled The Two: The Story of the Original Siamese Twins. The Wallaces used their great storytelling gifts to entertain readers while laying out the details of the twins’ amazing lives. After growing up in Siam, Chang and Eng came to the U.S. and were displayed throughout the country and Europe before settling in North Carolina, marrying sisters, and having more than 20 children between them. (See attached chronology.) Until recently, The Two had a virtual monopoly on the story, but two new books provide additional facts and a more modern examination of the twins’ lives and times. The newer books are Joseph Andrew Orser’s The Lives of Chang and Eng: Siam’s Twins in Nineteenth-Century America, published in 2014 by UNC Press, and Yunte Huang’s Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History, published earlier this year by Liveright. Though the Wallaces covered the story in great detail, they wrote for Americans of the 1970s. Our attitudes about race, immigration and the exploitation of unusual human specimens have evolved. Orser’s Chang and Eng re-examines the basic facts of the twins’ lives and challenges earlier understandings of the meaning and lessons of their experience. Using the reactions of 19th century Americans and Europeans to the twins, Chang and Eng is more than a standard biography. It becomes an examination and evaluation of social attitudes about race, ethnicity, slavery, immigration, citizenship, and the exploitation of the unusual and deformed. Orser recounts a host of interesting facts about the twins that his readers might have forgotten or never knew. For instance, the twins, though born in Siam, were really of Chinese origin. Their father was certainly Chinese, and their mother may have been partially Chinese. So why weren’t they, and all other conjoined twins who came afterward, called Chinese Twins? It seems to have been a matter of 19th century branding. The explanation

given by one of their managers, James W. Hale, was that they were “more likely to attract attention than by calling them Chinese.” After traveling all over the U.S. and Europe, why settle in rural North Carolina? Their 1839 decision was, Orser writes, “well orchestrated: it was not spur of the moment.” In the big cities, he explains, the twins “were too closely linked to their public exhibition and their foreign origins; there was little room in the North for them to settle down to lives of quiet respectability.” After moving first to Wilkes County and later into adjoining but separate farms in Surry County, they became U.S. citizens, acquired and managed slaves, and when the Civil War broke out, they supported the South, each of them supplying a son to serve in the Confederate Army. The twins were joined at their chests by a relatively short band of tissue. Today a surgeon could separate them but the doctors of the time were uncertain. There could have been other reasons, as well. As one of their doctors explained, “Those boys will fetch a vast deal more money while they are together than when they are separate.” After their deaths, when the bodies were examined, some doctors concluded that one or both of the twins would not have survived an attempted separation. In Huang’s Inseparable, the author’s personal background lends a special perspective. Like Chang and Eng, he grew up in Asia. After college at Peking University, he came to the U.S. and worked in the restaurant business in Alabama before completing his Ph.D. in poetics at SUNY-Buffalo. Living in the American South, he experienced challenges not unlike those that confronted Chang and Eng more than 150 years earlier. He sees the twins as fellow immigrants. While taking Americans to task for their “ugly rhetoric against immigrants,” Huang wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal, “Throughout American history, almost all immigrants, legal or illegal, have indeed had mountains to climb . . . But few newcomers to the U.S. have crossed more daunting barriers than Chang and Eng Bunker.” Huang uses the twins’ lives to examine other features of American society during their lifetimes. He includes a long section describing the acrimonious relations between the twins and P.T. Barnum, the clever exhibitor of rare spectacles and weirder attractions who took advantage of Chang and Eng and the public. Huang writes that Barnum understood that the American nature was to submit to clever humbug, even when it flaunted the facts. Huang compares Barnum to a “trickster” who is an engaging confidence man and a colorful figure ubiquitous in literature and film. He dupes others and often dupes himself as well. The trickster does not know either good or evil. He is more amoral than immoral. He is a simple confidence man. Huang argues that in Barnum’s time, “democracy also became a game of con-

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fidence, in the double sense of the word: political representatives gain the trust of the common men and pull a con on them.” “In nineteenth-century America,” Huang continues, “no one did it better than P. T. Barnum in turning confidence into entertainment; no one was a better trickster than the Prince of Humbugs.” To become an expert on Chang and Eng, ideally you would want to tackle all three books, but if you can only read one, Fred Kiger, Chapel Hill’s inspirational Civil War and local history speaker, suggested in a recent lecture that you start with the Wallaces’ old standard, The Two, to get the big picture. Then you will want to read the two new books for the rich, more modern perspectives they could bring to your reading table. Chang and Eng Chronology May 11, 1811 Conjoined twins are born in a small fishing village in Siam (now Thailand). They are named In and Chun, which became Eng and Chang. Father is Chinese. Mother probably half-Chinese. 1824 Robert Hunter, a Scottish merchant in Siam, sees twins swimming, thinks of them as monsters with potential to attract paying customers in the U.S. and Europe, but is unable to persuade the king to allow their departure from the country. 1829 With the help of sea captain Abel Coffin, the king is persuaded to allow the twins to leave. Coffin and Hunter form a partnership and enter into an agreement with the twins’ mother to pay her $500 and to return the twins within five years. 1829 Arrive in Boston, where they are displayed to crowds. Appear in New York City and other places. 1830 Travel to England in steerage while Coffin and his wife travel in first class. January 1831 Depart England and return to U.S. (not in steerage this time) in March and resume heavy travel and exhibition schedule. July 1831 On vacation in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, they are accosted by locals (including Col. Elbridge Gerry who, as governor of Massachusetts, would give gerrymandering its name). Twins are charged with disturbing the peace and required to pay $200 bond.

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May 1832 Upon reaching 21 years, the twins declare their independence from the Coffin and take charge of their exhibition program. 1835-36 Exhibition of twins in Europe. 1839 The twins retire to Wilkes County, North Carolina, purchase a 150-acre farm in nearby

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Traphill, build a house, and open a general store. 1843 They become American citizens, adopt the last name Bunker, and marry local sisters. Chang wed Adelaide Yates (1823–1917), while Eng married her sister, Sarah Anne (1822–1892).

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1844 Ten months later, each couple has a baby girl, beginning families with a total of more than 20 children. 1846 They move to nearby Surry County, where they build two houses about a mile apart on adjoining tracts of land. The families of each twin stay at their respective houses, while Eng and Chang take turns visiting every three days. They follow this pattern for the rest of their lives. 1849 The twins return to New York to exhibit with 5-year-old daughters, Katherine and Josephine, and find difficult competition from P.T. Barnum and his collection of exhibits such as the popular Tom Thumb. Unsuccessful, they return to N.C. after six weeks. 1853-54 Traveling with Eng’s daughter Kate and Chang’s son Christopher, their tour makes 130 stops and covers 4,700 miles. 1860 They agree to be displayed by the hated P.T. Barnum for the “insulting amount “ of $100 a week. November 1860 Travel to California via rail crossing in Panama. After exhibiting in San Francisco and Sacramento, they depart California on Feb. 11, 1861. 1861-65 As owners of more than 30 slaves, they support the Confederacy. Two sons who serve in Confederate Army are wounded and captured. The loss of slaves and the value of Confederate assets creates a financial emergency.

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Dec. 5, 1868 Under an arrangement with Barnum, twins depart for Great Britain with Kate and Chang’s daughter Nannie. 1869 Mark Twain writes a humorous story inspired by the twins, “The Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins.” 1870 On the Cunard steamer Palmyra returning from England, Chang suffers a stroke. His health declines over the next four years. Jan. 17, 1874 At age 62, Chang dies, and within hours Eng follows. PS D.G. Martin hosts North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at noon and Thursdays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV.

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August Books FICTION

The Line That Held Us, by David Joy

Fasten your seat belt for another David Joy-ride. An accidental shooting death impacts the trajectory of multiple lives in a small North Carolina mountain community — some innocent, and some not so innocent. Friendships and brotherly love run as deep as the generations of the families that call these mountains home. Joy’s unflinching and honest narrative gives grace and dignity to his characters as they seek resolution and retribution. This masterful novel proves no one can write about modern Appalachia quite like David Joy.

days that are not quite as “artistic” as she remembers, Penelope gradually emerges as a modern day heroine who navigates the inanities of life with verve and humor.

French Exit, by Patrick deWitt

Quirky, wry, darkly witty, strange and absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious, French Exit is the perfect remedy for anyone seeking a respite from the plethora of World War II historical fiction and genre thrillers. Depicting dysfunctional families at their absolute oddest, Malcom Price, his doting mother, Frances, and their cat, Little Frank, abandon New York practically penniless and scurry off to Paris, where things only get stranger. Every page leaves the reader wondering, “What in the world will they do next?”

Vox, by Christina Dalcher

Unsettling, unnerving and completely engrossing, Vox is the story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. Set in a radical America where women are given a limit of 100 words a day — tallied by a counter bracelet that gives a strong electrical shock to those who exceed it — half the population may no longer read, write or hold jobs. These are abilities given only to males. Dr. Jean McClellan is a wife and mother determined to reclaim her voice for herself, her daughter and every other woman.

The Secret War Diaries of Abraham Lincoln,

by Paul R. Dunn Lincoln never kept a diary but Dunn, a Pinehurst author, has written a daily account of the war from Lincoln’s perspective, including his recurring dreams. Envisioned as a four-volume work, recently released volume two joins book one to cover the war years from November 1860 to January 1863. Both are available at The Country Bookshop. For each diary entry Dunn includes “author’s notes,” providing factual references with chronological accuracy.

Sold on a Monday, by Kristina McMorris

In 1931, near Philadelphia, ambitious reporter Ellis Reed photographs the gut-wrenching sign posted beside a pair of siblings on a farmhouse porch: 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. With the help of newspaper secretary Lily Palmer, Ellis writes an article to accompany the photo. Capturing the hardships of American families during the Great Depression, the feature story generates national attention, and Ellis’ career skyrockets. But the piece also leads to consequences more devastating than he and Lily ever imagined, risking everything they value to unravel the mystery and set things right. Inspired by a newspaper photo that stunned readers throughout the country, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of ambition, redemption, love and family.

Penelope Lemon: Game On! by Inman Majors

Despite the pitfalls of balancing parental duties, jobs and the vagaries of middle-aged life, Penelope pushes through one obstacle after another, trying to regain her independence after divorce. Whether fumbling through the world of online dating; coping with a bullying situation involving her son, Theo; or wrestling with the discovery of nude photos from her carefree college

Meet Me at the Museum, by Anne Youngson An English woman, Tina Hopgood, and Anders Larsen, the curator of a museum in Denmark, begin a 15-month-long correspondence growing out of their mutual interest in the museum’s exhibit about the Tollund Man, the subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem. Fearing their days of connection are over, the letters prove otherwise as the shared interest of the two lonely people in their 60s blossoms into something more. Readers who enjoyed Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will love Meet Me at the Museum. NONFICTION

Small Animals: Parenting in the Age of Fear,

by Kim Brooks One cool spring morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her 4-year-old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and ultimately motivate her to write about the broader subject of parenthood and fear. By blending personal memoir, investigative reporting and sociological critique, Brooks offers a provocative, compelling portrait of parenthood in America and calls us to examine what we most value in our relationships with our children and one another.

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, by Beth Macy

Using the story of the hometown she first featured in Factory Man, Macy shines a light on the forgotten people of America addicted to opioids. Lee County, Virginia, has been especially hard hit by the epidemic — 75 percent of police calls in the area are about heroin, methamphetamine, or a combination of both. Drug overdoses are the leading cause of death of Americans under 50, and overdose deaths are 50 percent more likely in rural areas. Dopesick is important, tough reporting from an author who thoroughly explores America’s toughest social issues.

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Secret Life of Squirrels: Back to School! by Nancy Rose Mr. Peanuts, the super adorable star of the Secret Life of Squirrels, is off to help his friend, Ms. Rosie, get ready for the first day of school. Shopping for supplies, reviewing school rules and setting up the classroom is tons more fun when squirrels are in charge. (Ages 3-7.) Willa of the Wood, by

Robert Beatty From the author of the popular Serafina books comes this first in a new series about Willa of the Wood, a young night spirit in the North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains. A thief who creeps into day-folks’ houses to take things they will not miss, Willa’s curiosity leaves her stranded in the day world, where she begins to question every tenet she once held sacred. (Ages 10-14.)

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Sea Witch, by Sarah Henning

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My Type of Machine The clackety-clack of communication

By Bill Fields

An acquaintance took his family to the

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Newseum in Washington, D.C., recently. He reported that when one of his children saw a typewriter on display, the machine might as well have been an artifact from an ancient pyramid. The child had never seen a typewriter. Ribbons were for hair and home keys were for locks.

About the time I heard this story earlier this year, I read that Laura Cagle, one of the teachers in the business department at Pinecrest when I was a student there, had passed away. It got me thinking about my own typing history. “My fingers are too big for the keys,” I would complain to my mother as I approached high school, wary about enrolling in a typing class. An old manual on our bookshelf, 20th Century Typewriting, a leftover from someone’s typing education, was intimidating with its commands about “reach-stroke practice” and “control of the tabulator and carriage return.” And “timed writings” sounded about as much fun as having to go on the pommel horse during gym. But my fingers weren’t too big after all, and I did learn to type. If you wanted to be a reporter, you had to acquire this skill whether by the book or trial and error. Speedy hunt-and-peck artists seemed to be of another planet, so rapidly did their index fingers depress the keys, so I figured that learning to use all my digits was the way to go. When I managed not to choke on the end-of-semester timed writing junior year, I even got an A. My mother was proud and I was pleased. I might not have known how to put all the words in order yet, but I knew how to type the words. It wasn’t long before we were on the road to Fayetteville to buy a typewriter to take to college. I settled on a portable electric in a faux leather zippered case for $129.95.

I was surprised how many arriving freshmen got to Carolina and didn’t know how to type. Over the course of my first year I more than covered the cost of my first machine by typing papers for classmates, not to mention handling my own assignments in English, political science or history. My harvest gold Smith-Corona made it through my UNC days, although it balked during a marathon of term papers for several classes over Thanksgiving weekend senior year when a case of major league procrastination resulted in a couple of all-nighters and more than 40 pages total. By then I had augmented the Smith-Corona with an Underwood manual portable with a clamshell cover for sports writing road trips for The Daily Tar Heel — a purchase that truly made me feel part of the fraternity. At the DTH offices, we typed on sturdy desk model Royals and Remingtons on paper that had one margin for pica type and another for elite, the sound of keys on platen loud and comforting regardless of font size. Compared to the first wave of portable computers — finicky and unreliable — for which journalists were guinea pigs in the late 1970s and early 1980s, typewriters did their tasks well. They might not have had spell check or word count, but they didn’t give you the spinning wheel of freeze-up frustration either. “There is something I find reassuring, comforting, dazzling in that here is a very specific apparatus that is meant to do one thing, and it does it perfectly,” actor, filmmaker and typewriter aficionado Tom Hanks told NPR last year. “And that one thing is to translate the thoughts in your head down to paper. Now that means everything from a shopping list to James Joyce’s Ulysses. Short of carving words into stone with a hammer and chisel, not much is more permanent than a paragraph or a sentence or a love letter or a story typed on paper.” PS Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other things, moved north in 1986 but hasn’t lost his accent.

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August Refresh Beat the heat for fall freshness

By Jan Leitschuh

August invites beach breezes, gauzy cover-

ups, bodies of water and icy little umbrella drinks. Not skeeters, weeds, arc-welding heat and dry, sandy soil. And yet, the time for fall planning and planting is right now.

Aargh! What price homegrown flavor? The effortless itch of delirious spring planting has yielded to the August flogging to get a move on. After yielding its April-through-July abundance, the garden now looks pitiful and straggly. The bugs have chewed up the eggplant leafs, the zucchini has long since been felled by the stem borers. The aged tomatoes look awful, offering up the tease of two or three remaining undersized tomatoes. The basil has gone to flower, and the okra got a bit long in the tooth and is now inedible. The greens all went to seed at the end of June. You need a weed-eater to get in there. Who would want to wade into that? And yet . . . Fall is a great time for growing a garden around these parts. The severe heat eases off at night and then tapers off completely in mid-October. You can water a garden and it stays watered for longer than it takes an egg timer to run out. The intense bug pressure is past. And cooler nights invite a renewed zest for life, both plant and human. We can have another go. But first we have to steel ourselves and get out there early one morning in August. Pull out the old, non-productive plants, fork over the weeds and amend the soil with some good compost (yes, we added compost in the spring, but organic matter burns up fast in our heat). Right now, you still have time. Until mid-month, you can put in some of your summer favorites for another round. You’ll want sets, to get a running start, as opposed to seeds. You’ll make friends with the watering hose. Through mid-August, put in some stringless green beans for a fall supper. We can set out some yellow summer squash and zucchini plants, and avoid the worst of the pest pressures that plague them (a friend of mine plants his in 4-inch PVC rounds sliced from a pipe and says it does a good job of discouraging borers, for a time). You can still plant cukes if you do it right now. And fall tomatoes are a real treat — it feels like cheating to eat a fresh, homegrown tomato in October. If you prefer fall crops, go ahead and try planting a row of carrots in late

August. The seed is very tiny, and it only takes one hot day to destroy the germinating sprouts. So the secret is water — soak them heavily in the morning and cover the row with shade (like a board), checking daily. Once the seeds manage to sprout, uncover and water twice a day that first week (barring rain), and then taper off to whenever the soil is dry. Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage plants will start showing up in garden centers, and not long after, collards. You can be eating well at Thanksgiving with a little action now. Put in a row or two. From now to mid-September, you can direct-seed other fall crops, such as a variety of greens like arugula, lettuce mix, bok choy, yukina and, later in August, spinach and chard. Lettuce, spinach and its relatives Swiss chard and beets, can be a little tricky to germinate in the heat. After all, they usually jump to life in the cold spring. To fool your seeds, sprinkle a measure of seed on a soggy paper towel and roll it up. Stick your seed roll in a bag or cup in the fridge for three days, then plant and water as usual. Your fridge tricks the seeds into germinating, just like spring. Surprise! It’s hot out! Keep the water coming until established. Cool weather herbs like cilantro, parsley and dill can also be planted at this time. If you want to wait until mid-September, you have a month to plant onions. It’s also the time to plant your garlic cloves tip-end up, for a nice March-April crop of green garlic and June-harvested mature heads. Like a few flowers mixed in your vegetable plot? Mid-September is also the time to put in a row of larkspur or snapdragon for lovely spring blooms. If you sow rye or crimson clover as a winter cover crop for an organic green manure, the second half of September is prime time to do that. Their actively growing roots will help keep your soil life diverse and healthy. Are you a fan of Sandhills strawberries, those delectable and tender red nuggets of spring’s first fruits? Prepare your soil and plant in October. Set the crowns even with the soil, not too deep. As with anything, water them well. If you love fresh-eating, fall-feasting and homegrown picked-at-peak-ripeness produce, then you do what you gotta do in August. You tell the beach dreams to hang on, and you get out there and renew your garden, girding it for fall. After a few mornings of healthy sweat, those little umbrella drinks taste all the sweeter. PS Jan Leitschuh is a local gardener, avid eater of fresh produce and cofounder of the Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative.

Wine Country

Summer’s Perfect Pairs Taking advantage of August’s garden treasures

By Angela Sanchez

Summer is an abun-

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dant time, especially in the Sandhills. There’s an abundance of sun, heat, humidity and yummy produce. How amazing is it to eat a fresh, vine-ripened tomato in season? Heat-loving basil and oregano grow so rapidly you can’t pick them fast enough before they bolt. There’s sweet corn on the cob, lots and lots of zucchini, and yellow squash growing like weeds. Don’t forget the beautiful peaches so sweet and juicy we have to race the bugs for them. One of my personal favorites, the cucumber, is perfect this time of year, picked just before it gets too big and loses its sweetness. I love the way it protects itself from the blistering sun by hiding under its broad leaves and prickly vines.

My love of delicious, local summer produce is only equaled by my love of great wine and beer. So, naturally, I try to pair them as often and as well as possible. The following are some of my favorites, made with the goods we haul off our family farm, and using the cheeses and wines we love. They are simple and easily prepared without cooking. Let’s face it, who really wants to stand in the kitchen with an oven set at 450 or over a blistering outdoor grill when it’s already 95 and the humidity is 80 percent? The summer tomato is one of nature’s most perfect fruits. Full of sweet, juicy flesh with a bright acidity, it needs a rich cheese like burrata, a fresh mozzarella with whole milk cream added. The rich and creamy fattiness of the cheese is a complement to the bright bite of the tomato. Slice the tomatoes and cheese thick and stack them or slice the tomato into pieces and set it alongside the burrata whole. Drizzle the best olive oil you can find over it. I suggest an herbal-infused or arbequina from Spain, with a pinch of sea salt like the solar-evaporated Sea Love Sea Salt from Wrightsville Beach. Add a crack or two of fresh ground black pepper. You can also use a flavored salt like smoked pepper or a citrus blend. The finishing touch is fresh basil and oregano cut and sprinkled to lend freshness and a peppery earthiness to the dish. Although not growing in season right now, you can toss in some of my favorite olives like

the buttery green Castlevaltrano from Sicily to add a meaty richness. The accompanying wine needs to be clean, crisp and light. Gavi di Gavi of Italy has some weight and an almost oily mouthfeel along with a backbone of acidity. Some bright lemon and citrus notes make it a perfect pairing. Zucchini can seem boring, but it can make a beautiful summer salad. Get it fresh and of the right size — at least the length of your hand and about 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter. A sharp vegetable peeler is all you need to make long slices, the more uneven the better. Lay them out on a large platter and drizzle with the same great Spanish olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with basil and oregano. I like thyme here also. Shave Parmigiano-Reggiano over it, the more the better. Use Italian Parmigiano, not an imitation. A cheese planer is the easiest tool but grated is another option. For a wine pairing I prefer rosé. French or Italian is always good, but for this I like a Spanish rosé with a bit more weight, like Mas Donis. It is a blend of grenache and tempranillo, roseviolet in color, fruity and herbal but clean. It holds up nicely to the richness and saltiness of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, but it’s not too heavy to overpower the delicate zucchini. Last but not least, the cucumber cannot be denied when it is at its peak in season. You could pickle it, but why not try it with feta and a great marinade? Slice into 1/4-inch slices and toss in an olive oil marinade with garlic, salt, pepper and herbs. You can make the marinade in a jar and shake to mix. Pour it over the cucumbers and let them sit for 30 minutes to an hour. The feta should be top quality like the goat’s milk feta from Paradox Farm. It can be cut into cubes and marinated the same way, tossing them together. If you prefer, switch out the cucumbers for ripe peaches. No need to marinate them. With the cucumber and feta I prefer a light, easy drinking beer like Duck Hook from Southern Pines Brewery. With either version — cucumber or peach — a delicate and balanced sparkling wine such as 1928 Prosecco from Italy with just a hint of sweet fruit and a dry finish is just right. If you want something a bit drier, the 100 percent pinot noir, Jean-Baptiste Adam Cremant Sparkling Rosé from the Alsace region of France is yeasty and vibrant and tastes like summer, with strawberry and peach notes. As we meander our way through August’s heat, be sure to enjoy its abundant produce and try something new while doing it. Drink well and think about keeping it light and refreshing, but stylish enough to add to the flavors of the season. PS Angela Sanchez owns Southern Whey, a cheese-centric specialty food store in Southern Pines, with her husband, Chris Abbey. She was in the wine industry for 20 years and was lucky enough to travel the world drinking wine and eating cheese.

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Spa Water with a Kick A flavored gem from Durham Distillery

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In the past, I’ve complained about North

Carolina ABC stores rolling out the red carpet for copious bottles of flavored vodkas. Though I still find this to be the case, there are exceptions. Full disclosure: I’ve tried a friend or date’s cocktail — you’re sharing a sip if we’re hanging out together — that tasted quite delicious, only to find out that the base spirit was a flavored vodka. It didn’t happen often, but it happened. However, the only time I was completely wowed by a flavored vodka straight was the first time I kicked back a sample of Durham Distillery’s Cucumber Vodka. On an early spring day last year, my father accompanied me to a meeting in Durham. “Just please don’t say anything,” I pleaded. I inherited the gift of gab from him, so I know that when he gets going, it’s hard to stop. Pops riding along ended up being a good idea. He’s in shape, has a silver handlebar mustache, wears dark shades, black clothing, and looks like a badass. Actually, he is

a badass; he served 20 years in Special Forces. So, with my dad standing 6 feet behind me while I made my pitch, it looked like I had a bodyguard. Ka-ching. As soon as the meeting was over, we stepped outside, high-fived, and made our way down the street to Durham Distillery. We were greeted by co-owner Melissa Katrincic. Her husband, Lee, the head distiller and co-owner, joined us. They gave us the grand tour, explaining how their Conniption gin is distilled. The Katrincics are both scientists, and that’s how they approach their distilling. My dad doesn’t drink gin, but he’ll try anything once, and if he likes it, he’ll have it again. Melissa is chatting away with Pops, while Lee is answering my questions. Before I know it, samples of their American Dry and Navy Strength gins are being offered, and oblige them we did. The gin seemed to immediately “get good” to Pops, and all I could do was smile and revel in how quickly he can go from 0-to-60 in storytelling mode. In the midst of his explaining one of his past adventures, I noticed Melissa starting to pour a different liquid into a taster glass. My dad’s story stopped dead in its tracks and he asked, “All right! What’s next?” Lee and Melissa explained that this was their cucumber vodka. They had used it in the past as a component in some of their gins but had decided they were going to bottle it on its own in North Carolina. One sip, and we were both blown away. On our way back to Southern Pines, the conversation kept circling back around to, “My God, I can’t wait until they release that vodka.” Later I reached out to Lee, asking him to explain how he’s able to capture the pure essence of the cucumbers in each batch of vodka. Unlike other

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flavored vodkas, which are basically just a distilled vodka with an extract added, Durham Distillery’s tastes like fresh cucumber slices have completely filled up the bottle. It’s no wonder Lee and Melissa say it’s like “spa water with a kick.” “The cucumber vodka is the only cucumber vodka on the market distilled under vacuum (no heat applied) with no artificial flavors or added sugar. Most others you see will be extract-based. With ours, only alcohol and fresh sliced cucumbers are used to make it,” Lee says. They handpick their cucumbers, which are peeled and sliced, then put in a pot on their vacuum still. “Our corn-base ethanol is added to the pot and the still is sealed. The vacuum still only has a 5-gallon capacity, so it’s made in very small batches. A vacuum pump removes all the air from the still. Under the reduced pressure, the ethanol boils around room temperature. So, all that great cucumber flavor is being extracted and subsequently distilled without any heat. The cucumber distillate we get off the vacuum still is around 185-proof, so we add our deionized water to cut it down to 80-proof for bottling.” Did you get all of that? In short: handpicked, small-batch, science, alcohol, delicious. Last year I wrote an article praising Durham Distillery’s Conniption gins, and pleading for them to get a spot on our ABC shelves. Over a year later, there isn’t a single Durham Distillery product in our Moore County stores. (In addition to their gins and vodka, they also make excellent chocolate, coffee and mocha liqueurs.) It’s not like other N.C. distilleries aren’t represented. We’ve got rum from the coast and mountains, and a vodka from Durham. We even have a very good local spiced honey liqueur on the shelf. While they may not be in Moore County, Durham Distillery’s gin is sold in London. London. Melissa and Lee were inducted into the United Kingdom Gin Guild. Lee says that the guild is 300 years old, and he and his wife are only the fourth and fifth U.S. distillers ever inducted and the only ones from the South. We’re lucky to have such an amazing distillery an hour away, producing top-notch spirits. Once you get your hands on their cucumber vodka, try this easy spin on a Moscow Mule I whipped up:

Cuke Mule 2 ounces Durham Distillery Cucumber Vodka 4-5 ounces Reverie Ginger Beer 4 dashes Angostura Candied ginger and cucumber slices (garnish) Pour vodka into a rocks glass, add ice and ginger beer. Top with bitters. Garnish with candied ginger and cucumber slices. PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines.

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Bug Off!

Summer’s invasion of the creepy-crawly hordes

By Deborah Salomon

I am a lover, protector, defender, feeder,

rescuer of all living things. Except bugs, with a few caveats — ladybugs are sweet, butterflies glorious; I’d never lay a finger on a grasshopper, praying mantis or “lightnin’ bug.” Insects, not bugs, I should call them, because they are complicated and wondrous creatures deserving dignity. But dignity is the last thing on my mind when the ants come marching, marching, with numbers and determination of a Roman legion.

About this time every summer, they attack, gaining access through hairline cracks in window frames. Tens of thousands, each smaller than a dust mote. What are they seeking? I don’t leave food out. Perhaps an invisible drop of fruit juice puts out the call. I wipe out an entire army with a dishcloth. Replacements arrive immediately. I find their place of entrance, tape it over, but they find an alternate route. At least they don’t bite, like the fire ants building sand pyramids in the yard. Each bite raises a blister, which itches and hurts like hell for days. Forget locusts. They are the plague. I don’t like to use poison because of my kitties so I’ve come up with another method. How does boiling water — gallons of it, laced with ammonia and detergent sound? I understand arachnophobia but don’t vote with their caucus, except concerning the big hairy ones. Nothing wrong with Charlotte of Charlotte’s Web. Fear notwithstanding, one must admire, from a distance of course, the engineering prowess required to spin a web for snaring mosquitoes. Mosquitoes! I’ve already devoted an entire column to this nemesis. I will not sleep until I find and smash the buzzer who attacks when the lights go out. This means jumping up and down on the bed as I toss a pillow at the skeeter’s

ceiling landing pad. My actions are motivated by an allergy to their venom. Once I ended up in the ER with mosquito-bite poisoning. I admire, from afar, cicadas that know to emerge every 17 years (2030 next in North Carolina) and create an otherworldly roar. Flies, fruit and otherwise, are more nuisance than anything else — the robocalls of insectdom. Likewise harmless pantry moths, which provided a secondary benefit. Their presence forced me to purge kitchen cupboards, pantry and drawers. Traps were successful, aided by the old wives’ method of strewing bay leaves and spearmint (no other flavor) gum sticks around shelves. They never returned. If only ants succumbed so easily. Yellow jackets and wasps send me running indoors. I deal with enough situational hornets’ nests in daily life. Don’t need the real sting thing. On to creepy crawlers, particularly the big kind we used to call water beetles. Big? They could swallow a tadpole . . . whole. Occasionally, one gets into the house. Squishing is just too messy. So I capture it under a glass, slide a thin piece of cardboard between the rim and floor, lift the cardboard and glass as a unit and carry the frantic critter outside for release. Not sure if water beetles and June bugs are related, but both give me the shivers. Not so slugs — snails sans shell. I marvel how they are able to slither under the front door, leaving a sticky trail that glistens when dry. They curl up when picked up with a paper towel and returned to their moist outdoor environment. Considering the body type, slugs move rather quickly toward a pet food bowl, climb the sides and drape themselves over the edge like swimsuit models lounging by the pool. Except while relocating slugs I recall, with guilt, savoring escargot in garlic butter during my misspent young adulthood. Where, I wonder, are the earthworms, caterpillars, centipedes? Summering in the mountains, I suspect — avoiding the August broil. Smart bugs. PS Deborah Salomon is a staff writer for PineStraw and The Pilot. She may be reached at debsalomon@nc.rr.com.

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Summer Flurries

Some old memories never melt

By Joyce R eehling

I knew the very minute when it was over.

We were at a smoky bar in the West Village, piled into a booth with friends, talking about the state of the world as one does in one’s late 20s. It was Saturday night and the jukebox howled with Bee Gees.

Snow. I remember the loveliness of the falling snow and how it tamped down the sound of the traffic. It was late but the streets are timeless, flowing like the Mississippi past the islands of bars and parks and people who float by, arm-in-arm. I remember the snow so clearly because it was big, fluffy flakes falling in what seemed like slow, elastic time. Instead of being pure white they took on the almost amber color of the streetlights. It was beautiful. It wasn’t that we had argued or had a bad day, no. It was his slight lingering look at the waitress, not a beautiful girl but known to all of us. And there was that glance as she put down his beer. The warmth of his arm around my shoulder was still there but the chill began in his eyes. My time was up. My eyes kept going to the huge window watching this flutter, this drifting down, and I began the dance of questioning my own instincts. We ordered our usual burgers and fries. We continued our conversations and laughter but beneath my feet, unfelt by anyone else, a chasm was opening, a huge sinkhole that was about to swallow me whole. He was my first real love and he was making a decision. In front of me. The chasm was only big enough for one. It would not swallow him. He would probably say he was merely making a choice, moving on, traveling light through life. He would say, and days later did, “I never lied about who

I am.” It was the cloak of a rascal who wraps the hurt they inflict around themselves like a scarf. The night went on, my tea-reading mind trying to dispel the widening hole just beneath me. He, as he always seemed to do, ran roughshod on the topics. Though others pushed back on his hyperbole, he felt just the way he always liked to feel, smart and just that little bit ahead of everyone else’s curve. It was not really so but the illusion was enough. The lateness of the dinner and the night was not unusual, but when the time came for the nightbirds to fly home, we gathered our things and walked to the street. He whistled up a cab and opened the door, saying, “I think I will come up to your place a little later.” It was as obvious as a neon glance. As loud as a lingering look. “Not like this.” It was all I could muster. “Can we not end like this?” I am polite now and was polite then and did not scream or cry or wail or go punch that girl’s lights out. It wasn’t her fault. She told me over drinks years and years later that though she shared part of her life with him, it was often a misery. That was the night she reached out to apologize. He never did. This was long ago and far away, and yet the feeling of the impending coldness, of being left, hovers just over my shoulder. There is no burn as painful as the first time the world goes up in flames right in front of you while everyone else keeps laughing. I don’t think about all of that very much, but sometimes when the night is late and the snow is falling and I walk under a street lamp or see that slightly yellow tinge as the snow slices through the spot of light, the pain of dying love bubbles up. And the snow, the lovely and peaceful snow, did not help me at all that night as I waited for footsteps up the stairs that never came. PS Joyce Reehling is a frequent contributor and good friend of PineStraw.

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By Renee Phile

I teach commas and stuff. Even through

the summer. Some of my students are high-schoolers. Some are grandmas. More are in-between. Nothing thrills me more than a classroom of students who are ready — or not — to hear about where the semicolon goes or where it absolutely doesn’t belong. Nothing thrills me more than when a student asks, “Ms. Phile, could you look at this paragraph? Does it flow?” or “Hey, Ms. Phile, look at this sign I saw at the gas station. It’s missing an apostrophe. If I had a Sharpie I would have corrected it.” Then there’s that point in the semester when all the papers, projects and tests need grading. Final exams are pending, grades are due. Everyone is exhausted and irritable, and I begin to wonder why the hell I started teaching in the first place. I spend every waking moment — at my son’s baseball games, waiting for a table at restaurants, sitting in meetings, at the stoplight — grading papers. Emails flood my inbox: “Ms. Phile, can I have an extension on the paper?” (No way. You have known about the due date for six weeks.) “Ms. Phile, sorry I won’t be in class today. My pigs got loose.” (True story.) “Ms. Phile, I can’t come to class today or the rest of the week because my grandmother died.” (Hmmmm . . . that’s the third time she’s passed away. Obviously a very, very serious illness.) “Ms. Phile, I know I haven’t done much this semester, but can I get extra

credit?” (You can’t get extra credit when you didn’t get regular credit.) “Ms. Phile, I know I didn’t turn in the past four papers, but can I turn them in still? I promise I did them.” (I can’t even reply to this one.) “Ms. Phile, we have a beach house rented that week.” (Can I come and bring the boys?) And my favorite how-to-endear-yourself-to-the-teacher, cringe-worthy question: “Ms. Phile, sorry I missed class yesterday. Did I miss anything important?” (Ouch.) At this point in the semester I’m thinking I may go back to school for something else, maybe carpentry or piano tuning or snake charming. But, the truth is the magical moments when a student lights up and “gets it” make my job amazing. The moment when a student’s writing improves; the moment when a student overcomes the fear of talking in front of others; the moment when I notice students teaching each other. Those moments keep me from getting a basket and a flute. Let me invite you into my summer class: Research papers, which they have been working on for six weeks, are due tonight by 11:55 p.m. I walk into a room of talkative students and one, who I will call Matt, pipes up from the back row: “Ms. Phile, what will it take for you to extend the due date until tomorrow? Money? Doughnuts? Reese’s cups? I know how you love Reese’s cups.” “Matt, you’ve known the due date for six weeks. It’s in stone.” An older student in the front row, who probably finished his research paper two weeks ago, rolls his eyes and mumbles under his breath, “I don’t envy your job.” My 11 years of teaching flashed through my brain — whirlwinds, valleys, mountains, mostly mountains. “I don’t know why not. You should,” I said. PS Renee Phile loves being a teacher, even if it doesn’t show at certain moments.

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Late summer can be an especially

exciting time for those of us who are birders. We need not travel far to find unexpected visitors, especially when tropical weather blows birds off track and they show up as close as our backyards.

Often these strays are here for only hours. Other times, they stick around in response to environmental conditions that bring them our way. One late summer visitor to look for is the little blue heron, only don’t expect it to be blue. That’s because young blue herons, which these inland wanderers almost always are, are covered with white feathers — except for the very tips of their wings. And for those with really sharp eyes, the bill of these small herons is pinkish or grayish and the legs are greenish unlike the bright yellow legs of the great or snowy egret, which also may turn up in the Piedmont or Sandhills at this time of year. These beautiful white waders are best spotted in shallow wet habitats: streams, small ponds, water hazards, retention areas or other places with standing water. Little blue herons may be seen all by themselves or mixed with other long-legged waders. You may even spot them standing alongside the much larger great blue heron. Little blues can be identified by their more upright foraging posture and slow, deliberate movements. And watch for their downward angled bills as they stalk prey. Unlike other small waders, they will hunt

in deeper water, often all the way up to their bellies. Little blues hunt not only small fish but frogs, crawfish and large aquatic insects. It is thought that their coloration allows them to blend in inconspicuously with similar white species, which offers the juveniles protection. Foraging alongside great egrets also seems to afford little blue herons an advantage as these larger birds stir up the water, flushing up a meal for nearby little blues. It takes little blue herons at least a year to develop adult plumage — not unlike white ibis that can also be found breeding along our coast. (By contrast, great blue herons sport dark plumage their first summer and fall.) Adult little blue herons may have a pied appearance for a time in late winter or early spring. But by April they will turn a slaty, blue-gray all over, with a handsome bluish bill. Unlike other wading birds, they lack showy head or neck plumes. They are also unique in having projections on their middle toes that form a comb, which is used as an aid when grooming. Unfortunately this species has experienced an alarming drop in population numbers over the past half century across North America. Loss of coastal wetland habitat, continued declines in water quality, as well as being shot as a nuisance in fish hatcheries all are thought to be contributing to the decline. So be sure to stop and appreciate these stately, though smaller birds should you come across one — wherever you happen to be. PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photos. She can be contacted by email at susan@ncaves.com.

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The �8 Steps A climb above the treetops

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Ever since I was knee-

high to a blackjack oak sapling, a variety that used to be as thick in the Sandhills as sandspurs, I’ve always wanted to climb a fire tower. Perhaps it’s a leftover from my early days when some of us kids in Pinebluff would sneak past the watchful eye of the town’s constable, Mr. Deaton, and shinny up the ladder of the water tank. We would sit up there for hours, legs dangling over the side, and plot major adventures that we would undertake when we grew older.

Or maybe it’s a holdover of the time a group (no names here, not knowing the statute of limitations) climbed the water tank immediately adjacent to the campus of Aberdeen High School and painted ’59, the year we all graduated from the venerable learning institute.

Climbing a fire tower has been a lifelong desire and a few weeks back, I had the opportunity to go up one and gaze out for miles over the tops of longleaf pines. Highway 15-501 runs just about as straight as an arrow from Aberdeen to Laurinburg, and just across the county line into Scotland County, it passes one of the last few remaining fire lookout towers in our area. I travel this road a lot, and every time I motor past the tower, I look up and wonder. One day recently, Linda, my bride, and I were on our way south, and on a whim, I pulled into the gravel parking area adjacent to the offices of the county ranger. It was a lazy summer Sunday and no one was in the office, so I got out of the vehicle and looked up. It was amazing; the tower stretched high through the pines, and I was determined to find out its history and if it was manned or just an interesting derelict. The following day I called Neal McRae, the ranger for Scotland County, and made an appointment to see the tower and solicit some of the local history. McRae could be the poster child of a county fire ranger, big and robust with enthusiasm to match his size. He cordially welcomed me to his office. Along with him was Adam Thomas, the

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“These steps are original,” McRae said as we began our climb. “Made out of cypress.” The steps were gray, rough wood, weathered by time, matching the steel girders holding up the old structure, and I could see cracks through a couple of steps. “There are 98 steps and the tower is 90 feet tall. You holding up all right?” he asked as we neared the top. “Yep, I’m doing OK. I can tell I’ve been climbing, though.” A trap door opened from the floor into the little enclosure at the top, which was probably about 5-feet square. I saw what Thomas meant about “being tight.” With the trap door closed, though, we had more room to move. “You can see pretty good up here,” McRae said. “When it’s not so hazy, the view is tremendous.” I looked out over a vista of green. Pine trees stretched to the horizon in every direction, and I immediately understood the value of the tower in fire discovery and control. I asked when the tower last had a full-time operator. “Mrs. Tyner operated the place for 30 years and was the last,” he replied. McRae showed me how the 360-degree azimuth circle works in determining the exact location of a hot spot, and he raised one of the windows so we could see better out of the other side of the lookout. The old tower is holding up OK, and McRae said that as long as it is needed for radio fire control, it would remain there indefinitely. McRae grinned and said, “You know what’s really cool about this view? To be up here on July Fourth. You can see fireworks in all directions.” We looked around a little more and then climbed back down the 98 steps to the ground. McRae and Thomas gave me a tour of the heavy firefighting equipment kept in an enclosed garage behind their offices. A huge bulldozer sat on a tractor-trailer occupying most of the space, ready to go to work in an instant. The equipment was meticulously maintained and looked brand new, but McRae said, “The truck is old but can move in a hurry when needed.” I made a few photos and decided I had taken up enough of their time. I took one more look up at the tower and thanked the two for their hospitality. On the way home, I thought about the two guys manning the ranger station and what a pleasure it is to be around folks who are dedicated to their jobs. Plus, I could check off one more item on my wish list: I had climbed a fire lookout tower. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist.

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Homegrown Passion

Teacher, player, coach and friend — SCC’s Gus Ulrich is a man on a mission

By Lee Pace

The northwest

end of the driving range at Pinewild Country Club is Gus Ulrich’s ultimate playpen. There’s plenty of hitting turf, a practice green and bunker, and a concrete surface with a mat that makes it easy to videotape golfers taking lessons. He’s got a handful of training aids like the Orange Whip and homemade swing plane guides made of old golf shafts and polyethylene swimming pool noodles. Inside the building alongside is a workbench to replace grips, a couple of clubfitting carts, a computer monitor to view those videos just shot outside, and an array of posters, books and photographs illustrating Ulrich’s singular devotion to the sport of golf. He’s just 3.5 miles from the village of Pinehurst, where his wife bartends at the historic Pine Crest Inn, and from the venerable No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, the site of three U.S. Opens, one PGA Championship and a Ryder Cup. And he’s just 7 miles from Sandhills Community College, where he latched on in 2008 as golf coach when the school formed a team to compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association (and winning a national title in 2014). “I just love it here,” says the 55-year-old Ulrich, one decade into his stint as director of the Pinewild Golf Academy. “You know, Pinehurst and Pinewild are perfect for me. I’m a golf nut and I love golf. “I love to teach it. “I love to play it. “And I’ve gotten to love coaching it. So it’s been a good spot for me and for my kids to have grown up here. I’ve loved every minute of living here.” If the old saw is true that if you “choose a job you love, you’ll never have to work another day in your life,” then Ulrich has been in playground recess all his life. And gotten paid for it. “Gus just has a love for golf, probably unlike anybody I’ve ever seen,” says

Kelly Mitchum, a teaching pro at Pinehurst and Ulrich’s longtime partner in Carolinas PGA Section team competitions. Ulrich grew up in Garner and learned to play golf around age 11 at Garner Country Club, a nine-hole course. He was a walkon for the N.C. State golf team and, he says, “scraped and clawed” his way into the starting lineup as a senior in the spring of 1985. He competed in several PGA Tour Qualifying Schools in the late 1980s — missing his card by one shot in 1987 and three shots in ’88 — and then spent two years on the Hogan Tour (today’s Web.com Tour) full time in 1991-92. “I came real close to getting on tour but never quite made it,” he says. “I think I’ve got a really good short game, and my ball-striking has actually improved over the years. But I was always just average off the tee. If I could have been 15 to 20 yards longer, I think it would have made a difference.” Ulrich gave up chasing the pro tour in 1993 and started his teaching career and working toward his PGA membership at a driving range and par-3 course near Garner. Several jobs later, he was offered an assistant pro position at Pinewild, where he worked for four years. Then he went to teach at Forest Creek Golf Club and Pine Needles before coming back to Pinewild in 2008 to run the Pinewild teaching operation. He gravitated toward the instruction end of the business — as opposed to becoming a head pro, general manager or sales job of some sort — because it was the best way to stay connected to the grassroots of the game. “You’re around the driving range or putting green or golf course all the time,” he says. “Or at least 90 percent. I love the game and just wanted to stay close to it.” Ulrich became friends with Sandhills Community College President John Dempsey while giving him lessons at Forest Creek more than a decade ago. Ulrich joked that if Dempsey ever started a golf team at Sandhills, he’d love to coach it. Dempsey took him up on that in 2008, and the Flyers finished second in national competition in 2013 and ’15 and took first place in between. “The term golf professional kinda rolls off the tongue without really thinking about it, but Gus is truly a professional,” Dempsey says. “He’s not only a good player — and he’s a very, very, very good player — and a good teacher, but he’s a good ambassador for the game and the kind that people want to be around. He’s the kind of person our kids want to be around. “He’s a gentleman and a gentle man. There are not many higher compliments than to call someone a ‘gentleman’ and be able to split that into two

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distinct words. He is a gentle person. Gus is a great addition to our team and to this community’s golf culture.” Ulrich’s playing resume is impressive. Of late he’s played in two U.S. Senior Opens and two Senior PGA Championships; he missed the cut by one shot at the Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, in 2016, and at the Senior PGA at Trump National in Washington, D.C., the following year. He won the Carolinas PGA Section title in 2011 at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island and was Section Senior Player of the Year in 2016 and ’17. Ulrich and Mitchum once shot a 57 in a twoman scramble format in the Carolinas Pro-Pro at Dormie Club, including a double-eagle on the par-5 fifth hole with Ulrich holing out a 5-iron from 205 yards. They won the Pro-Pro in 2004 and 2011. Mitchum remembers one time in a scramble hitting a 55-yard wedge to one foot and then watching Ulrich jar it right behind him. “At our level, he’s probably the best partial wedge player I’ve ever seen,” Mitchum says of the 25-to-75 yard distances. “He’s got a beautiful wedge game. But Gus really has no weaknesses. He’s a solid ball-striker and knows how to manage his game around the course very well.” Ulrich takes that feel and talent from his own short game and emphasizes it with the members at Pinewild and his other pupils — whether they are kids in a First Tee outing at Pinewild or his golfers at SCC. “I stress short game for sure,” he says. “You almost have to pull them away from the range to do that a lot of times. But I do feel like with my skill level in the short game, I can share that and express that as well as anything. With golfers who are limited with physical ability, you can only do so much with the full swing. But you can overcome a lot with a great short game.” In any given week or any given day, Ulrich might be competing, running a kids’ golf camp, handling recruiting or scheduling issues at SCC, or working on his own game. “I’ve got my hands full,” he says with a smile. “I stay busy with the whole gamut. I thought I’d lose my desire to play as I got older, but it hasn’t happened. I feel like I keep getting a little bit better. The age is going to catch me at some point, and maybe I feel like I just don’t want that to happen, so I work harder and harder. “I’m just trying to share my passion for the game with as many people as I can and hopefully encourage them to play. To me, it’s all about sharing the game.” PS Chapel Hill-based writer Lee Pace has been chronicling the Sandhills golf scene in PineStraw since 2008.

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A lost first edition, a vanished diary — two of Weymouth’s greatest mysteries endure By Stephen E. Smith

F. Scott Fitzgerald

n a warm June evening in 1935, F. Scott Fitzgerald, celebrated author of The Great Gatsby, was feted by James and Katharine Boyd at their home in Southern Pines. Fitzgerald was in his element at intimate literary gatherings where he was the center of attention and as usual, he was intoxicated and pontificating, going on at length about the weaknesses he’d detected in his host’s latest novel, Roll River. He voiced his criticisms in front of Struthers Burt and his teenage son Nathaniel, the Boyds’ close friends and longtime neighbors, and James and Katharine were no doubt relieved when their over-served guest staggered off to bed and the uncomfortable episode receded into the past. Except, of course, that the past is forever in the present. What survives of that night’s unpleasantness are bits and pieces of mean-spirited sarcasm and post-party finger pointing referenced obliquely in an apologetic thank-you note from Fitzgerald and responded to in kind by a usually mild-mannered James Boyd. The evening also produced two genuine mysteries — a missing first edition of Fitzgerald’s Taps at Reveille inscribed to the Boyds; and a diary, also lost, kept by Katharine Boyd, that might offer insights into the state of mind of a talented but troubled writer. Legendary Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins had gently encouraged the Boyd-Fitzgerald friendship as a character-building exercise. He wasn’t anxious on Boyd’s account — James was always a solid citizen — but he was worried about Fitzgerald, the Jazz Age bad boy, who was, at that moment in his downwardly spiraling career, heavily in debt and beginning to suffer through what he would later describe as a “crackup.” His finances were being depleted by his lavish lifestyle, his wife Zelda’s confinement in the Sheppard-Pratt Psychiatric Hospital in Baltimore, and his daughter’s tuition at Bryn Mawr School. The April 1934 publication of his fourth novel, Tender Is the Night, brought the author only tepid reviews and little in the way of royalties, and the March 1935 reception for Taps at Reveille, his fourth and final book of stories, was even more dismal. Changing literary tastes occasioned by the Great Depression had made it difficult for Fitzgerald to place short stories, always his chief source of income, in popular magazines, and his binge drinking only intensified his emotional woes. New Yorker writer James Thurber described Fitzgerald during this period as “witty, forlorn,

pathetic, romantic, worried, hopeful and despondent . . . .” The discussion that June night focused on the various mechanisms of the historical novel, and as the hour grew late and the alcohol flowed, Fitzgerald’s intoxication apparently overawed his fragile sense of decorum. Much of what we know about his conduct can be inferred from the self-serving thank-you note he wrote to the Boyds from Baltimore’s Hotel Stafford: “In better form I might have been a better guest but you couldn’t have been better hosts even at a moment when anything that wasn’t absolutely — that wasn’t near perfection made me want to throw a brick at it. One sometimes needs tolerance at a moment when he has least himself.” But Fitzgerald’s thank you isn’t merely a plea for forgiveness; he uses the opportunity to reiterate his criticism of Boyd’s novel: “ . . . remember all the things I did like about Roll on Sweet Missoula [a sarcastic play on the title of Boyd’s Roll River] (I forget the exact name) and my theoretical objections to certain ideas of yours as to what in the novel should drive it. In spite of everything those are dangerous subjects as we grow older, no matter what we say, unless discussion is remote from anything of ours, like discussing someone else’s children in any terms except polite compliments . . . .” Fitzgerald, drunk or sober, couldn’t pass up an opportunity to further exacerbate the unfortunate encounter.

lthough Boyd was usually polite to a fault, he didn’t endure Fitzgerald’s continued effrontery without responding in kind. In a letter dated June 26, Boyd wrote: “The way a writer handles other people’s ideas on writing is part of his character and his qualification as a writer. If they do him harm, that’s a deficiency in him . . . So don’t worry about our talk. I know my meat when I see it, and my poison too . . . If you have any qualms after this I’ll make my next, to relieve your mind, a novel of defiance: ‘Run on, Scott Fifty-Rivers,’ or, if that is too obscure a reference, simply ‘F— Scott Fitzgerald.’” What’s missing from the June gathering is the inscription Fitzgerald scrawled in a copy of Taps at Reveille that passed between guest and hosts that evening. On July 22, Boyd mentions the book in a letter to Fitzgerald: “I read ‘Babylon Revisited’ [a story included in Taps at Reveille] again before I left. In feeling, rendering, and design it’s one of the completely satisfying jobs . . . Some of the lesser things have got no business in there with it at all. I know even the best of the boys can’t do a Hamlet every time out of the box, but in Taps at Reveille there’s too wide a spread to be inside the same covers.” Although Fitzgerald had relished the chance to be judgmental, he wasn’t inclined to accept criticism from a fellow writer, no matter how diplomatically couched. After Boyd’s July 22 letter, Fitzgerald fell uncharacteristically silent, and the correspondence ceased altogether after two letters from Boyd went unanswered. On Nov. 21, Boyd wrote to Perkins: “Have never heard from Scott since writing him that some of his short stories in his last collection were not good enough to stand up against the best of them.” Literary squabbles are frequent and frivolous, but Fitzgerald’s tiffs endure. He was our first celebrity writer, and his The Great Gatsby is a durable assessment of the dark side of the American Dream, as relevant now as it was when first published. His writing, firmly established in our literary canon, has shaded the thinking of generations of college students. Who knows what insights the missing inscription might offer scholars? So where is the Boyds’ copy of Taps at Reveille? It’s safe to assume

that the inscribed first edition — worth $75,000 or more in today’s provenance-driven collectors’ market — was, for at least a few years, safely stashed in one of the Boyds’ three in-house libraries, which were, over time, scattered to the winds. Fortunately, it’s possible to trace the dispersal of the Boyd books that have survived, and during the last 20 years, Weymouth librarian-archivist Dotty Starling has done yeoman’s service in reassembling the collections. “James Boyd had three libraries in the house,” says Starling. “The books he used in his writing — dictionaries, reference works, and books by his favorite authors — were kept in his study, the room which now serves as the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. The novels he’d written and books related to his research were kept in the room designated as ‘the library,’ located on the first floor. Other books were shelved in the living room, which we now call the great room.” Scattering books haphazardly about one’s home is a less-than-ideal organizational system, but Boyd had his own meticulous method for storing and locating books. “Each book had a printed label affixed to the inside cover designating the room, shelf and position of the book,” says Starling. “A book housed in the downstairs library would be labeled L-A-4, meaning library, shelf A, position four. A book assigned to a shelf in the living room might be labeled LR-A-3, designating the exact position Boyd assigned it. A book shelved in Boyd’s study could be labeled S-A-1 and so forth. As books have been returned to Weymouth, I’ve been able to determine the exact position they occupied when Boyd owned them. We hope that people in the community who come across books with the Boyd nameplate will return them to us so that we can continue to reassemble the collections.” Not long after James Boyd’s death in 1944, Katharine gifted the Princeton University Library 15 archival boxes containing manuscripts and galleys of her late husband’s novels — Drums, Long Hunt, Bitter Creek and Roll River — and miscellaneous correspondence, articles, short stories and verse. The books and manuscripts remain the property of Princeton University, Boyd’s alma mater. Taps at Reveille is not listed as part of Princeton’s Boyd collection. In the late 1940s, Katharine funded an addition to the Southern Pines Library, located next to the post office on Broad Street. The room was modeled on the library at the Boyd house, complete with a reproduction fireplace and mantel, and the shelves were stocked with books from James Boyd’s collection, including many rare and valuable books — 20 volumes of Jefferson’s writings, 10 volumes of Thackeray, and a collection of Washington Irving’s works — but no Taps at Reveille. “Everyone had access to the Boyd collection and could use the books,” says Lynn Thompson, the library’s current director. “The catalog was simply cards stacked in a shoebox. It wasn’t long before valuable books began to disappear.” When the Southern Pines Library moved from Broad Street to its present location on West Connecticut, the city, who had legal ownership of the Boyd Room books and accoutrements, lent the materials to the Weymouth Center. Before the transfer, an appraisal of the Boyd Room volumes was undertaken by book dealer Perry Payne, but there’s no mention of Taps at Reveille in the inventory. The largest dispersal of Boyd books occurred when Sandhills Community College opened in 1965. Teresa Wood, an early employee of the college, recalls Mrs. Boyd’s generosity. “Our offices were located above what’s now the Ice Cream Parlor on the corner of Broad and New Hampshire in downtown Southern Pines. In order to open for classes, we needed a library, and Mrs. Boyd donated hundreds of books. We had shelves built in the building behind the Ice Cream

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Parlor — it’s some kind of restaurant now — and when classes started in 1966 we had a library for student use.”

ood doesn’t recall receiving a copy of Taps at Reveille, but if the book were among those donated, it would likely have remained in the college collection. In 1967, the college moved to its present location on Airport Road, and the Boyd books, each fitted with a nameplate acknowledging the gift, were shelved in the new library on the first floor of Meyer Hall. “When we moved to the new campus,” Wood says, “Mrs. Boyd donated even more books. We went through the donation and discovered her diary, which we immediately returned along with any other materials we thought were personal.” The Boyd volumes remained in Meyer Hall until the Katharine Boyd Library opened, when a large number of the books were discarded as outdated. Miraculously, many of those volumes found their way back to the Weymouth Center, where Dotty Starling returned them, whenever possible, to their original positions on the shelves. Did Taps at Reveille become lost in the shuffle? The mystery was temporarily solved in 1993 when Faye Dasen joined The Pilot as Editor Sam Ragan’s assistant. “Mr. Ragan asked me to help organize his office,” Dasen recalls, “and I worked at straightening things up in my spare time. I was sorting through the bookshelves when I happened upon a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I opened the cover and there was a five- or six-sentence inscription signed by the author. When I asked Mr. Ragan about the book, he said, ‘Oh, that belongs to Weymouth. I have to take it up there next time I go.’ As far as I know, the book had been on the shelf since the Boyds owned The Pilot.” James Boyd had purchased The Pilot in 1941. After his death in 1944, Katharine took over management duties until she sold the business to Sam Ragan, former editor of the News and Observer, in 1969. It’s possible that Taps at Reveille had been shelved in the publisher’s office by one of the Boyds and that it had remained there for more than 30 years. When the paper was purchased by Ragan, the book was included as part of the transaction. Since Sam Ragan was the driving force behind the establishment of the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, he would have returned Taps at Reveille to

Weymouth, except that he fell ill and died in 1996. When the family sold off the estate, Ragan’s library was purchased by a rare book dealer. Taps at Reveille went with the collection. In 2008, a Weymouth board member queried the book dealer in writing about the status of the Boyds’ copy of Taps at Reveille. When a response was not forthcoming, a phone inquiry was made, and an assistant to the dealer stated that the book had been donated to a college library, although “he [the dealer] can’t remember which college.” In all probability, the Boyds’ copy of Taps at Reveille exists today in a safe deposit box or on a collector’s bookshelf or in a rare book room at an unidentified college. It’s hoped that the volume, so much a part of the Boyd history, will eventually find its way back to the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. As for Mrs. Boyd’s diary, its disposition is less definite. Katharine Boyd died in 1974, and members of the family claimed what furniture, books and papers they wished to retain. The remaining contents of the house were auctioned off by Sandhills Community College. When Jim Boyd, James and Katharine’s eldest son, moved back to Southern Pines in the late ’90s, the trailer containing his possessions collided with an abutment on the interstate and its contents burned, destroying many of his mother’s personal papers. The diary may have been among the papers that were lost. Since the return of the diary to Katharine in the early ’70s, no one has come forward with information as to its whereabouts. Time might have soothed Fitzgerald’s bruised ego, but five years after his visit with the Boyds, he died in Hollywood at the age of 44. His unfinished manuscript of The Last Tycoon was compiled and edited by critic Edmund Wilson, and Perkins mailed a copy of the novel to Boyd, who responded with predictable grace and candor: “I can’t feel that the book would have been a triumph for him, but the notes are fascinating. As so often with . . . him, the means by which he strove to arrive were more significant than the destination. The exception, of course, is Gatsby, which I just re-read before my operation. I believe it’s the best piece of writing we have produced between the wars.” PS Stephen E. Smith is a retired professor and the author of seven books of poetry and prose. He’s the recipient of the Poetry Northwest Young Poet’s Prize, the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Prize for poetry and four North Carolina Press awards.

A Passion for

By William Irvine • Illustrations by Steven Guarnaccia

t all started when I discovered the mysterious connection between TUMS and SMUT. This childhood revelation (and the fact that I can read backward, a talent which I inherited from my mother) has led to a lifelong interest in collecting and inventing palindromes, words and phrases that read the same way forward and backward. The cult of the palindromes owes its existence to Sotades of Maroneia, a Greek poet and satirist of the third century B.C., who invented palindromic verse and coined the term. The last century has produced J.A. Lindon and Leigh Mercer, British palindromists of rare accomplishment, as well as part-time palindromist and full-time humorist James Thurber. (One of his best: HE GODDAM MAD DOG, EH?) The secret to constructing a fine palindrome is to start with a promising middle word with well-spaced vowels and consonants (FALAFEL or ASPARAGUS or ARUGULA spring to mind) and build outward, rather than starting with an end word (a mistake common to beginners). Punctuation is suspended; the only poetic license. Only a small number of palindromes make any sense without a frame of reference. So, unless you know you are reading a note from a New Guinean decorator, R.E. PAPUA ETAGERE GATEAU PAPER doesn’t mean much. Or AMARYLLIS SILLYRAMA (a comedy club for flowers?) Or how about SATAN, OSCILLATE MY METALLIC SONATAS? For some reason, there are many good palindromes that incorporate the names of Republicans and dictators: DRAT SADAM, A MAD DASTARD; WONDER IF SUNUNU’S FIRED NOW; NORIEGA CAN IDLE, HELD IN A CAGE IRON. And consider this fine Sarah Palindrome: WASILLA’S ALL I SAW. Some of the best palindromes are remarkable in their brevity and simplicity: EVIL OLIVE, for example. Or the exquisite GOLDENRODADORNED LOG. But these pale in sophistication when compared with one of my all-time favorites, composed by the British author Alastair Reid: T. ELIOT, TOP BARD, NOTES PUTRID TANG EMANATING, IS SAD. “I’D ASSIGN IT A NAME: GNAT-DIRT UPSET ON DRAB POT TOILET.” The artist Steven Guarnaccia and I have been palindrome pals for a very long time. (In fact, so far back that when we began collaborating, the internet was something in a galaxy far, far away.) So in response to those youngsters who say, “Can’t you just look all these up on the Internet?” I gently reply that many of my earliest efforts were actually the result of countless hours with pad and paper, thumbing through dictionaries and collecting word lists of likely candidates. It sounds quaint, now, doesn’t it? The following drawings are from our latest collaboration, DO GEESE SEE GOD? A Palindrome Anthology (available on Amazon). I hope you enjoy these plums of our palindromic plundering! PS When he is not indulging in logology, William Irvine is the senior editor of Salt.

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Palindromes

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The Real

Song of the South How an eccentric Alabama spinster collected folktales and living voices — human and animal alike — from an age that is gone with the wind

By Nan Graham

e scrambled flat on our stomachs, wrestling the bulky cardboard box from under the looming fourposter bed. My cousin Anne and I are not teenagers . . . we’re not even middle-aged . . . so it was a grim spectacle of struggling grayheads, who risked never getting vertical again, to do this. The musty papers and letters of one of the most colorful of our relatives, our greataunt, Martha Strudwick Young, a diminutive professional writer, born the year after the War Between the States began, contained some surprising new information. Cousin Anne had never looked in the boxes since her mother’s death in 1970, some 40-plus years ago. We were only a few miles from Martha Young’s birthplace in Hale County, Alabama, at a place called The Pillbox a few miles out from Greensboro, Alabama, and my visit had prompted questions about the writer’s childhood. We were well into the second round of iced tea when Anne remembered the flat coat box stored beneath the bed. We knew from family stories that Martha’s early years were spent riding in the carriage with her father, Dr. Elisha Young, through the Hale County countryside as he made his rounds and tended to his patients. A surgeon in the Confederate Army stationed at Fort Morgan in Mobile — and imprisoned in New Orleans after the fall of Mobile — Dr. Young returned to his little family after the war to practice medicine in Greensboro, Alabama. A born storyteller, the doctor entertained the little girl with stories of making quilts with his black nurse as a young boy, eyewitness accounts of battles on Mobile Bay, and starving troops in the Alabama countryside as the father and daugh-

ter roamed the county in his buggy on house calls. He told of performing the first ever successful cutting and suturing of a carotid artery on a man stabbed and brought to his kitchen table in the middle of the night. The patient survived the procedure in the makeshift operating room. Dr. Young said that early quilt-making, common among young Southern boys in the 1860s in the county, gave him his surgical skills. Martha had a quick ear for the rich dialect of the black folks at home and in the rural countryside. She was spellbound with their musical language and loved their tales of witches, wicked spells and ha’nts, and stories of talking birds. She absorbed the speech, its cadence and energy, of the black storytellers. Martha took mental notes on the actual calls and songs of birds of her native Hale County along the wooded roads. She was a good listener and had an excellent ear for mimicry. She began to write and craft the oral tales told to her by blacks in her household and those she knew in the small community of Greensboro. She listened to the musical calls from the men and women who peddled fresh butterbeans and field peas ( “Fe-ull Peeas. Yas. Freee-sh Pleeeez . . .”) from carts on the dusty streets of her neighborhood. She listened to the ghost stories of the cook Chloe in the family kitchen house and to the animal stories of Isham, who helped with the horses and cows. She wove the tales into lyrical and haunting stories about sparrows’ chatty conversations with crows and baby robins squabbling among themselves. And useful warnings that picking peaches from the tree after sundown would kill the tree. Martha added her own keen observations of nature in Greensboro and the countryside around it, and incorporated the sounds of the birds and creatures as an integral part of her stories. Being the oldest child of the eight siblings (of whom only five survived), Martha as a young adult in her 20s inherited the role of caretaker of the family

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at her mother’s early death in 1887. Her physician father could never have managed without his eldest daughter’s capable and no-nonsense discipline of her younger, motherless brothers and sisters. Martha practiced her bird calls and storytelling skills on the younger children, who were enthralled at their big sister’s tales of the talking buzzards, singing bats and swamp witches. Amazingly, she continued her writing despite being mistress of a large household and surrogate mother to a brood of children ages 7 into pre-teen. And after raising her younger brothers and sisters, Martha, or Tut (rhymes with foot), as the family called her, decided that the single life was the life for her. As she always replied to inquiries about her marital state: “No, I am not married. I shall stay . . . forever Young!” (Her early siblingrearing may explain the decision of the many spinsters out there, especially around the turn of the century.) Granddaughter of an Alabama anti-Secessionist, she had a college degree and was encouraged in her writing by her family. She started her career under the pseudonym Eli Shepperd, since young women from the South were not usually accepted in the male-dominated literary scene. She began submitting her dialect bird stories to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, which first published her work in 1884, a Christmas story titled “A Nurse’s Tale.” Other Southern newspapers published the prolific writer’s stories. The creator of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, Joel Chandler Harris, gave high praise to the dialect writer, according to one newspaper account and even collaborated with Martha on one of his Uncle Remus collections. Joel Chandler Harris himself wrote: “Her dialect verse . . . is the best written since Irwin Russell died. Some of it is incomparably the best ever written.” Her first book, with the catchy title Plantation Songs for My Lady’s Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics and Monologues, was published in 1901, still under the pseudonym Eli Shepperd. The originator of Brer Rabbit contacted the writer under that name. Joel Chandler Harris invited “Mr. Shepperd” to join him at a small hunting lodge at his Georgia home, Eagle’s Nest, to work on a collection of folk stories. It was a secluded spot and Harris felt it would be a productive collaboration. Naturally, Martha revealed her identity as a lady and responded that she hardly thought that Mrs. Harris would approve the plan. The two writers did eventually collaborate, but not in the secluded setting first suggested to Eli Shepperd! More books followed Plantation Songs: Plantation Bird Legends (1902), Bessie Bell (1903) (later re-released as Somebody’s Little Girl in 1910), When We Were Wee (1912), Behind the Dark Pines (1912), Two Little Southern Sisters (1919), and Minute Dramas: Kodak in the Quarters (1921). Another Martha Young book, Fifty Folklore Fables, was reviewed and mentioned in publicity releases but is

unable to be located. Plantation Bird Legends and Behind the Dark Pines are both illustrated with penand-ink drawings by J.M. Conde, the artist used by Joel Chandler Harris. Besides her eight published books, numerous articles and stories by Martha appeared in such magazines as Woman’s Home Companion, Cosmopolitan and Christian Advocate. Cosmopolitan, begun in 1886, was a family magazine at the time (a far cry — not even in shouting distance — from the modern Cosmopolitan) and featured such established writers as Jack London, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Theodore Dreiser and later H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw. (In 1965, Helen Gurley Brown, author of Sex and the Single Girl, revamped the family magazine of Martha’s day, zeroing in on women’s issues, becoming the familiar magazine we know today as the sexy Cosmopolitan.) Martha Young reached her literary peak in the first decade of the 20th century. Her whimsical bird stories in African-American dialect were a runaway hit. Her books were a smash across the country, North and South. The Pittsburgh Gazette was among those who raved about her Plantation Bird Legends: “What the Grimm Brothers did, taking from the lips of unlettered peasants the folktales of the foretimes and setting them down for the delight of the after age, has now been done by Miss Young.” Martha’s other animal tales included such titles as “Why Brer Possum’s Tail Is Bare,” “Mr. Bluebird’s Debt,” and “Why Mr. Frog Is Still a Batchelor.” Martha even performed live at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1906, reading stories and poetry in dialect from her published books and actually performing bird calls and trills to the audience’s amazement and delight. Other “musical numbers by prominent artists,” not mentioned by name, were also to appear on the evening program. She became a popular speaker in the East and almost all reviews of her events laud her delivery and lively presentations with comments about her distinctive voice. OK. It WAS a different era, but I like to think Martha was an early Susan Boyle — without the bad hair — an unlikely candidate for public success having been raised in the tiny town of Greensboro, Alabama. Tickets for the performance were $1, the equivalent of about $27 in today’s currency, when the 1906 worker’s wage was about $300 per year and the average hourly wage 22 cents an hour. Her Waldorf-Astoria poster shows the studio photograph of the petite 28-year-old Martha in an elegant pose. Reality was that in 1906, Miss Young was well into her 42nd year and a bit more stout (as they say in the South) than the slender young woman pictured. Tut even had an offer to perform in vaudeville in New York, but politely demurred. (I am certain her lips were pursed when she did.) She was quite prolific: plays, novels, stories for education journals and poetry, some even feminist. The poem “Uncle Isham” written under her pen

name is narrated by an African-American to suffragettes who laughingly says ladies, don’t bother. He complains that he got the vote, but it didn’t change a thing . . . so never mind! Hollywood called early on. One of her books, Somebody’s Little Girl, caught a Hollywood mogul’s eye. His office called the author Martha Young. As it turned out, it was not her story they were interested in, it was the title. Could they purchase the title alone, they asked. Martha was mortified at the idea. “Of course not,” she replied. “I would just as well sever my child’s head from its body as sell my title from its story.” (It does make you think of Gloria Swanson’s has-been character in Sunset Boulevard when she thinks Cecil B. DeMille wants her for a movie comeback, when he actually only wants to borrow her vintage 1929 Isotta-Fraschini touring car.) Hollywood went elsewhere for a title, and unfortunately, we do not know which movie resulted after these failed negotiations with Martha. One family story centered around Martha’s ferocious love of coffee and her prodigious consumption of the drink. She downed a dozen or more cups a day, but one Lent she decided to deny herself her most precious beverage. She announced what she was giving up for Lent with an unseemly pride to family, friends and neighbors: No coffee for 40 days and 40 nights. About a week into her extreme Lenten abstinence, her brother came to see her. The door was open; he called . . . no answer. He wandered through the empty house until he heard a tiny voice from the closet. “In here, Elisha.” He opened the door and saw his sister sitting on a straight chair in the darkened closet, drinking a cup of coffee. “Tut,” he chastised, “Don’t you know the Lord can see you, even in this closet?” “Of course I do,” she said, taking another sip. “But the neighbors can’t.” Her Presbyterian brother closed the closet door and left her to her secret sin. Tut became the family eccentric, a standout in a host of relatives competing for the title. Martha Young never voted in any election, even after women won the right to vote. She had been born the year Alabama seceded from the Union. Alabama came back after Appomattox . . . Martha never did. She was of the notion that she was not a citizen of the United States and accordingly, was not an eligible voter. Her tiny feet were a particular source of pride. And with reason. In Martha’s day, Birmingham was where you shopped when you wanted something grand. It was Alabama’s answer to Paris. Passing the city’s finest shoe store, Tut stopped to read the display sign:

TRY ON CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER You Might Be the Lucky Winner of a Pair of Shoes of Your Choice! Tut strolled into the shop and sat while the salesman slipped the crystal slipper on her foot with ease. A perfect fit! She selecting the most cunning — and expensive — shoes on display. With shopping bag in hand, she waltzed out to meet her family for the triumphal return to Greensboro. Needless to say, she and her feet were the envy of every female in town. In all her photographs from that day forward, she managed to display her Cinderella foot peeking out from her floor-length dress. Also vain about her small hands, she always posed them prominently in every picture. At one dinner party, she took a stroll in the garden at her host’s home at dusk. When she reached to touch a flower, she was bitten by a small garden snake. She rushed to the house, where she dropped to the sofa, crying, “My hand! My beautiful little hand. Ohhhh!” She held her hand aloft for inspection. As the guests gathered round, Martha put on a performance her fellow guests never forgot. Sarah Bernhardt would have been proud. Talk about how to sabotage a party. Tut’s uber-vanity quickly became part of the family history. Local lore in Greensboro claims that Margaret Mitchell came calling on Tut in the 1930s. She was looking for advice on African-American speech patterns and dialect on a certain book she was writing. There is no evidence of this research visit by the author of Gone with the Wind except three local Greensboro sources who have heard the story handed down. In 2006, a call came from Hollywood asking if I had or knew of any recordings of Martha Young’s voice. Production was beginning on a new film about Zelda Fitzgerald. They had heard of Martha Young’s work and were anxious to hear her Deep South accent for resource material for the film. Alas, although there is mention of her recordings in several writings about her, none could be tracked down. The aging author did not mellow with age. One of my favorite stories about Tut was about her later years, when she developed diabetes in her old age and would not go to the doctor for follow-up visits. “But Martha,” her friends insisted, “You need to get your blood checked.” “I certainly do not,” she replied, drawing herself up imperiously. “I can assure you, I have the very best blood in Alabama.” As the century rolled on and literary styles changed, Martha turned from writing lively animal stories to religious poetry and full-length plays as her

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next endeavors. It was an unfortunate career move. Martha’s religious poems are excruciatingly bad, but despite that fact, they continued to appear in magazines and newspapers. A few of these poetic gems’ titles: “Buddha’s Lilies” (Tut was an avid Episcopalian) and “Sermon on the Mule,” “Blessings of the Magnolia,” and “Sermon Against Bad Language.” The tedious plays (my personal favorite was Dice of Death) and her novels were never published, thank God, and now languish in a library’s special collection archives. In the late 1930s, Walt Disney contacted Martha’s agent, according to correspondence found under that bed. The Disney studio was interested in animating her bird characters and stories. The elderly author had almost stopped all writing by now, but her agent’s letters were wildly optimistic. Disney, flush with the huge success of the 1937 release of Snow White, was working with Martha’s bird stories and had come up with some ideas on using them in a Disney full-length animated feature film. “Oh no,” wrote Martha after reading one Disney adaptation, “Sis Sparrow would never say such a thing! No, no, Brer Crow could not possible perform such a dance . . . it’s all wrong. Wrong!” The imperious author was unyielding to the siren song of Hollywood. Negotiations broke down after several years, the letters reveal. The headstrong Miss Martha Young proved a tough cookie. Five years later, Disney came out with Song of the South, the mix of animation and real film characters. Aunt Tut died in 1941 and the correspondence recording the futile negotiation with Walt Disney was stashed under that poster bed in Hale County, where it remained until a few summers ago.

Sis Sparrow could have been singing “Zip-aDee-Doo-Dah” while Bruh Crow and Martha Young’s other bird characters danced, if only Proud Martha had not been so mule-headed. She coulda been a contenda . . . maybe! Acknowledgment for the culture and dialect of the black stories is a growing movement in the literary world. Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon, the true story of a survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, was refused by editors in 1927 because of its dialect narrative and is now published with a scholarly introduction. Aunt Tut is not completely forgotten. Almost all her early works have been republished by academics and folklore enthusiasts with original titles and author Martha Young’s name. And so the original stories remain in print. Virginia Hamilton, a noted African-American author, read some of Martha Young’s folktales, rewrote them (it is almost a translation from the dialect) and had famed Barry Moser illustrate the stories. When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing, published in 1996, is a beautifully illustrated book of Martha Young’s stories that are a joy to read today. ( My only complaint: The book is titled by Virginia Hamilton. As an academician, Hamilton surely knew that the correct way to title the book would be: By Martha Young as retold by Virginia Hamilton.) There is a brief explanation of Martha Young on the last page of Hamilton’s book. The beautiful new version of Martha Strudwick Young’s fanciful tales of talking sparrows and dancing crows is thankfully preserved. PS Nan Graham is a regular Salt contributor and has been a local NPR commentator since 1995.

Story Of A House

Living by the Book A cottage with a wow factor By Deborah Salomon • Photographs by John Gessner

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om and Katrina Denza are book people. “I even like the smell of books,” Katrina admits. They read paper-and-ink books — thousands of them. Their historic district Southern Pines cottage is designed around his collection of classics, hers of contemporary fiction. Bookshelves are everywhere, mounted over doorways and under ceilings. Books in the kitchen, the dining room, the master bedroom. Katrina can locate every title. The converted attic holds their son’s childhood books. Opposite the front door, a wall of book cubbies lit by an undulating metal lighting fixture with purple globes makes the correct first impression. “I moved to Southern Pines because of The Country Bookshop,” Katrina, a true bibliophile, confesses. As for the house, you can’t judge this book by its cover. The sandy-tan exterior, unremarkable except for a long balcony, melts behind a greenery screen, as does the adjacent lot Tom purchased for a garden, pond and firepot. But once inside . . . wow. First came the Boyds, then Weymouth, then resort hotels, then winter retreats for wealthy (or sickly) urbanites, then — east of the tracks but downhill from the estates — cottages built for support staff, shopkeepers, professionals, and the less affluent who followed seeking a temperate climate with amenities. The hotels burned down, mansions changed hands, cottages fell into disrepair. When the tide turned, Weymouth was restored as a cultural center; prominent addresses were renovated; and now, finally, many of the modest cottages have been taken apart and reassembled as small gems. Still, the Denzas’, built in 1927, stands out in a neighborhood of surprises, first by being inconspicuous. Curb appeal wasn’t a priority. Even the porches and decks accessed by sliding glass doors enhance the interior. “I feel like I’m in a treehouse,” Katrina says. Obviously, well-developed personalities created this repository of literature, architecture and art. Both Tom and Katrina gravitated south from states for which nearby streets were named: she from Vermont, he from Connecticut.

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Katrina: “The South is so rich with literature. I can feel it in the ground.” Here, she started writing again — a collection of stories with Europe as background and a novel set in Vermont and Carolina. Her activism includes participating in (and reporting on) the Women’s March on Washington in January 2017. A friend told her about the Writers in Residence program at Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities. “There is such creative energy in that house.” She now manages the program as well as serving on the board of directors. Tom: “I came for the heat and Faulkner — except for that I should have gone farther south.” (William Faulkner was born and raised in Mississippi.) Tom’s travels to Spain made him long for sunshine, warmth and friendly faces. With experience in home renovation gained as a young teen from an 80-year-old Irishman who needed a helper, Tom established a flooring business. “I was young and single.” Tom bought the cottage in 1986 — a messy, neglected warren of rooms, no air-conditioning — and moved in with the intention of gutting and renovating it himself. This he did, gradually, replacing the roof, even excavating a basement to provide the solidity he remembered from the brick home where he grew up. While tearing down walls he found tiny glass ampoules; perhaps tuberculosis patients who came for the cleansing air once lived there. The two New Englanders met, married, moved to Midland Road and had a baby while the renovation progressed. He aimed for something simple, contemporary, vaguely Japanese. “It sounds ridiculous, but there was no conflict,” he says, noting that he and Katrina both admire Frank Lloyd Wright. Katrina selected earth tones. “I have a sense of it, color in small doses, a touch of orange against turquoise, no primaries or pastels.” Tom cooks, therefore planned the kitchen. Katrina chose a hallway overlooking the balcony for her desk bathed in natural light. Stairs to the former attic were tucked out of sight, not to break the expanse. Tom insisted on fine details like solid wood paneled doors with glass knobs and high-tech light switches. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2018

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The entranceway, a separate room, previews Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistry: Brazilian cherry floorboards form a geometric pattern; a shoe cabinet (Asian influence) came from a train station; Lucite chairs are from Italy; and a massive jug is from France. There are no rugs to detract from the assortment of woods and styles Tom selected for flooring. Although it meant structural reinforcement, he decided to move the front door and open the main floor from the dining room at one end to the living room at the other with the kitchen and section of book cubbies in between, creating an unbroken expanse of about 50 feet, 10 feet shorter than a bowling lane. This architectural trompe lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeil makes a house with smallish rooms appear vast. Tom and Katrina subscribe to the wabi-sabi Japanese philosophy celebrating the well-used and slightly imperfect. Angled walls and ceilings add interest, character. Scale mattered; a dining room table with Scandinavian lines was custom made of cherry wood PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2018

to fit the space and seat six, no more. The table stands beside a wall of textured plaster, painted a deep nameless color. Living room furnishings are arranged the old-fashioned way, a semicircle facing the fireplace, for sitting and reading or conversation. No sound system, just a lone, medium-sized TV mounted well below eye level. Katrina would like to live without it. “We don’t have cable, just Netflix for watching movies.” Glass doors rimmed in black connect the master bedroom, painted a retro pale avocado, to an arrangement of planters on the deck. The Japanese tone continues with a platform bed and a bathroom in the same shade of green with startling black lacquer accents. Upstairs, Tom planned to finish the attic with a sleeping porch but decided a bedroom, also with platform bed, would be more practical, along with a play space for kids. The upstairs interior bathroom has a large paned window looking out onto the staircase, opposite a real window that brings in natural light. “I saved an original window and thought it would work there,” Tom says. Chef Tom’s kitchen looks more cooked-in than picture-book. No granite, no marble, no gadgets. The original tin ceiling has been treated to resemble oxidized copper, a greenish shade called verdigris. A real copper range hood complements the overhead metal. Tin squares are echoed by square countertop tiles. On them stands Tom’s prize, an Electra brass coffee press made in Italy that resembles an appliance from Leonardo DaVinci’s kitchen notebook. Tom roasts coffee beans outside, puts them through a countertop grinder and transfers coffee to the press to extract a superior brew, one cup at a time. Imagine the aroma. “I’m very particular,” Tom says of his cooking utensils. “I watched and learned from Chef Warren and Mark Elliott.” First lesson: The right pan and fresh herbs from his garden make a difference. Travels through France don’t hurt. On a par with books, art beats in the heart of this home. Katrina displays works by local artists Jessie Mackay, Denise Baker, David Hewson and others. Larger paintings dominating entire walls are, for the most part, abstracts as in Carol Bechtel, who describes her work as “about how things go together or touch or separate . . . making order from chaos and calmness from tensions.” How the Denzas acquire art speaks to their relationship. Every year, on their wedding anniversary, they visit a gallery. Each chooses a painting without consulting the other. Amazing, how many times they both chose the same one, Katrina says. For all its history, personality and artistry, Tom describes the Denza house as simple. Simple for them means a good book, a perfect cup of coffee, intelligent art, frogs in the pond and friends within walking distance — a harmony between people and their environment. Other words, from another book, in another language call it feng shui. PS

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A L M A N A C

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By Ash Alder

Remember meeting that first giant? Being dazzled beyond words by its radiance and splendor, gasping as if you’d just entered a world alive with magic beans and singing harps and ornate birds with eggs of gold? Or perhaps you met a field of them? Smiling sun gazers. Stilt walkers among a carnival of phlox and zinnias and late summer bloomers. Nothing says August like a host of majestic sunflowers. As they follow our blazing sun across the wispy-clouded sky, these towering beauties remind us that we, too, become that which we give our attention. Listen for the soft thuds of the earliest apples. Notice the silent dance of the spiraling damselfly, wild raspberries, the star-crossed romance between milkweed and goldenrod. Queen Anne’s lace adorns roadside ditches and, in the kitchen, fresh mint and watermelon smoothies await sun-kissed children still dripping from the pool. “Can we grow our own?” they ask, eyes still aglow from the cheerful band of sunflowers they saw at a friend’s house days ago. Come spring, as they work the magic seeds into the cool soil, all the world will sing.

Good Clean Fun

Given optimal growing conditions (plenty of sun and space), the sunflower can grow up to 13 feet tall in as few as six months. And once summer and her birds have harvested the last of its seeds, consider using the head as a biodegradable scrubbing pad.

Cozy with the Crickets

I almost wish we were butterflies and lived but three summer days — three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain. — John Keats

Sure as the summer garden yields sweet corn and sugar snap peas, the Perseid meteor shower returns. Following the new Sturgeon moon on Aug. 11, the annual show will peak on the night of Sunday, Aug. 12, until the wee hours of Monday, Aug. 13. A thin crescent moon should make for excellent viewing conditions. Cozy up with the crickets. Believe in magic. Breathe in the intoxicating perfume of this summer night.

Food for Thought

The dog days are still here. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the hottest days of summer coincide with the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star, beginning July 3 and ending Aug. 11. Meantime, sit beneath the shade of a favorite tree. Sink your teeth into a just-picked peach. Lose yourself in a tangle of wild blackberries. And as you watch the busy ants march along empty watermelon rinds and overripe berries, remember there is work to do. Stake the vines. Can or freeze excess of the harvest. Prepare the soil for autumn plantings: purple top turnips and Chinese cabbages; Ebenezer onions and cherry belle radishes; spider lilies and autumn crocus and greens, greens, greens. Allow yourself to enjoy it.

The luxury of all summer’s sweet sensation is to be found when one lies at length in the warm, fragrant grass, soaked with sunshine, aware of regions of blossoming clover and of a high heaven filled with the hum of innumerous bees. — Harriet E. Prescott, The Atlantic Monthly, August 1865

August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Arts Entertainment C a l e n da r

First Friday at the Sunrise Theater

Although conscientious effort is made to provide accurate and up-to-date information, all events are subject to change and errors can occur! Please call to verify times, costs, status and location before planning or attending an event. LIBRARIES ROCK this summer during the library’s annual Summer Reading Program. Registration is open now for participants of all ages. Log your time spent reading on paper or online and earn prizes. Stop by the library or sign up online at www.sppl.net. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. BOOKWORMS BOOKCLUB. Are you in grade K–5 and want to join a book club? Find the Bookworms display in the library to take home the book of the month, pick up your discussion questions and grab some activities. When you have finished reading the book, fill out the book review to post on the library’s wall. Can’t read yet? Read along with a grownup! Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. OUTPOST BOOK SALES. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday– Saturday. The monthly sale for August is science fiction, young adult and juvenile fiction. Buy one, get one free, some exclusions apply. The author sale features beach reads — books for the pool, beach or shade. Given Outpost and Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-7002. MASTER GARDENER HELPLINE. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. weekdays, through Oct. 31. If you have a question or need help with plant choices, call the Moore County Cooperative Extension Office. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst

Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal

15 Ave., Carthage. If possible, bring a plant sample or photos. Info: (910) 947-3188.

Continuing through Sunday, August 5

U.S. KIDS GOLF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. daily. Players, ages 6 to 12, will compete at Pinehurst Resort and other area golf courses in the largest and most prestigious event in the world for players 12 and under. Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (888) 387-5437or www.uskidsgolf.com.

Continuing through Wednesday, August 15 BOYD LIBRARY MILITARY EXHIBIT. Gallery hours. “History & Heroes, Understanding America’s Military History.” The exhibit showcases links to our local military and illustrates historical events and figures of World War II, General Marshall’s impact, and the post 9/11 era. Katharine L. Boyd Library, Hastings Art Gallery, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3817.

Continuing through Friday, August 31

MINIATURE RAILWAY IN THE GARDEN. All day. Enjoy watching the miniature train cars travel over 450 feet of track winding through the Friendship Garden and take in the accompanying exhibit showing how railways changed American life. Cost: Included in Garden membership or regular admission. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 or capefearbg.org.

Wednesday, August 1—31

JOY OF ART STUDIO. Joy Hellman offers classes and workshops for all ages in journaling, painting, drawing, fiber

Summer Movie Night: Finding Dory

23 and multimedia. She also holds retreats and other events for women to support, nourish and encourage creativity and personal development. Class times and prices vary. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or Facebook link www.facebook.com/Joyscreativespace/ for a complete list of events this month.

Thursday, August 2

MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. Especially for children ages 2–5 and their families. This event incorporates stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games designed to foster language and motor-skill development. It is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to storytime sessions at the circulation desk up to an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL full or limited access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PLAY ESCAPE. 4 p.m. Summer Movie Night: Cars. For ages 2 years and older. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES AT THE SUNRISE. 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 6:30). Hocus Pocus, sponsored by Discovery Map. Tickets: $6. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www. sunrisetheater.com. FIRST THURSDAY AT THE CAMEO. 7:30 p.m. Live, in concert traditional Bluegrass from the Edgar Loudermilk

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Band, featuring Jeff Autry. Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Cameo Art House Theatre, 225 Hay St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-6633.

Thursday, August 2—4

63RD ANNUAL ROBBINS FARMERS DAY. 6:30–9 p.m. Thursday, 6–11:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m. Saturday. Arts and crafts, the Wagon Train Festival, a horse parade, entertainment, special demonstrations, music and square dancing in a carnival atmosphere. Downtown Robbins, 101 N. Middleton St., Robbins. Info: (910) 2957808 or robbinsfarmersday.com.

Friday, August 3

CHAIR YOGA. 9–10 a.m. Fridays through Sept. 14. Taught by Darlind Davis, for ages 18 and older, ideal for those with chronic conditions, balance issues or lower body challenges that affect your ability to get up and down. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Recreation, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www. pinehurstrec.org. FIRST FRIDAY. 5–8:15 p.m. A family-friendly event with live music, food, beverages and entertainment by The Ben Miller Band. Free admission. No dogs, please! First Bank Stage at the Sunrise (inside Sunrise Theater in case of rain), 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or www.firstfridaysouthernpines.com. FINE ARTS FESTIVAL. 6–8 p.m. Opening reception and awards ceremony for the Arts Council of Moore County’s annual festival, featuring artists from all over the U.S. Exhibit runs through Aug. 30. Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or mooreart.org.

Saturday, August 4

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Early Morning Blues Dressage Show. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-8467. YOGA FEST. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. “Om’erica: The Yoga Fest.” Honoring our military veterans, Hot Asana Studio is offering a special morning of classes taught by vets. Cost: $30, includes three classes and access to veteran-owned vendors. The proceeds will benefit vets. Tickets available at the door, but reservations suggested. Sunrise Theater Greenspace, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-9642 or www.hotasanastudio.com/in-the-pines. SATURDAY KIDS PROGRAM. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. “Brain Games: Get Ready for School!” Want to start the school year on top? Stop by the library for activities that will challenge and amaze you. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Wildlings: Water Works.” This program, designed for 6-10-year-olds, offers a water-filled day of experiments that will include making rainbows, forming puddles and floating boats. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. FIFTH ANNUAL LOW COUNTRY BOIL. 12 p.m. The Veterans Motorcycle Club invites you to an afternoon of great music by Frankie Moree, great food and a great time. Cost (donation): $10, with all proceeds to benefit the Southern Pines Veterans Day Parade Fund. 3674 Murdocksville Road, West End. Info: www.facebook.com/ events/598412307212861/?ti=ia.

Saturday, August 4—5

237TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE AT HOUSE IN THE HORSESHOE. 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, and 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Sunday. Events include a re-enactment of a Revolutionary War battle at 2 p.m. both days, tours and demonstrations of Colonial life. Food trucks will be on site. Free admission. Parking: $5. House in the Horseshoe, 288 Alston House Road, Sanford. Info: (910) 947-2051 or www. nchistoricsites.org/horsesho/horsesho.htm.

Sunday, August 5

MEET THE AUTHOR. 2 p.m. Christopher Swann will read from his new book, Shadow of the Lions, a literary thriller set in an elite prep school in Virginia. The story centers on the friendship between two boys, one of whom goes missing, the other must eventually find out why. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211 or www.thecountrybookshop.biz. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Sandhills Invaders.” Learn about some of the plant and animal species that have been brought to the U.S. from other countries (invasive species), the havoc they can wreak on native ecosystems, and how you can help prevent their spread in the Sandhills. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Monday, August 6

EVENING STORYTIMES. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through third grade and their whole families are invited to enjoy a session that incorporates stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading, with tips for winding down after dinner and getting the week off on the right track. Limited to 25 children and their caregivers per session, and check-in with a valid SPPL library card is required. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

Monday, August 6—8

PINEWILD YOUTH GOLF CLINIC. 9–11 a.m. These three-day clinics for boys and girls ages 8 to 16 focus on fundamentals, golf etiquette and rules of play. $85. Pinewild Golf Academy, 6 Glasgow Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org.

Tuesday, August 7—9 WRITE-ON CAMP. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (Tuesday and Wednesday) 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Thursday. For students from grades 4 through 6. The Camp at Weymouth Center has been fully redesigned to engage young writers in daily tours, help them develop new writing skills, and introduce them to writers of different genres and other writing professionals. Cost: $75. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Wednesday, August 8

ART CLASS (BLOCK PRINT). 1–4 p.m. “Greeting Cards,” taught by Lynn Goldhammer for beginners. You will use a soft, rubber block to carve an image to make into a greeting card. Cost: $34/$37/$40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org. MEET THE AUTHOR—TICKETED EVENT. 6:30 p.m. New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown will read from her new book, Tailspin, a spine tingling suspense and tantalizing romance in this thriller about a daring cargo pilot who is caught up in the intrigue surrounding his mysterious cargo and the mysterious woman doctor who intercepts its delivery. Tickets: $35 general admission, includes a copy of the new book. Tickets available at Ticketmesandhills. com and at The Country Bookshop. Event will be at the Hannah Center at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

Thursday, August 9

ART CLASS (ACRYLLIC FINGER PAINT). 1-3:30 p.m. “A Pot Filled with Flowers,” taught by Magda Sondervan. It’s fun and easy and everyone takes home a completed painting. Cost: $32/$36/$40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org. GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 and 7 p.m. Home Fitting— How to Modify Your Home for Safety and Independence. Occupational therapist Christine Abbott discusses how to modify your home to deal with changes. Bring a friend and sign up for a free library card. This event is free and open to

the public. Given Memorial Library (3:30 p.m.), 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst; and Given Outpost (7 p.m.), 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022 or 295-7002. PLAY ESCAPE. 4 p.m. Summer Movie Night: Sleeping Beauty, with a special appearance by Princess Aurora. For ages 2 years and older. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES AT THE SUNRISE. 7:30 p.m. (doors open 6:30). Rebel Without A Cause, sponsored by Southern Whey. Tickets: $6. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www. sunrisetheater.com.

Friday, August 10

LIVE AFTER 5 CONCERT SERIES. 5:15–9 p.m. This free event includes live music, activities for the kids, food trucks and beverages. Berryfield performs from 5:15 to 5:50 p.m. and The Royal Suits from 6 to 9 p.m. Picnic baskets allowed, but no outside alcoholic beverages. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road W., Downtown Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-8656 or www.vopnc.org.

Saturday, August 11

STEAM SATURDAY. All day. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). This program is for children grades K–5. Experiment and craft tables will be out all day. From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., join the library staff for a special Water Science event. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Tallboots H/J Schooling Day and Derby Cross. The Devoucoux TallBoots Hunter Jumper Schooling Series and Derby Cross offers a lineup of local competitions focusing on classical riding and grassroots education and training for both horse and rider in preparation for the show ring. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. MAKE YOUR OWN CERAMIC MUG. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Taught by Erin Younge, this is an introductory class (no prior experience required) for handbuilding and stamping decoration in clay. Firing is included. Open to all ages, but children younger than 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Registration deadline is Aug. 9. Cost: $50 plus $3.55 online ticketing fee. STARworks, 100 Russell Drive, Star. Info: (910) 428-9001. TEA WITH SEAGROVE POTTERS. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sample iced teas and homemade treats while browsing shops at Blue Hen Pottery, Dean & Martin Pottery, Eck McCanless Pottery, From the Ground Up, Thomas Pottery and Red Hare Pottery. N.C. 705 (The Pottery Highway), Seagrove. Info: (336) 879-4145 or teawithseagrovepotters.webstarts.com.

Sunday, August 12

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–3 p.m. The Devoucoux TallBoots Hunter Jumper Series Show. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. MOORE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 2 p.m. Cav Peterson and Marie Carbrey, president and copresident of the Sandhills Woman’s Exchange in Pinehurst will present a lecture on the history of one of the “country’s oldest continuously operating charitable movements,” as well as SWE, which began in 1922. Southern Pines Civic Club, 105 S. Ashe St., Southern Pines. Contact: (910) NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Program TBD. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Monday, August 13

SUMMER SERIES JAZZ CONCERT. 6:30–8 p.m. The Sandhills Community College Jazz Band performs jazz standards, swing music and some contemporary jazz arrangements at this outdoors event. Food is available for purchase at 5:30 or you can bring your own. Boyd Library Green. Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 947-5511.

ca l e n da r SANDHILLS PHOTO CLUB MEETING. 7 p.m. Competition: Architecture, judged by Rad Drew. Guests are always welcome. Theater in the Hannah Center at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.sandhillsphotoclub.org.

Tuesday, August 14

ADULT TENNIS LESSONS. 10–11 a.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 4 (4 sessions). For ages 16+. Bring your own tennis racket, or contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No. 1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must pre-register by Aug.t 4. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Tuesdays through Sept. 18) Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for individuals who have some familiarity with basic yoga poses. This class focuses on alignment, balance, posture and body awareness. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org. HOME-SCHOOL TENNIS LESSONS. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (Tuesdays through Sept. 4) This is a new program for those children, ages 5 to 12 years, who may be home-schooled or have the ability to attend lessons earlier in the day. Preregistration is required. Bring your own tennis racket, or contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Tennis Court No. 1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. LIT WITS. 5:30 p.m. Join the Library’s newest book club for 11- to 15-year-olds. You can check out your copy of this month’s book, First Rule of Punk Byrd at the Library from Aug. 1 through 13. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

BEADING WORKSHOP. 6–8 p.m. Make some earrings or a necklace for yourself or a friend using beads of all shapes and sizes. Refreshments served. Space is limited, reserve your seat early. Cost: $20 and all proceeds benefit Given Memorial Library. Given Bookshop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-7002.

Wednesday, August 15

MOORE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL ART TOUR. 3:45–11:15 p.m. Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal. Join the Arts Council to watch world-class ice skaters and acrobats perform on ice at the PNC Arena in Raleigh. Tickets: $230/ member; $250/non-member, includes bus transportation, dinner and event. Depart from Campbell House at 3:45 p.m., 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or mooreart.org.

Wednesday, August 15 and 16

ART CLASS (OIL PAINT). 10 a.m.-3 p.m. “Intermediate Oil Painting,” taught by Charlie Roberts. Select better images to paint, improve composition, learn to mix tints and draw images on canvas using the grid method. Also learn how to use your iPhone camera and work with apps. Cost: $72/$81/$90. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

Thursday, August 16

Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. This month’s book can be picked up at the Southern Pines Public Library or at the Center. Meetings are held at the Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or (910) 692-8235. PLAY ESCAPE. 4 p.m. Summer Movie Night: Shark Tale. For ages 2 years and older. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS. 4–5 p.m. for ages 5 to 8; 5–6 p.m. for ages 9 to 11; and 6–7 p.m. for ages 12–16. Thursdays through Sept. 6 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Bring your own tennis racket, or contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Tennis Court No. 1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by Aug. 6. Info and registration: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6 p.m. Doors open. Open Mic. Opening set TBA, then names drawn for performing order. Free to Members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES AT THE SUNRISE. 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 6:30). Three Amigos, sponsored by Murphy Insurance Company. Tickets: $6. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www. sunrisetheater.com.

Friday, August 17

ART TALK. 12:30 p.m. “Noon Muse.” Harry Neely will speak about Best Paint Practices. Bring your lunch to this free presentation. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

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ca l e n da r MEET THE AUTHOR. 5 p.m. David Joy will read from his new book, The Line That Held Us, in which a hunter accidentally shoots and kills a man whose family is notorious for vengeance and violence. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211 or www. thecountrybookshop.biz. MOVIES BY THE LAKE. 8:15 p.m. Aberdeen Parks and Rec and sponsors present Welcome to the Jungle, shown on the big screen. Admission is free, concessions available for purchase. Aberdeen Lake Park, 301 Lake Park Crossing, Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-4574 or explorepinehurst.com.

Saturday, August 18

11TH ANNUAL SANDHILLS CHILDREN’S CENTER BACKYARD BOCCE BASH. 8:45 a.m., Registration. Come join the big tailgate party and play a little bocce for the Sandhills Children’s Center. Cost: Starts at $25/ player ($100/team). All proceeds benefit children with special needs. National Athletic Village, 201 Air Tool Road, Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-3323 or sandhillschildrenscenter.org.

through Broadway songs of two Broadway stars who fell in love. Proceeds help fund arts programming in the schools and special needs arts programming in the community. Tickets: $32/general; $30/seniors and military; $20/students. Tickets at the door: $35. Only Senior/Military tickets can be purchased at Given Library (Pinehurst Village) and The Country Bookshop (Southern Pines). Hannah Theater Center at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (347) 385-4207 or (910) 692-6920.

Sunday, August 19

BACKYARD BOCCE BALL. All day. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-3323. FREE OUTDOOR YOGA. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Hot Asana Studio invites you to a free yoga. Sunrise Theater Greenspace, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-9642 or www.hotasanastudio.com/in-the-pines. SUNDAY KIDS MOVIE. 2:30 p.m. Enjoy a free showing of a movie about a New York City tycoon who adopts a vivacious orphan. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

TRAIL. 3 p.m. All fifth through 10th graders are invited to join the library each month for TRAIL (Teens Reading and Investigating Life). This month: “Drop the Beat!” Test your knowledge of the hits from yesteryear and today with musical trivia. For aspiring DJs, give our Drop Mix game a spin as you compete to create the winning beat. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Boyd Tract Hike.” Join a ranger for a 1-mile hike around the Boyd Round Timber Trail, see one of the oldest stands of Longleaf Pine and learn about the park’s efforts to restore the area using prescribed fire. Meet at 555 E. Connecticut (Weymouth Center). Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Saturday, August 18 and 19

Monday, August 20

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SIP AND PAINT WITH JANE. 5–7 p.m. Join local artist Jane Casnellie for a fun painting class suitable for all levels, including beginners. No experience necessary and all materials included as well as your wine. Take home your own master-

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EVENING STORYTIMES. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through 3rd grade and their whole families are invited to enjoy a session that incorporates stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading, with tips for winding down after dinner and getting the week off on the right track. Limited to 25 children and their caregivers per session, and check-in with a valid SPPL library card is required. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

Monday, August 20 and 21

ART CLASS (OIL PAINT). 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Oil Painting with Courtney.” Courtney Herndon teaches painting landscapes loosely in oils (with large brushes and painting knives), giving attention to composition, color mixing and value. Cost: $96/$108/$120. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

Wednesday, August 22

REC-ING CREW SOCIAL CLUB. 4–5:30 p.m. August Activity: “Fun with Science.” This is an inclusive program to give young adults (age 18+) a chance to unwind and socialize with their friends. The group will meet each month, except July, for a different group activity. Light refreshments will be served. Club dues: $20/residents; $40/non-residents. Dues must be paid in advance to participate. Dues payment covers all five sessions. Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org.

Thursday, August 23

ART CLASS (ALCOHOL INK). 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. “Go with the Flow — Beginning Ink,” taught by Pam Griner. Learn about inks and papers and how to manipulate them to create

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ca l e n da r abstract and landscape paintings. Cost: $32/$36/40, supplies included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. PLAY ESCAPE. 4 p.m. Summer Movie Night: Finding Dory, with a special appearance by Ariel. For ages 2 years and older. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES AT THE SUNRISE. 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 6:30). Rocky Horror Picture Show, sponsored by Swank Coffee Shoppe. This film will be shown outside. Tickets: $6. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com.

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POOL PARK BASH. 7 p.m. Bike Rodeo. Youth 10 and under compete in bike races and obstacle courses. Participants are asked to bring their bikes and helmets. At 8 p.m., the outdoor movie starts. 735 S. Stephens St., Southern Pines. (910) 692-7376. DRAFTS AND A LAUGH. 7 p.m. Watch Dodgeball on the big screen and enjoy some cold beer. Food trucks will also be available for all your hunger needs. This event is sponsored by Railhouse Brewery. Rain date will be same time, the following day. Aberdeen Lake Park, 301 Lake Park Crossing, Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7275.

Saturday, August 25

MOORE COUNTY COMMUNITY FLEA MARKET. 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Browse and shop over 70 vendors. Free admission and parking. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-0166. EQUESTRIAN EVENT. Moore County Driving Club School HDT. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074.

Sunday, August 26

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NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Sandhills Geology with Local Geologist Bob Ganis.” Bob will discuss everything from the ancient bedrock to the origin of the Sandhills and reveal some local fossil findings. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

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NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 8 p.m. “Night Hike.” Join a Park Ranger for this fun opportunity to explore the longleaf forest at night. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

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ART CLASS (ALCOHOL INK). 1–3 p.m. “Make It — Take It,” taught by Pam Griner. You will use alcohol ink paintings to create 2 different necklaces. Cost: $40, supplies included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

SUNDAY FILM SERIES. 2:30 p.m. This film for adults is an award-winning film about the country’s first female newspaper publisher and the cover-up she exposed. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

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NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Water, Water, Everywhere!” (For Wee Ones.) Be prepared to get wet as you learn about things that live in the water. All activities geared towards 3- to 5-year-olds and meant for parents to do with their children. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

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Monday, August 27

WINE AND ART APPRECIATION. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Exploring Art Through Observation and Conversation. Join art educator and local artist Ellen Burke, whose topic will be “Artists Interpret Animals; Spirit Totem, Symbolism and Beloved Companion.” Cost: $20, including wine. Proceeds to benefit the Companion Animal Clinic Foundation Spay

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ca l e n da r and Neuter Clinic of the Sandhills. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info and registration: Ellen (603) 966-6567 or Jane Casnellie (910) 639-4823. SANDHILLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING. 7 p.m. “Geology & Fossils of the Sandhills.” Local geologist Bob Ganis will present this program. Visitors Welcome. Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org.

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WINE TASTING. 6–8 p.m. Join Gwen Detering, proprietor of the Village Wine Shop, for a wonderful night of wine tasting. Tickets available at the Given Book Shop, August 1. Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-7002.

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MUSICIANS JAM SESSION/SONG CIRCLE. 7–9 p.m. Bring your instrument and your beverage, or just come to enjoy. Free and open to the public. Library, Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

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SENIOR TRIP. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. For ages 55+, head to the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, N.C., and take a wagon ride through the privately owned ranch of exotic animals and enjoy seeing them up close. Cost: $25/residents; $50/nonresidents. Be sure to bring your own lunch money. Depart and return from the playground parking lot of the Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. ART CLASS (ALL MEDIA PAINTING). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 3 (6 sessions). For all levels of experience, artist Eileen Strickland covers basic information on materials, techniques, color theory and composition. Cost: $52/resident; $104/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

Thursday, August 30

PLAY ESCAPE. 4 p.m. Summer Movie Night: Wreck It Ralph. For ages 2 years and older. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 2462342 or playescapenc.com.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, September 1 and 2

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Cool Down Dressage Show. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-8467.

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WEEKLY EVENTS Sundays

BRYANT HOUSE TOURS. 2–4 p.m. The historic Bryant House (ca. 1820), which is owned by the nonprofit Moore County Historical Association, will be open for tours June through October, the second and fourth Sundays each month. Tours are free. Bryant House is located at 3361 Mt. Carmel Road, Carthage. Info: (910) 692-2051 or www. moorehistory.com.

Mondays

CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

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Tuesdays

BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions) This storytime, reserved for ages birth to 24 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Programs will be offered Aug. 7, 14 and 21 and are limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to storytime sessions at the circulation desk up to an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL Full or Limited Access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6928235 or www.sppl.net. BROWN BAG LUNCH/GAME DAY. 11:30 a.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy fellowship and activities, including card games, board games and the Wii. The Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 10–11:30 a.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost per class: $15/member; $17/non-member. Monthly rates available. No refunds or transfers. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221.

Wednesdays

SANDHILLS FARMERS MARKET. 3–6 p.m. The market features many wonderful local farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and egg providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers. 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0377 or www.localharvest.org. YOGA IN THE GARDEN. 6–7 p.m. Improve flexibility,

build strength, ease tension and relax through posture and breathing techniques for beginners and experts alike. Free for CFBG and YMCA members, $5/non-members. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221, ext. 36 or www. capefearbg.org. (Must register one day prior). Email questions to mzimmerman@capefearbg.org. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

CHESS. 1–3 p.m. Don Hammerman instructs all levels of players. You need a chess set to participate. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

READ TO YOUR BUNNY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 3:30–4 p.m. Especially for children ages 2–5, this storytime focuses on stories, songs and fun, with a special emphasis on activities that build language and socialization skills to prepare for kindergarten. Dates this month are Aug. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Stay for playtime. This event is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to storytime sessions at the circulation desk up to an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL full or limited access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Thursdays

MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods and more. Armory Sports Complex, 604 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.localharvest.org. GIVEN STORY TIME. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5. Wonderful volunteers read to children, and everyone makes a craft. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. MAHJONG (Chinese version). 1–3 p.m. A game played

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by four people involving skill, strategy and calculation. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

HISTORY OF PINEHURST TOUR. 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (1 hour and 15 minutes each). Also by request. Experience the Home of American Golf on a guided windshield tour with Kirk Tours and learn about Mr. Tufts and some of Pinehurst’s celebrity patrons. Cost: $20/person. Departs from Pinehurst Historic Theatre, 90 Cherokee Road. Info and registration: (910) 295-2257 or www. kirktours.com.

Fridays

GAME FRIDAYS. Stop by the Library throughout the summer for interactive games, each week a new one that will provide challenges for kids, teens and adults to enjoy: Board Game Bonanza on Aug. 3, Ring Toss and Giant Dominoes on Aug. 10 and a Free for All Game Day on Aug. 17. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. Reading selections are taken from the shop’s inventory of children’s literature, from the classics to modern day. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211 or www.thecountrybookshop.biz. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

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MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods, and more. Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.localharvest.org. SANDHILLS FARMERS MARKET. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. The market features many wonderful local farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and egg providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers. 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0377 or www.localharvest. PS

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August Birthdays for Leo and Virgo are something special.

Even the stars will twinkle brighter! There’s a partial solar eclipse (on the 13th — so Sugar, we get to shut it all down and focus on luminous Leos. Cat Nights begin on the 17th, and may tempt witches to trade their brooms for feline claws and tails, if our Irish seers are right. But, no lie or stretch of truth, August brings National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, National Raspberry Cream Pie Day and National Girlfriends Day. If days devoted to ice cream, pie or gal-pals don’t grab you, then consider August 3 is International Beer Day . . . and Grab Some Nuts Day is conveniently the same date. Shew, Star Children, I cannot begin to tell you how many mixed nuts deserve to be roasted and canned this month.. Ad Astra — Astrid

Leo (July 23—August 22) Here’s the thing, Sugar. There’s a good reason some friends just don’t mix; you can’t trust them anymore than you would trust a rooster crossed with a turkey buzzard or a goldendoodle crossed with a coyote. Things went cattywampus when two segmented parts of your life came together. To fix this situation, consider sorting out why and how this ever happened. For your birthday, someone is willing to retire a debt owed. And it isn’t about the money.

hike up to the crest of Fool’s Hill. Now come on back down. When you do — wiser, stronger, better — ain’t nobody getting your goat again.

Virgo (August 23—September 22) Sugar, you are the straw that stirs the drink. Ain’t nothing fun happening until you make the scene. Just looky, at how much social capital you have. Spread that stardust around to all your thirsty friends and stir something up.

Aries (March 21–April 19) You feel like you were either shot out of a cannon or torpedoed by a loose cannon? Shake it off, Buttercup. Times were, this one special someone could tie you up in knots, but not anymore. You have the power . . . so take it and use it.

Libra (September 23–October 22) Your nemesis has an ego big enough to have its own ZIP code. This ticked some people off and they are ready to change sides and be your personal booster club. Keep your chin up and go high, Honey, if ever they go low.

Taurus (April 20–May 20) The last person you forgave was safely buried before you got around to letting go. Not that you are mean, but you sure do know how to hold a grudge. Resentment is a poisoned well. Stop lowering the bucket and drinking what is just plain toxic.

Scorpio (October 23–November 21) Don’t get all tore up. You lost something you really didn’t even want. If you can stop looking in the rearview mirror, you will find you actually like the approaching view right in front of you. Keep on keeping on, and don’t allow yourself to break down in the tow zone.

Gemini (May 21–June 20) Look a little closer. Give it the hairy eyeball: The wheel may be turning but the rat is dead. Stop the whole business of trying to force something to work. When the path is truly clear — and it will clear soon, Honey — you will not struggle anymore.

Sagittarius (November 22–December 21) Don’t that just beat a hog playing the maracas? Here you had all the talent you ever needed to succeed at the very thing that makes your heart sing —and you questioned it forever. You have just accidentally found your way right side up. Capricorn (December 22–January 19) News that’s tougher to swallow than canned biscuits and expired Spam has got you shaken. In the next 48 hours, you learned you really are up to the challenge. It just happens to look harder than it is. This won’t bring you down.

Pisces (February 19–March 20) Whaaat? You’re due for a come-to-Jesus meeting with reality. If you think there’s a conspiracy against you, Darling, you are just plain wrong. Spend your days and nights ignoring all those conspiracy theories and focusing on your God-given talents.

Cancer (June 21–July 22) Here’s the dilemma. You’re gonna have to burn that bridge or walk across it. That bridge. Set it on fire and you are done with all those old connections. If you walk across, you make new connections that didn’t get scorched. Free yourself, Darling. PS

For years, Astrid Stellanova owned and operated Curl Up and Dye Beauty Salon in the boondocks of North Carolina until arthritic fingers and her popular astrological readings provoked a new career path.

Aquarius (January 20–February 18) Yep, betrayal stung and you have hollered at the moon. Sooner or later, we all get to PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2018

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Roughing It

By Beth MacDonald

I love camping. I love the smell of

fresh, early morning air. I love the quiet, the darkness easing into light, the birds beginning a morning conversation. I love the deep woods, a lake, an ocean, any place to explore. My preferred method was to pitch a tent until we bought an RV last year.

Fortunately, we have friends, Drew and Rollie, who are RV veterans. Drew’s go-to line is, “Something will always go wrong.” I hear it in the voice of Jud Crandall, the character in the movie, Pet Sematary when he says, “The ground is sour.” Drew’s right. I could write an entire book based on last summer alone. Each chapter title would be a mishap. “That Smell Is Your RV,” “You Can’t Make a U-Turn in Trenton, New Jersey,” “You Can Eat Six Muddy Kraft Singles.” My husband, Mason, is a quick study. Learning the ins and outs of the RV, however, has challenged him. Flushing our plumbing, without fail, puts us in the category of those people — a classification, according to Rollie, that’s viewed suspiciously by the veteran RV community. No matter how diligently he tries to thoroughly complete all the steps, there is an inevitable calamity that requires a HAZMAT suit. Embarrassment ensues, and one can’t face-palm with the “plumbing gloves” on. The camping community is full of kind and helpful people. Children speed through the parks on bikes, laughing. People stop by your campfire to say hello, pet your dogs, and talk about trucks. Soft sounds of music drift over from other campsites. The transition from tent camping to RV camping has been entirely too easy with all the comforts of home rolling along with you. Our son is working down by the coast, so we decided to take a trip to visit him last month. I didn’t do much research on the camping resort, forgoing my due diligence and booking the site closest to him. It proved to be a desolate parking lot with the ambience of a place where you’d be murdered in your sleep. There was no shade, a swimming pool that Mason referred to as “mari-

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nade for victims,” no laughing children, no drifting music and, worst of all, no trash service. The day we left, Mason decided to clean the toilets from the inside. He handed me this large wand, attached to a hose that, like a robotic colonoscopy, I had to insert deeply into the interior plumbing. The hose filled up with water faster than fear could fill my heart. Water did not go down, it went up. Potentially blinded by backwash, I doused myself with our daughter’s hand sanitizer. Luckily it also had glitter in it, a lovely accessory to pathogens. Twenty minutes into our drive home from Camp Creepy, Mason started yelling. “Oh no! NOOO!” “What?” I began to think the RV was breaking up like the Enterprise on Star Trek. He looked at me, eyes wide with fear. “The trash just got sucked out! ZOOP! It’s gone!” He looked behind him in the side mirror. “OH NO! It just exploded like a hot garbage bomb on that Toyota!” Mason’s voice was cracking with frenzy. I have an inappropriate response to stress. I laugh hysterically. Mason pulled over. I tried to speak through the staccato breaths of laughter, tears streaming down my face. “Is the driver OK? Is the car OK?” “He didn’t even have time to brake! That man is going to need therapy and a car wash.” “I’ve never even littered. I pick up trash,” our daughter said from the backseat, as if our steaming trash controversy was going to appear on her permanent record. “Who doesn’t have trash service? This poor guy is going to be picking my trash out of his grill wondering who drinks Hamm’s beer! We are never coming back here again!” Mason was yelling from across the road as we picked up our trash shrapnel. I texted Rollie. You’ll never guess what we did this time. The reply came back instantly. You’re those people! PS Beth MacDonald is a Southern Pines suburban misadventurer that likes to make words up. She loves to travel with her family and read everything she can.

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