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30 PinePitch 33 Instagram Winners 35 Good Natured By Karen Frye

37 The Omnivorous Reader By Stephen E. Smith

41 Bookshelf 45 Drinking with Writers By Wiley Cash

49 Hometown By Bill Fields

51 In the Spirit By Tony Cross

55 The Kitchen Garden By Jan Leitschuh

59 Wine Country By Angela Sanchez

61 Mom Inc.

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63 Pleasures of Life Dept. By Gayvin Powers

67 Out of the Blue

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69 Birdwatch

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71 Sporting Life By Tom Bryant

75 Golftown Journal By Lee Pace

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127 The Accidental Astrologer By Astrid Stellanova

128 Southwords

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Chance of a lifetime to own special preperty. Prime 16.74-acres with houses only minutes to Pinehurst Village. Zoned R-210. Allows many uses from horse farm to golf course. 4 bed, 4 bath.

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30 Laurel Road, Pinehurst

$1,300,000 MLS 190261 Bill Brock 910-639-1148

Prime property, 120’ of US HWY 1 footage, total of 1.48-acres. Over 4,000sf building and land are for sale. Owner might consider land, building and business as a package deal.

Chimbley house circa 1922 has been completely renovated into an elegant, updated home. Surrounded by spectacular gardens. 5 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

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2310 Midland Road, Pinehurst $2,500,000 MLS 192774 Pamela O’Hara 910-315-3093

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Totally renovated Old Town cottage circa 1917. Panoramic views of #2 golf course. Heart pine floors, 2 fireplaces, detached bedroom, and 2 bathroom garage apartment. 4 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

220 Merry Way, Southern Pines

636 McLendon Hills Drive, West End $950,000 MLS 192125 Melanie Norman 910-992-1441

$919,000 MLS 193708 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

Over 17-acres on a hilltop. Firepit and hot tub under the stars. Charming home with barn/storage surrounded by rolling pastures and forest. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

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28 Middlebury Road, Pinehurst

$1,150,000 MLS 190791 Debbie Darby 910-783-5193

$850,000 MLS 195280 Christine Barrett 910-420-0701

$850,000 MLS 194360 Emily Hewson 910-315-3324 Pamela O’Hara 910-315-3093

Stately, serene setting on Lake Pinehurst. Impeccably maintained, water views, new master suite, 2 fireplaces, lovely outdoor entertaining space, and new decks. 3 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

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Pinewild Country Club golf front custom home with spectacular interior details and a great view. 3 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

Spectacular home with spectacular golf front views located in the gated community of Pinewild Country Club. Quality and attention to detail throughout. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

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24 Granville Drive, Pinehurst

30 Glasgow Drive, Pinehurst

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Stunning golf front cottage. Beautiful, custom-built stone fireplace. Open plan with tons of natural light throughout. Main level master suite. Gorgeous views. 5 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

Golf front Pinewild single story home. Formal living room, dining room, family room, gourmet kitchen, office, oversized 2-car garage, workshop, and abundant storage. 3 bedrooms, 2/1 bathrooms.

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Golf front, brick home with Pinehurst charter membership. Built by Equinox in 2002. Hardwood floors. A golfers dream home. 3 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

Middleton Place home with 2 en-suite baths. Foyer with marble floors, powder room and built-ins. Fully equipped kitchen with custom cabinetry. 2 courtyards, 2 bedrooms, 2/1 bathrooms.

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126 SUNSET WAY Unique 4 BR / 2.5 BA home situated on an oversized lot in beautiful Lake Echo. Floorplan is spacious w/master suite on main floor.

503 COTTAGE LANE Beautiful 4 BR / 3 BA golf front home on 18th tee and fairway of Longleaf CC w/nice views of the course and small pond as you enter The Meadows.

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171 W. DEVONSHIRE AVENUE Lovely 3 BR / 3.5 BA property located on the 5th hole of Seven Lakes CC. Home is spacious w/updated kitchen and enjoys premium golf and water views!

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Unfortunately, this year I turned out to be right. According to the National Weather Service, the months of June and July logged their hottest temperatures on record, symptomatic of a year forecasters predict will be hottest in history — for the third summer in a row. If misery does indeed love company, at least we weren’t sweating it out alone. In England, suffering through its own record heat wave, jurors weighing evidence in a sensational murder trial in Oxford were dismissed after complaining to the judge of being unable to concentrate due to intense heat. The case involved a church warden and a magician who allegedly conspired to murder a famous Oxford lecturer and his headmistress neighbor in a scheme to steal their pensions and wills, a plot line worthy of Dame Agatha Christie. The judge halted the proceedings and sent everyone home to rest and cool off. At last check, the jury was still out. But stay tuned for the blockbuster movie. Across the Channel in France, meanwhile, where dozens of meteorological records suffered heat stroke due to weeks of three-digit temperatures, maps of the country’s hottest zones at one point eerily resembled a human skull, reminding some of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream. As you may have guessed by now, I’m no fan of summer. Perhaps this is because I am a child of winter, reportedly born in the midst of a snowstorm. Or possibly it’s because I lived on the coast of Maine for more than two decades and grew accustomed to summers that are short but cool affairs, ruining me for increasingly hot Southern summers. Curiously, when I think back on my boyhood — a kid growing up in three different small towns of the deep South — summer heat never seemed to get under my collar the way it does now.

In Mississippi, a beautiful state beach lay just across the highway from our house. There was always an evening breeze off the water, and my mother and I used to go there in late afternoon to wade in the tranquil surf of the Gulf of Mexico to hunt for interesting wash-ups. Someone at the weekly newspaper my father owned told me that the Gulf offered the widest variety of shells in the world, an idea that inspired me to mount dozens of beautiful sea shells — striped turbans, Scotch bonnets, false angel wings — on a pair of lacquered pine boards. The pressman at the newspaper also informed me that we lived in the heart of “Hurricane Alley,” which prompted me to begin watching for signs of gathering thunderstorms that boiled up far out over the Gulf and swept ashore with curtains of wind and rain. Secretly, I confess, I hoped a real hurricane might blow ashore, having no clue what might have resulted. A few years ago, the town where we lived was almost erased from the map by just such a September storm. The next stop in our family odyssey was a small South Carolina town that could have been the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird. Save for a beautiful African-American lady named Jesse who nursed my mom back to health after a pair of late-term miscarriages and taught me to “feet dance” to the gospel music she played from a transistor radio in the open kitchen window, my long summer days were spent either in a wicker chair on a wide side porch reading my first chapter books or — like smart dogs across the sultry South — burrowing into the cool dirt beneath the house, where I played for hours with my painted Greek and Roman soldiers. The days I liked best were those soothing gray affairs when a soft, steady rain fell all day and into the night, refreshing a parched world with its soothing music. Today, whenever I see the TV spot for the popular Calm app — featuring a full minute of nothing but gentle rain dripping from leaves — I’m reminded of something Miss Jesse liked to say. “Slow rain is a gift, child. This tired old world is like new after a good rain.” In Wilmington, the next stop on our Magical Mystery Tour of Southern newspapers, we joined the Hanover Seaside Club on Wrightsville Beach, where after a long day on the searing beach I liked to sit in a big rocking chair

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on the club’s open-air porches, slugging down ginger ale as I eavesdropped on grown-up cocktail chatter about politics and weather. On at least two occasions a hurricane was in the vicinity. Small people have big ears, as my mother liked to remind my father at such times. But I remember a few of his corny summer heat jokes to this day. It was so hot today I saw a dog chasing a cat and they both were walking. Did you hear? It was so hot today, why, the chickens were laying omelets and cows were giving powdered milk. These days, of course, owing to global warming, rising seas and other factors, ordinary thunderstorms seem more menacing than ever, and hurricanes have become even more lethel. Last September the citizens of Wilmington were marooned by a lady named Florence that dumped catastrophic amounts of rain on the coastal Carolina region, killing 51 people and doing a record amount of damage to property. A month later, tropical storm Michael turned into the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the Florida panhandle, obliterating Mexico Beach and adjacent communities before churning up through the Carolinas and knocking over record numbers of trees and power lines across the Piedmont. Four huge oaks went down on our street alone, which left us in the dark for over a week. At least two of our neighbors’ houses were severely damaged, but thankfully nobody was killed or injured. In Michael’s wake, however, tree crews began combing the neighborhood, playing on people’s fears as they went door to door. For the moment at least, we are willing to accept the risk of living in an urban forest beneath stately century-old white oaks, if only for the kindness of shade they offer in summer and cathedral-like beauty they present come fall. Besides, at the start of the summer just ending, I made my wife smile by claiming that I was going to fully embrace the heat of this summer the way I

did as a boy — with grace and a true sense of wonder, and absolutely no grumbling about the horrible heat. “Oh, nice. Are you planning to spend the summer in Sweden?” came the cheeky reply I suppose she knows me all too well. For a while, at least, I gamely managed to live up to this impossible goal, as abundant rain in May and half of June made my garden flourish and the staff gardener smile. Then came July and someone thoughtlessly turned off the great spigot in the sky — turning yours truly into Edvard Munch’s Scream. Despite heavy watering by hand — city water is no match for the kind that comes from the clouds — my garden withered during a solid month of relentless 90-plus days of heat and sunshine. Every little pop-up thunderstorm on my weather radar app, alas, seemed to just miss our little patch of earth, a personal affront that soon had me swearing an oath that next summer, “Stockholm here I come!” One afternoon when I least expected it, burrowed away in my air-conditioned tree-house office, my wife phoned to report that a cold front was bringing a series of thunderstorms our way. I told her that I would believe it when I smelled it. Not 10 minutes later, I heard the thunder and stepped outside. Ten minutes after that it was raining gloriously. I actually stepped out into my garden with my arms outstretched, savoring the smell and feel of summerending rain like the character Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption who, after he finds his way to freedom by crawling through a prison sewer pipe to a rain-swollen creek, strips off his clothes and stretches out his arms to embrace the water of heaven. I’ve watched that movie half a dozen times and never fail to find that scene deeply moving, a metaphor for the power of love and a tired old world washed clean. PS Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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Buy your ticket early for this simulcast, live from London with Margaret Atwood as she introduces her new novel, The Testaments, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, starting at 2:30p.m., at the Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad Street, Southern Pines. Co-sponsored by The Country Bookshop. Tickets are $16. For more information call (910) 6923611 or go to www. sunrisetheater.com.

Community Potluck Picnic Stop by Southern Pines Pool Park, 735 South Stephens St., Southern Pines, on Saturday, Sept. 4, from 4 - 6 p.m., to build community through conversation. Bring a dish to share and enjoy a drink while meeting new people. The potluck will go on rain or shine. For more information email 4communitypotluck@gmail.com.

Supper on the Grounds Come out to the grounds on Sept. 12, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, for a family affair with barbecue from Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of West End and live music by Momma Molasses For more information call (910) 692-6261 or go to www.weymouthcenter.org.

First Friday The September edition of First Friday features Fireside Collective on Sept. 6 from 5 - 8 p.m., on the First Bank Stage at the Sunrise, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Music begins at 5 p.m. with food trucks and alcohol for purchase. For more information call (910) 692-8501 or go to www.sunrisetheater.com.

Nashville in the Pines Enjoy the contemporary Christian music of Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brandon Heath while supporting Adult and Teen Challenge Sandhills, N.C. at Cooper Ford, 5292 US 15-501, Carthage, on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 7 - 9 p.m. Bring chairs. For more information call (910) 365-9890 or go to www. visionformoore.com. Tickets are sold at www.ticketmesandhills.com.

Gardening in the South Make your way to the Ball Visitors Center at the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst, on Friday, Sept. 13, for a special presentation from Mark Weathington, director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at N.C. State University. The program is free, but registration is required. For more information call (910) 6953882 or email landscapegardening@ sandhills.edu.

All About Bayard Wootten Mark your calendars to hear Stephen J. Fletcher, photographic archivist of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, speak about the life and career of Bayard Wootten and her connection to the Sandhills. The lecture is at the Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m. For more information call (910) 692-2051.

The Rooster’s Wife Jack and the Beanstalk Head to the Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines, for an Arts Council of Moore County program performance by Missoula Children’s Theater of Jack and the Beanstalk, on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a second performance on Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. For more information call (910) 692-3611 or go to www.sunrisetheater.com.

Best-Selling Author Stop by The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, for a special book event with Max Brallier, author of The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade. For more information go to www.thecountrybookshop.biz.

Frank Sinatra Songbook Hear the musical stylings of The Sandhills Repertory Theatre as they present “The Frank Sinatra Songbook” on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Hannah Bradshaw Activities Center, O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. The show will also run on Sept. 21 at 7:30, and Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35/ general admission; $32 seniors, military and Moore County teachers; $20/students. For information and tickets go to www. sandhillsrep.org.

For Whom the Ball Rolls Calling all fans of Dav Pilkey as he visits the Sandhills at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4, at Pinecrest High School’s Lee Auditorium, to discuss the newest installment of this wildly popular series Dog Man must face his fears. This ticketed event sponsored by The Country Bookshop also allows readers to be apart of Pilkey’s #DoGood focus for the fall. Tickets are limited and are available while they last at www.ticketmesandhills.com.

Thursday, Sept. 12: Open mic with the Parsons. Your chance to take the stage. Free to members. Sunday, Sept. 15: Striking Copper. Led by powerhouse redheaded twin sisters Allie and Jacquie Lee, Striking Copper uses haunting vocal arrangements accompanied with full volume instruments, delivering a lasting, melodic sound. Based in Wilmington, Striking Copper's music draws from humanity, embodies strength in vulnerability, and authors homage to home. Greensboro guitar legend Sam Frazier opens the show. Cost: $15. Friday, Sept. 20: Jack the Radio. North Carolina's rising indie-roots-rockers Jack the Radio blend rock and blues sensibilities with folk, Americana and country stylings to create something new, yet familiar. Their music has been featured in film and television in programs like Boardwalk Empire, Graceland, Modern Family, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and more. The group has been writing and preparing their next studio album, to be released in the spring of 2020, with a new rhythm section to be recorded in Carrboro, with seasoned engineer Al Jacob. Cost: $10. Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22: Equinox Song Writing Retreat with Laurelyn Dossett and Anya Hinkle. For more information email theroosterswife@gmail.com, call (910) 585-1614 or visit ticketmesandhills.com. Cost: $250. Sunday, Sept. 22: Laurelyn Dosett and Anya Hinkle. Singer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett lives and writes in Stokes County. Her songs have appeared in film and television and have been recorded by Grammywinning artists Levon Helm and Rhiannon Giddens. She is co-founder of the band Polecat Creek and has taught songwriting at the Augusta Heritage Center. Originally from the mountains of southwest Virginia, Anya Hinkle has become a notable songwriter with her Asheville band, Tellico. Steeped in the tones of bluegrass and folk, Hinkle has toured regionally and nationally for over a decade with international tours as far afield as Japan and France. Cost: $20. Sunday, Sept. 29: Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, Thomm Jutz. Brace and Cooper have recorded and toured together for almost a decade now, and their last two albums were recorded in Jutz’s studio, with Jutz in the role as recording engineer, producer, guitarist and harmony singer. Whenever they could, they’ve taken him on the road, a sideman extraordinaire whose sublime flatpicking guitar style elevates anything he weaves it into. But Brace and Cooper knew that Jutz was also a world-class songwriter. They kept twisting his arm to take frontand-center during their shows and sing a few of his own compositions. It was only a matter of time (and making a record) before the duo-into-trio transformation became official. Cost: $15. Unless otherwise noted, doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 6:46 at the Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Prices above are for members. Annual memberships are $5 and available online or at the door. For more information call (910) 944-7502 or visit www.theroosterswife.org or ticketmesandhills.com.

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he time is right to learn more about the herb andrographis. It is gaining in popularity, but many folks may not yet realize the wonderful benefits it gives. This one nutrient has the ability to strengthen the immune system, while also enhancing cardiovascular health, liver and kidney function, joint mobility, and even more. It has been used by herbal practitioners and patients for thousands of years as one of the most effective natural medicines without any side effects. Andrographis is best known as a botanical that boosts your immune system’s ability to protect you from viruses and bacteria, thus helping us recover from colds and the flu faster and reducing the intensity of the symptoms. It’s a great herb to take as a preventive to keep you well during the upcoming cold and flu season. There’s a need for effective immuneboosting interventions that don’t create the side effects — something that works other than an antibiotic. There are a lot of clinical studies ongoing with andrographis. One study showed it relieved symptoms including fatigue, sore throat, runny nose and sleeplessness in just two days. By the fourth day the people in the study taking andrographis saw a significant decrease in all symptoms: headache, earache, mucous and coughing. Andrographis combats dangerous bacteria like staphylococcus by preventing it from replicating and has the ability to help in the treatment of Lyme disease. It’s a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anti-fungal, cancer preventive, neuroprotective and immune stimulant. It has been the subject of over 800 studies in the National Institute of Health’s PubMed online database. Here are some of the findings in theses studies: • Preserves brain/cognitive health, increases brain cell communication and helps handle stress. • Protects heart and arteries, relaxes blood vessels for healthy blood pressure. • Protects the liver (traditionally used to detoxify the liver and repair liver damage). • Prevents pain, inflammation, arthritis and protects the cushioning cartilage between the joints. • Stops or prevents tumors. Research suggests this herb stops DNA damage and the development and proliferation of brain, skin and pancreatic cancer cells. • Boosts the immune defenses, reducing cold and flu symptoms and can even help fight Lyme disease. • Soothes digestive symptoms, balances pH levels in the stomach, stops inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis, protects the lining of the stomach and intestines against ulcers. Andrographis may enhance your life in many ways. Read the research. It may be the wonder herb that can improve your health. PS Karen Frye is the owner and founder of Nature’s Own and teaches yoga at the Bikram Yoga Studio.

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A Haunting Tune A country music star’s harrowing memoir

By Stephen E. Smith

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job is to make sense of the raw, shifting facts of the past in order to instruct the future, country music singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, best known for having composed and performed the Academy Awardnominated “A Soft Place To Fall,” has a new calling. Her first literary publication, Blood, has the potential to change lives for the better.

This sometimes poetic but more often bitter memoir is no sob story about the hardships of being a celebrity. It’s about the brutal, cold facts of real life. On an August morning in 1986, Moorer, who was 14 at the time, had her world upended when her abusive alcoholic father murdered her mother and then committed suicide in the front yard of their home in Mobile, Alabama. The expected response to such an intensely traumatic experience might be to distance oneself from these horrifying memories, and Moorer’s older sister, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne, has downplayed this life-altering event by fending off interviewers’ constant questions, claiming to have come to terms with the family ghosts. Moorer has chosen to directly confront the past, and she begins her memoir with a detailed recounting of the murder-suicide.

Although her recollection is sometimes sketchy and often confused by the fact that she was awakened by the gunshots that took her parents’ lives, she relentlessly investigates, ruminating on forensic reports, death records, and by interviewing relatives and friends. Much of what she writes is suggested by personal items and family mementos — photographs, random notes penned by her father, his song lyrics, a coffee cup and keepsakes such as her mother’s ring, which she wears always, and her father’s Gibson guitar, which she continues to play in recording sessions. These items are talismans which Moorer employs to reveal, bit by bit, the terrible events of her childhood, and to demystify the details of the murder/suicide in order to assuage the grief and guilt surrounding her mother’s final moments. “I hope she didn’t hear me call for her,” she writes. “If I were shot in the chest and in the process of bleeding out in my front yard and heard my child call for me from the side door of the house, I can’t imagine I would die peacefully. The idea that Mama might’ve known I was looking for her haunts me. The idea that she might’ve died hearing me call for her, that my voice might’ve been the last thing she heard and that might’ve served as a terrible torment for her last conscious seconds, brings me indescribable sadness.” Old photographs foreshadow the tragedy. A 1975 snapshot taken in a chicken coop outside the family home suggests that her mother’s despondency was present early in her marriage. Her posture seems to indicate that clinical depression had “grabbed her around the throat and started slowly choking the life out of her . . . She just looks sad. Resigned. Older than thirty-one.” In a photo taken in Nashville 10 years later, Moorer detects the same

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forlorn look as her mother stands beside a display case filled with antique rifles: “. . . the look of ‘I wish I could disappear’” is even more obvious. Moorer doesn’t employ the customary chronological structure for her storytelling. Chapters jump from one disconnected episode to another, and short lyrical passages are interspersed with the narrative, mimicking the pattern of obsession the author experiences. “There are things that require no recalling,” Moorer writes. “They are here in the morning, they are here in the evening, they are here in my chest. They are knocked loose and into my mind by a stack of magazines on the floor beside my reading spot, the crossword puzzle in the newspaper, the color of an eggplant, the smell of morning on a work coat . . . ” Still, the narrative progresses in a timely and engrossing fashion, and the final effect is to bring the depth and detail of the story into full, horrifying focus. Blood is a memoir of despair, the story of a family tiptoeing around unpredictable behavior, drunken abuse and needless cruelty, all of which might have been avoided if Moorer’s father had received treatment for alcohol abuse and depression. She acknowledges his alcoholism but doesn’t offer it as an excuse for his behavior. And she can only wonder about his mental state: “Was he bipolar? I know he was depressed. He was unpredictable. He did dangerous things. I’m pretty certain he didn’t care if he lived or died.” She speculates that he may have been schizophrenic or suffered a personality disorder, but her judgment is necessarily simplistic and straightforward. Her father was “mad about what he didn’t do with his life” — which is, of course, a common affliction in a society that touts unobtainable goals. Alcohol abuse and mental illness remain constants in American life; the CDC reported more than 47,000 suicides in 2017. The value of Moorer’s memoir is twofold. First, it is an unburdening, a release for the writer. Committing her past to paper has no doubt forced Moorer to confront her demons and relegated them to a permanent and peaceful place in her life. More important, her storytelling may act as a wake-up call for those who live with physical and emotional abuse, a signal for victims to get out of dangerous relationships — and perhaps the memoir will serve as an eye-opener for those caught in the grip of alcoholism and mental illness, encouraging them to seek treatment, which would be no small accomplishment in a culture plagued by despair, anger and violence. 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.

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The Edge of America, by Jon Sealy As chief financial officer for a Miami holding company and CIA front, Bobby West is on the edge. In the go-go ’80s financial culture, he's over-leveraged his business and turned to a deal-with-the-devil money laundering operation with a local gangster in the high-stakes world of South Florida's drug culture. When the operation goes south and $3 million goes missing, West must reckon with the fallout. With echoes of Iran-Contra and the Orwellian surveillance state, The Edge of America is a stunning thriller about greed, power and the limits of the American dream. The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett Once upon a time, there was a house, an impossibly lavish house, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Generations of two families would come and go, but there would always be the house. The Dutch House. Cyril Conroy was a man with a vision following WWII, buying and selling real estate. He bought the house and all the belongings of the former family as a surprise for his young wife. Unfortunately, the house and the lifestyle were too ostentatious for her, so she fled, entering a life of nun-like service while leaving her husband and two small children behind. The story skillfully navigates back and forth in time through the honest and, often humorous, voice of the son, Danny, who was primarily raised by his steadfast older sister, Maeve, and the household staff. Life changes drastically the day their father introduces a conniving young stepmother and her two daughters. Through love, loyalty, loss, treachery and wit, Patchett spins a tale impossible to put down. The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Tobacco has finally leeched the lands of the Virginia plantations, and the “Quality” people are facing desperate times, leading them to even more horrific acts upon their “Tasked.” Hiram Walker is a young slave whose voice rises from the pages. His father is his owner, his mother a slave. Early on, it becomes apparent that he has certain abilities and even powers of “Conduction,” which lend a fantastical element to the story. These strengths will serve Hiram well as he enters the world of the Underground, joining Harriet Tubman and countless others in the quest to free all those entrapped in the maw of slavery. A powerful story by the essayist and literary force behind The Black Panther, the words that pour from Coates are pure magic. The Water Dancer is nothing short of brilliant. Cold Storage, by David Koepp Meet Cordyceps Novus, a highly adaptable fungus that wants just one thing, to take over the world. After being contained underground for 40 years, conditions are finally perfect for a comeback. Several floors above, two young night-shift security guards decide to track down the source of the mysterious alarm below. Koepp's debut novel is both terrifying and humorous, a thrilling combination. After getting an inside look at the growth and spread of this fungus, you might never look at a mushroom the same way again. This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger In Minnesota in 1932, the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O’Banion, a lively boy whose

exploits earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, along with their best friend, Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy, steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her — freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Atwood's sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. “Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in,” writes Atwood.

NONFICTION Yale Needs Women: How The First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant, by Anne Gardiner Perkins The experience the first undergraduate women found when they stepped onto Yale's imposing campus was not the same one their male peers enjoyed. Isolated from one another, singled out as oddities and sexual objects, and barred from many of the privileges an elite education was supposed to offer, many of the first girls found themselves immersed in an overwhelmingly male culture they were unprepared to face. Yale Needs Women is the story of how these young women fought against the backward-leaning traditions of a centuries-old institution and created the opportunities that would carry them into the future. Perkins’ unflinching account of a group of young women striving for change is an inspiring story of strength, resilience and courage that resonates today. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, by Malcolm Gladwell The host of the podcast Revisionist History and best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw and David and Goliath, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers — and why they often go wrong. Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland — throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since David and Goliath, Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times. How to Raise a Reader, by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo An indispensable guide to welcoming children — from babies to teens — to a lifelong love of reading, written by two editors of The New York Times Book Review. Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips and

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Coffee with Conscience Best-selling novelist Amy Reed on Asheville writers, young adult books and the challenge of living one’s values

By Wiley Cash • Photographs by Mallory Cash

There are countless humiliations

specifically reserved for writers, from online reviews — Book arrived late. One-star — to empty chairs in the audience at a reading to sitting beside someone on an airplane who, after asking you what you do for a living, tells you he or she has never heard of you or your books. One rarely discussed humiliation is the signing line. Signing lines can be lonely places for authors, especially during literary festivals when a much better known and beloved writer is signing hundreds of books at the table beside yours. Once, at a book festival in Nashville, Tennessee, I signed — which is to say I did not sign — books beside Bill Bryson. I also did not sign books beside Sue Monk Kidd at a literary festival in Florida. Last year, at the Doris Betts Spring Literary Festival in Statesville, North Carolina, I did not sign books beside novelist Amy Reed. In early August, Amy and I sat down over coffee at Odd’s Café on Haywood Road in West Asheville, North Carolina, and I reminded her of our time together signing (and not signing) books at the festival in Statesville.

Amy moved to Asheville from Seattle years ago, and she regularly writes at Odd’s Café, which, like most things in West Asheville, is odd. A few years back, the slogan “Keep Asheville Weird” appeared, and while Asheville as a whole has gotten less weird over the ensuing decade, West Asheville has maintained the city’s weirdness, its penchant for the arts, and an open invitation to artists of all kinds. A stroll down Haywood Road in the heart of West Asheville reveals gorgeous murals painted on the sides of independent bookstores, coffee shops and hipster consignment stores. I feel more at home in West Asheville than I do in just about any other place in the country, and Amy Reed might just agree. Our conversation quickly turns to the city’s writing community. “There are so many amazing writers here, especially young adult writers,” she says. She takes a sip of her coffee and gazes out at Haywood Road, where people pass in cars and on foot. The names of the local writers she rattles off next are a virtual Who’s Who of national and international bestsellers: “Alan Gratz, Alexandra Duncan, Stephanie Perkins, Beth Revis, and Jaye Robin Brown are just a few. Asheville’s writing community is so welcoming. Writing is a solitary profession, so it’s great when you’re able to connect with another writer.” It is not just her colleagues in the local YA community that Amy has connected with. I remind her of the string of young people who waited in line to have their books signed at the literary festival in Statesville. Most of them were

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clutching a copy of her novel The Girls of Nowhere, which tells the story of three high school girls in Oregon who band together to fight back against misogyny and abuse at their high school, an act that transforms not only the students and their teachers, but their entire town. I ask her why she thinks The Girls of Nowhere resonates with so many young people. “There’s just something universal about the teen experience,” she says. “When we’re teens we’re the most vulnerable and raw, and the stakes are so high. Teens want to read about themselves and their problems, and sometimes adults want to remember the teenagers they were.” I agree. There is value in finding yourself on the page, and you can always return to the books you loved as a teen and find yourself there, which may explain adults’ sustained love for books like The Outsiders, Catcher in the Rye, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I ask Amy what kind of reader she was as a teenager growing up in Seattle. She laughs and rolls her eyes. “I loved Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath,” she says. “It was Seattle in the ’90s. Grunge was everywhere, but I was into female singer/songwriters. I was emo before emo was a thing. I was that girl.” My two daughters, ages 4 and 3, are sitting at a table beside us, playing quietly. I confide to Amy that I consider my own books as time capsules that my daughters can read to discover who I was and what was important to me. I ask her if she thinks of her own books that way, as breadcrumbs she

is leaving behind for her 6-year-old daughter so that she can know what her mother believed to be important and true. “I do,” she says. “I try to live in a way that mirrors my values, especially now that I have a daughter. She was raised understanding that women and girls are strong and independent. I think she will find that in my books.” Amy’s new novel, The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World, tells the emotional and humorous story of two young outcasts — an optimistic boy named Billy and a cynical girl named Lydia — whose bond may just save the world just as the world seems to be ending. Despite its surreal plotline, which involves a narcissistic rock star and a war between unicorns and dragons, the book is a lesson in honesty and vulnerability. Apparently, writing about the apocalypse interested Amy enough to imagine a dystopian America in her next novel, which she describes as a near future gender-swapped, feminist retelling of The Great Gatsby set on an island off the coast of Seattle. “It’s very weird and dark and twisty,” she says. “In the novel, the world is falling apart, but the girl at the center of the book is able to find her own power.” I’ll read it, and, once they are old enough, I’ll want my daughters to read it, too. PS Wiley Cash lives in Wilmington with his wife and their two daughters. His latest novel, The Last Ballad, is available wherever books are sold.

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Manhattan Memories From the Pines to Park Avenue

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My New York Days, to borrow the title of Willie Morris’ 1993 memoir, weren’t much like those of the Mississippi-born writer and editor, who led Harper’s in the late 1960s as it documented the political and cultural doings of that tumultuous time.

Aside from the fact that we were both small-town Southerners who moved to the big city, the only other similarity was where, geographically speaking, we worked. His office was at 2 Park Avenue. Mine, at Golf Illustrated magazine two decades later, was located at 3 Park Avenue, across the street. The building that housed Golf Illustrated for a handful of years, until the publication’s abrupt closing in 1991, is on the southeast corner of 34th Street. Built of bricks the color of café con leche, 3 Park stands 42 stories and is aligned diagonally on the block. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects of the Empire State Building, and 3 Park’s proximity to its famous neighbor — along with a distinctive shape and hue — make it easy to spot flying in and out of New York. Seeing it upon takeoff or approach at LaGuardia takes me back. I lived in the city from 1986-88 and commuted from Connecticut for three additional years, until Golf Illustrated’s owner pulled the plug and gave us two days to pack up. I had only been to New York twice before I became a senior editor and photographer at the magazine — laying over for a few hours in 1980 during a long bus ride, and two years later when I made a summer visit to a former college roommate who was living in the Bronx. We took long rides in hot, graffiti-rich subway cars, hung out at museums and Central Park, drank a bunch of beers at McSorley’s and elsewhere, and closed some of the long nights at a Greek diner. Driving me around the Bronx in his beater, Bernie pointed out the apartments where serial killer David Berkowitz had lived before the “Son of Sam” murders. The Yankees were in town, and we bought cheap seats for a Saturday afternoon game. My vocabulary was enriched during those couple of hours in the right field bleachers. It

was not Bob Sheppard’s precise baritone over the P.A. that lingered with me but the language of the louts jostling for a drink at the water fountain. Although Bernie got me a gratis room in the Bronx for a few days to hunt for an apartment once I was hired by Golf Illustrated and suggested I consider the borough for my new home, I settled elsewhere. For $725 a month, I rented a one-bedroom in a brownstone in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, then predominantly an Italian neighborhood and only starting to become gentrified. It was almost three times my rent in North Carolina, and I traded a fireplace and a yard for a kitchen and bathroom sized for a kindergartner. My place was a short walk to the Carroll Street subway station, where I got on an F train for the trip to 34th and 6th Avenue in Manhattan — between 20 and 25 minutes without any delays. From there, I walked down 34th Street, right past the Empire State Building, to the magazine. We were housed in a couple of different offices at 3 Park, none lower than the 31st floor, each with an astounding view compared to where I’d come from. It was a new world. I’m not sure how brave I was, but I coped with it. The pleasure of those days — having gotten the opportunity to fulfill a dream by moving to New York — surely exceeded the anxiety. Although I explored the city, I wish I had been more adventuresome. My only true regret, though, is not splurging on an air conditioner during the infernal summer of ’87, even if I had to strap it on my back and walk it over the Brooklyn Bridge and all the way down Court Street. New York was more stifling than North Carolina had ever felt. My former neighborhood, like the larger city, doesn’t much resemble its 1980s self aside from the brownstones themselves, which have soared in value. What I paid in rent probably would get me a twin bed in a crowded share. Manhattan is full of chain stores, places not unique to the city. It’s not as gritty, or charming, as when I moved there. To see 3 Park Avenue from the air is not only to recall a place and a time but a person, young and excited, eager for the next chapter. 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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Good Ol’ Rittenhouse Rye whiskey that was love at first sip

By Tony Cross

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Anyone in the bar business is well

aware of Rittenhouse Rye. It is, without a doubt, the best bang for your buck mixing rye whiskey on the market. Rittenhouse’s popularity comes with a price (and not attached to a dollar sign); it’s hard to find. Granted, it’s currently sitting on the shelf of the closest ABC to me. The question is: For how long? If you’re a fan of anything from old-fashioneds to Sazeracs, drop what you’re doing and call your local ABC right away and have them hold a bottle for you. Chances are, they’re already sold out.

I became familiar with Rittenhouse almost a decade ago when I first dived into the world of making drinks. A couple of recipes from wellknown bartenders called for Rittenhouse when a rye was needed. Our ABC wasn’t carrying it at the time, and never had. The only way for me to get my hands on it was by ordering a case. I was managing a restaurant at the time, and had just become the main bartender. A case of rye that I nev-

er had before was a little risky, especially with a $360 price tag. Luckily for me, it was love at first sip, and before I knew it, that first case was almost gone! It was a few cases later when my local ABC hub informed me that they were going to stock the rye. The combination of my case orders and myriad customers (that frequented my bar) requesting the whiskey seemed to get the ball rolling. Not that I’m responsible for Rittenhouse having a (semi) permanent spot on my local store’s shelf . . . I’m just saying. Rittenhouse Rye was founded in 1934 in Philadelphia, and was started after Prohibition ended in December 1933. It was named after the American astronomer, mathematician, inventor (and on, and on), David Rittenhouse. Originally titled “Rittenhouse Square Rye,” it was named after one of William Penn’s squares in Philly that was originally called “Southwest Square” but later renamed “Rittenhouse Square” as a tribute to David. It is currently produced in Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distillery. Rittenhouse is a bonded rye; you’ll see “Bottled in Bond” on the label. At the end of the 19th century, there were a lot of distillers popping up everywhere that were selling, well, crap hooch. Bankers and other higherups with money started lobbying Congress; they wanted a law that guaranteed that their spirit was of high quality. Thus, the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 was born. Whiskey from there on out was to come from one distillery during one distilling season, and had to be aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years, and bottled at 100 proof. I’m sure that

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most politicians sent this bill through quickly for personal reasons as well. Not complaining. The tradition continues, as every bottle of Rittenhouse is bottled in bond. Today, we are lucky to have a huge selection of rye whiskeys to choose from. Even if our local ABC store doesn’t have a great offering, you can always explore other state’s liquor stores, and/or shop online. With that being said, you can never go wrong with Rittenhouse. It’s great neat, on the rocks, or in classic cocktails. Personally, I’ve always gravitated toward rye whiskies when it came time to make most whiskey forward cocktails. The first proper cocktail I ever made was a Manhattan. When I was behind the stick, no matter what time of year, I always had a Manhattan on my menu. And it was made with Rittenhouse. It’s spicy, but not over-the-top. It’s got a touch of sweetness, but nothing compared to a bourbon. It’s the best. There are other ryes that I love, but Rittenhouse will always be a staple in my bar. When I was sitting on my first case of Rittenhouse, I had at least three or four cocktails on my menu with rye. I was trying to get our guests to give classic cocktails with whiskey a shot. This was at a time when neon-colored drinks were popular and every other menu had “tini” printed on it with vodka as the spirit. I wanted people to understand why classics are just that. Rittenhouse helped, from our Sazeracs to our sours. “I never liked whiskey drinks, but this one is delicious!” was starting to become common buzz. If memory serves, we added a New York Sour to the menu the first fall that I was behind the bar. Off the bat, it was aesthetically appealing, which usually got a group of our guests talking when someone from the table ordered it. After sharing a few sips, more orders would follow suit.

New York Sour 2 ounces Rittenhouse Rye 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 1/2 ounce simple syrup (2:1) 1 egg white (optional) 1/2 ounce red wine (I used malbec) Lemon peel to garnish Combine rye, lemon juice, simple syrup (and egg white if you choose) into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard for 10 seconds (longer with egg whites) and strain into a rocks glass with ice. Using the back of a bar spoon, slowly float the red wine atop the cocktail. Garnish with a swath of lemon peel. PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines.

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September Pears Yard decoration or just plain delicious

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local Sandhills homeowners can still enjoy home-grown pears and spring bloom in their landscapes.

Now is the harvest season for pears, so get ready to enjoy this sweet fall fruit, whether you’ve grown it or purchased it at the grocery as prices drop. The cute little “Honeysweet” pear tree I planted six years ago has at least half a dozen little pears on it this year. Way to amortize a $50 investment, eh? That’s about $6 a pear, this year. In the Honeysweet’s defense, it has borne a few good fruits in the last few years, and is planted in a very hot, dry and sandy section of the property — so props for even surviving, much less bearing sweet little treats. It adds pretty spring blossoms to our edible landscape and keeps a trim size, so the sweet treats are a bonus. Let’s see your crabapple or dogwood do all that. In North Carolina, pears are not a big commercial crop, mostly due to the disease called “fire blight,” a bacterial withering many pear varieties are susceptible to. The affected young tips look as if they were blasted with a flame-thrower. The browned ends curl into a characteristic “shepherd’s hook” shape. If you do find fresh pears at roadside stands, it will likely be more toward the mountains in apple-growing areas. But a homeowner without a financial stake can plant a decorative, blightresistant tree or two and reap the benefits in good years, as well as enjoy the lovely spring bloom. The other pear issue is their tendency to bloom early and get whacked by a late hard frost. This is a disaster for a commercial operation, but a homeowner can toss a quilt over a small tree, or find other temporary means to keep the cold night temperatures at bay, removing the covers in the morning so the bees can pollinate the blossoms. Pears are one of the world’s best known and favored fruits. And while a homeowner can plant a pear tree or two for successful fun — our Southern Pines neighbor has a very prolific bearer — the good news is that the supermarkets are full of the seasonal fruit right now, and for the next few months.

My husband and I love to combine two fruits that peak about now. Come the end of August and into September we love to pick our backyard figs and simmer them with pears and a little lemon juice into a delectable pear/ fig sauce we then freeze in little tubs and serve all fall with pork chops, or on sweet potatoes. The leftover pears go into salads with different creamy cheeses, or into a pear crumble. So even if the little Honeysweet fails, we have plenty of backup for our favorite annual fruit sauce, fresh eating, pear tarts and salads — and so do you. Beautiful varieties such as Anjou (red and green), Bosc (an artistic tan), Seckel (the “sugar” pear), Bartlett, Comice and more — your favorite market will have them on special this month as the harvests in California and the Northwest come in. Let’s say you want to try your hand at a little edible landscaping. Your best bet is to plant a fire blight-resistant variety. There are several. The old Kieffer variety gives a pretty reliable harvest. (I’ve noticed several homes in the Sandhills with Kieffer pear trees.) The fruit is a bit coarse, and not the smooth quality of the highly fire blight-susceptible Bartlett, but I’ve eaten it fresh and it makes a great pear/fig sauce, as well as jams, preserves and canning. Also look for newer, more blight-tolerant varieties such as Moonglow and Magness. The teeny but quite delicious Seckel variety is also somewhat fire blight resistant and puts out lots of fruits, ripening in late August. New varieties are being released and might be worth an experiment. Some North Carolina folks give up on conventional pears and plant the fairly blightresistant Asian pear, enjoying its unusual apple-like crunch. You can buy these in stores now, too, to decide if you like them. Luckily, the Sandhills has a few pluses for kitchen-garden pear production, even if our humidity and dew encourage fire blight. Cold air flows downhill, so a higher Sandhills site might offer better frost protection and airflow than at the bottom of a slope. Our deep sandy soils make the pear’s vigorous root system happy. They don’t like a tight clay. Like apples, they detest “wet feet,” poorly drained sites. Plant your tree in November and water well. Don’t use fertilizer in the hole, as it will burn roots. High nitrogen fertilizers are also a no-no, since that encourages rapid growth of the juicy green new growth so susceptible to fire blight. Simple compost or a low nitrogen fertilizer should do the trick. Google fire blight to recognize the

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browned tips, and prune them off well into healthy tissue, dipping your clippers in alcohol after each cut to avoid spreading the bacteria. Also, keep the weed eater away from the sprouts that form at the base of a pear — prune those in winter. Follow simple shaping advice. It’s easy to find it online. Whatever you do, don’t whack your tree back to prune it. The vigorous root system will send up useless, vertical shoots from every branch. Prune judiciously. Pear-picking timing is a little different from many fruit harvests. Pears should be harvested when fully formed, but not ripe. If you have a tree with fruit, start looking closely in early August. When to actually pick a pear takes some trial and error. The size and shape should look like a ripe pear, and the pear’s color should have a slight yellow undertone. The squeezing texture morphs slightly from rock-hard to just firm, and it should pick easily, twisting off. Don’t be afraid to pick a few to experiment with and make a mistake because the changes are subtle. After picking, refrigerate your pears for a couple of days. You can also hold them for a while at this stage in the vegetable crisper of your fridge. To ripen them, remove and let stand four or five days at room temperature. Once you have a feel for your particular variety, you can chill pears and ripen them at your convenience. Or, get thee to a supermarket pear special this month.

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The Dutch brought vines to the Cape of South Africa in 1655, making it the oldest New World wine-growing region (North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa making up the New World). It’s a long history but not always a great one. During apartheid, the country was shut off from exchanging ideas, vines and modern innovations with other wine-producing countries. During that time, not only did South African vintners and growers miss out on a time of intense modernization and progress in the industry, many of their vines were diseased. Unable to bring in new, healthy vines to graft from or plant they often produced wines from diseased vines, resulting in inferior quality and taste. Once apartheid ended, producers were able to travel, host and network with other vintners and producers around the world to replant their vines and modernize their facilities and winemaking techniques. It brought them not only into the modern age but also, in many ways, into a leadership role in the industry. Today South African growers and vintners partner with the government to ensure that not only are the wines and vineyards managed properly, fitting designated quality standards, they ensure that workers in the vineyards and wineries are treated fairly, with equal pay and protection. It’s a higher ethical standard than any other wine-producing country. People are often shocked to find out that the Cape growing region has almost 550 active wineries. Of those, about 200 are registered to produce estate bottled wines, meaning the winery will be producing wines that come solely from their own vineyards — nothing will be purchased from other producers for those bottlings marked “estate.” A much smaller percentage, closer to about 50 wineries, actually produce wine that is truly estate bottled.

This is not to say that only a handful of wineries are producing good, or even great, bottles of wine. Many wineries and co-ops in the Cape are today producing some of the best values in the wine world. Chenin blanc, or “steen” in the Cape, is the most widely planted white grape varietal, and cabernet sauvignon is the most highly planted red. If you’re looking for fresh, easy-drinking styles that retail under $15-20 a bottle, seek these out. For something truly unique, try a bottle of pinotage. It is a hybrid cross of pinot noir and cinsault created in South Africa, and can be a wonderful representation of place — earthy, smoky and jammy. Spice route pinotage is a generous style of this varietal. Dry farmed (without irrigation) in an arid and tough terrain from old vines, it produces a wine with briar fruit and dusty, peppery notes. Each Cape growing region, or ward, is vastly different, one to the other. Drastic changes in elevation and topography make the wines and their characteristics as diverse as the regions themselves. One of the largest and best-known growing regions is Stellenbosch. The wines of this “district” are marked by the wide diversity of styles, driven by the different of types of soil, ranging from sandstone to granite. Two of my favorite producers for quality and value in the region are Neil Ellis and Man Vintners. Neil Ellis Stellenbosch Cabernet and Man Coastal Chenin Blanc are two great examples of amazing wines, showing distinct characteristics true to Stellenbosch while balancing a world-class line of quality between old and new world. Another one of my favorite growing areas is Walker Bay, located in the Cape Overbay Region. Running along the “whale coast,” where the Southern right whale comes to mate, it’s a breathtakingly beautiful region. With a higher elevation and cooler climate than Stellenbosch, Walker Bay produces world-class chardonnay and pinot noir, especially from the area of Hemel-en-Aarde, meaning Heaven and Earth in Afrikaans. There are a few small estate producers in this highly distinctive region that are unlike any others in the Cape or the world. Cool Atlantic breezes and a fog that lingers over the vineyards keep the heat away, and the moisture around the vines helps produce the beautiful grapes that become such remarkable wines like those of Hamilton Russell Vineyards. There are more growing regions in the Cape than I can possibly mention here. It’s home to species of flora and fauna that are not found anywhere else in the world, some of the oldest soils on the planet, and people determined to treat their land and people with respect, making it a dynamic place for growing grapes and producing wines — truly the best (blend) of Old and New World styles. Welcome South African wines into your life and enjoy the diversity. 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 lucky enough to travel the world drinking wine and eating cheese.

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moved to the West Virginia mountains. It’s as primitive as can be, after all. We used every excuse we could think of to try to see him in person. One day Kat and I were selling chocolate bars for our school’s fundraiser. Without hesitation, we marched ourselves over to his door, and asked if he wanted to buy any. He answered the door wearing the same beige bucket hat he wore every day he was stranded on the island. He bought a box of chocolate bars, but had no interest in a Q&A and closed the door abruptly. I may have been just 9 years old but I wanted an interview. I had questions. Where did they get all that stuff? Halloween was the perfect time to see Gilligan. I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, my brother was a pirate, and my sister was a clown. His front porch light was off, the sure sign to bypass the house. I just couldn’t. All three of us piled up on the porch and rang the doorbell. His wife answered. “Trick or treat!” we yelled in unison. She looked alarmed, but gave us a shy smile. “Is, uh, Gilligan here?” my brother asked. I jabbed him in the stomach with my elbow. Then we saw him, walking to the door right behind her with his hat on! They poured some Jolly Ranchers and Kit Kat bars into our plastic pumpkins and closed the door before I could say anything else. Disappointed, we trudged to the next house on the mountain. I was a teenager the last time I saw Gilligan in person. I was browsing in Lowe’s hardware store with my parents and there he was, in the middle of the paint aisle, his beige hat pulled low, covering his eyes. “Look,” I whispered to my mom. “Gilligan.” She nodded. “Can I ask for his autograph or something?” I asked. “Probably not,” she said. We continued our three-hour tour. PS When Renee is not teaching English or being a professional taxi driver for her two boys, she is working on her first book.

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juxtaposition of sharp, smooth, spicy flavors in pimento cheese have been hitting palates for over 100 years. This gussied-up cheese dish regularly crosses the line between being known as a penny-pincher’s pâté to Southern caviar. Over the last century, it has been regularly spotted at potlucks, Sunday dinners, family gatherings, restaurants, funerals and picnics.

Due to the popularity of pimento cheese in the South, many are surprised to discover that it got its start up North and transformed into a culinary masterpiece in its adopted region. Pimento cheese is hospitality and culture between two slices of white bread. The South can be hard and beautiful, sweet and strong, traditional and innovative. It makes sense that the South adopted a food that can seamlessly go from tea on the porch to a state dinner. It’s chic, down-home, no fuss, full-bodied and eccentric all in one. Originally, pimento cheese was created during the processed food movement around the turn of the 20th century, and rumors are that the modern twists on it took root once the South adopted it as its own. The first step in this delightful culinary favorite began in the 1870s when New York farmers were inspired to create an American version of the French Neufchâtel, a soft, unripened cheese. By the early 1900s, an American Neufchâtel (cream cheese) was on shelves for purchase. Around the same time, Spain started shipping canned pimentos, Spanish peppers, to the United States. The mild, colorful pepper and cream cheese concoction fit the processed food movement and needs of homemakers at the time. It brought “order and scientific precision to all aspects of the home, with a particular emphasis on scientific cooking and a neat dinner table,” according to the website Serious Eats. The first sighting of pimento cheese is in a 1908 Good Housekeeping article. Lovers of modern pimento cheese recipes will notice key ingredients missing in the first recipe, which called for a cream cheese base without any mention of mild and sharp cheeses or mayonnaise. Early on, newspaper columnists and cookbooks encouraged readers to take the bland mix (cream cheese and pimentos) and experiment with spices and flavors. Early renditions of today’s Southern recipe can be seen in a Shreveport, Louisiana, writer’s recommendation of including “mayonnaise, lemon juice and Tabasco.” By 1910, pimento cheese was being mass-produced and sold by the slice or

in jars from Virginia to Oregon. Georgia farms capitalized on the trend in 1911 by growing pimentos, making the expensive imported delicacies more affordable. Pimento cheese was the blue-collar sandwich that inexpensively fed countless World War I soldiers, and was also the height of sophistication as domestic engineers served it in scooped out cabbages at garden and card parties. Prior to World War II, pimento cheese was found throughout everyday life, regularly featured in newspapers, on menus at the lunch counter and in one’s own icebox. Thanks to its mass appeal, Pomona Products Company of Griffin — a Georgia company and one of the United States’ largest packers — reached a pinnacle year in 1938, producing 10 million cans of pimentos. As pimento cheese evolved, shredded cheese (sharp and mild) was added as a main ingredient. Sharp cheddar cheese features prominently in modern recipes. This addition meant a binding agent was needed. Cue the mayonnaise. Traditionally, cooks used homemade mayonnaise. Some found that homemade mayonnaise lacked the desired flavors, while others swear by it. If someone is going to use store-bought, Duke’s mayonnaise tends to be the enduring favorite. Due to the playful interpretations of pimento cheese recipes, some cooks won’t touch it without jalapeños, bacon, mustard, cayenne pepper or other ingredients. Pimento cheese has an uncanny ability to walk in both the high cotton and tidal marshes. The Masters is a perfect example of this quintessential dichotomy. Every April at the Augusta National Golf Club, golf aficionados will spare no expense to attend the Masters and, once inside the gates, purchase a coveted pimento cheese on white bread for a whopping $1.50. Made fresh daily, these sandwiches turn a lowbrow meal into a fashionable tradition at a highbrow event. While pimento cheese plays a featured role in Augusta, the ruby-speckled creation is a veritable chameleon of culinary versatility: Sometimes it’s a supporting role, and other times it’s the lead. Due to its robust flavor, it’s the star of any plate. In the South, it can be layered into or topped on just about anything from celery, grilled cheese sandwiches, fried green tomatoes, Saltines, Ritz crackers, apples, burgers and more. Others consider pimento cheese a main dish, spooning it straight from the bowl. One of those people is Pinehurst resident Kristie Sullivan, Ph.D., best-selling author and the head of community at Diet Doctor, who is known for her savory and sweet keto meals that over 275,000 people loyally follow on social media every month. In her fourth keto book, Crazy Busy Keto, coming out in November, Sullivan puts her pimento cheese recipe in the main dish section of the cookbook. Her West Coast editors thought a pimento cheese recipe didn’t belong there. “Oh, you are not from the South,” she told them, laughing. Pimento cheese found a home in the South and like many transplants, its arrival enhanced the food, culture and hospitality here. One bite can convert anyone.

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(One Man’s Best Guess) By Dave Lobeck BBQMyWay writer for News and Tribune and on on YouTube Over half a century of tradition is wrapped up in the green plastic bags at the Masters at Augusta National. While disturbances over pimento cheese suppliers since 2013 have led longtime patrons, and ESPN, to question the current recipe, Lobeck swears he has cracked the code. By using the ingredients label on the back of the package. Ingredients 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese 8 ounces cream cheese 2/3 cup real mayonnaise 4 ounce can pimentos and juice 2 tablespoons grated onion (or 1 teaspoon onion powder) 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated garlic 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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Then, my practical side conjures ways to incorporate life skills into a syllabus. Sociology, for example. This people science would benefit from a segment on obituaries. Fascinating, how people’s lives progress, how names modernized (Ida’s granddaughters Skye and Madison), then returned to Emma and Sarah, Dorothy and Frances. Obits bid farewell to the last generation of “homemakers” who knitted and gardened and taught Sunday School; wording finally recognizes domestic and/or same-sex partnerships. Obits prove pets’ importance for the isolated and lonely. Also how death has become a social event, with jokes, casual descriptions of the deceased, and receptions at the golf club or restaurant occasionally replacing a funeral. Death rituals are vital to studying society. Reference the ancient Egyptians. If I taught history or economics I might require students to Google their previous homes. Shocker alert! If the property has been recently on the market, the Realtor might post a virtual tour. The tiny two-bedroom New York City apartment in a then-nice neighborhood where I grew up became junkie junction before the tide turned. Our rent in the 1940s was about $50; now, the apartment rents for nearly $3K. Or, buy it for $400K. Anyway, seeing empty rooms with gleaming floors where once you played can be an unsettling experience. Phys. Ed. majors (previously known as jocks) need a course in athletic attire, especially footwear, which may cost more than Italian leather loafers. Brands speak allegiance. Mustn’t wear shoes endorsed by your fave’s arch rival. Seems like medical/dental students already take advanced placement courses in office décor. I am all too familiar with reception and treatment rooms of local dentists, oral surgeons, endodontists and prosthodontists. No periodonture yet but the night is young. My dentist’s office is a happy place staffed by happy people who could not possibly inflict pain. It keeps the latest issues of the best

magazines. Sometimes I arrive early, just to read them. Another provider has water babbling into a rocky pond — which sends me straight to the restroom. My latest specialist offers a glass-front mini-fridge stocked with bottled water, also a Keurig machine, as well as tufted leather sofas and landscapes by a prominent local artist. The common feature: birdfeeders, sometimes formal gardens, placed in view of treatment chaise lounges. Very soothing, as is the music, either classical or Billy Joel-style soft rock. Makes you almost look forward to a root canal. The providers’ subliminal message: I am good. I am successful. I can afford the niceties. Agreed. I will gladly put my money where my mouth is. Nobody wants a dentist with frayed upholstery and 6-month-old Field & Streams. Wall-mounted TVs remain problematic. CNN or Fox? Don’t want to frighten the horses, let alone fuel controversy among patients. Physics is the science of matter, its motion and behavior. Parking qualifies. I am a champion parallel parker, having learned The Trick as a teenager. Since men still claim mastery of this maneuver, I suggest every girl learn it before heading out into the real world. Unfortunately, The Trick is best demonstrated, not explained, even with diagrams. You don’t learn to swim on dry land. Physics 101 will now adjourn to the parking lot. Any modern English course should include interpreting TV advertising prose. Concentrate on medications, cars, financial services (unless already covered in mathematics). Most ads belong to theater of the absurd. A cancer or cardiac patient is seen enjoying “longer life,” preferably with an attractive and loving family (dog, always) at their lakeside retreat. Across the bottom scrolls, in tiny letters. “Actor portrayal. Do not expect these results,” while the voice-over warns of dire complications, including death. Likewise, car ads are just too ridiculous. No, Subaru doesn’t mean love. It’s simply urabus spelled backward. Once ads are mastered, English students might decipher political speeches, which dance around the subject like witches around a bonfire. Absent from political discourse will be the words YES and NO because why answer a question monosyllabically when you can prevaricate an entire paragraph? Then, I have sensual memories of school — the woodsy aroma of a full pencil sharpener, the feel of those spongy erasers, the sight of a colored pencil rainbow in a stand-up box. The sound of an empty Thermos rattling around a metal lunch pail. The squeak of chalk against the blackboard. Too bad an iPad provides neither smell nor squeak. Calculators obviate flash cards and Google combines dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia. Siri, did Mommy put a Devil Dog in my lunch box? Those organic oat and cranberry power bars stick in my teeth. Whatever, I’d still like a mulligan. Because students outgrow sneakers and jeans, state capitals and geometry theorems, but we never outgrow school. 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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’Tis the season for the annual appearance

of blue grosbeaks! Begin spotting this handsome, mediumsized songbird any day now along fencerows and on electric wires in rural areas throughout the Piedmont. Returning to the United States in April after long winter stays in Central America and the Caribbean, blue grosbeaks breed across much of America, from central California throughout the Plains states and up into Virginia. And now, ahead of migration southward to tropical wintering grounds, these chunky songbirds seek out easy seed sources in order to bulk up before the long journey south.

Although this bird is common throughout the Piedmont during the breeding season, it is often missed by casual observers. It is a bird of both pine and mixed forest, often encountered along edges associated with farming. Blue grosbeaks’ large silvery bill is what really makes this bird distinctive. The sexes are quite different, with males a dark blue. Also look for a small black mask around the bill and eyes, as well as chestnut wing bars. Females are more of a cinnamon hue than blue, with rusty wing bars and a bit of blue on the rump extending into the tail. Immature females have plumage very much like their mothers’. Plumage counts. Some males in their first spring will not breed successfully because they do not have the extensive blue of fully mature males and are not able to attract mates in order to start a family. However, after a full year of

singing, fighting and extensive experience foraging, they will become excellent prospects come their second spring as long as they survive the winter. The blue grosbeak’s song is a rich warble, and their call a loud, metallic “chip.” Hearing these vocalizations is the best way to find them, given their propensity for spending a lot of time in thick vegetation. They prefer shrubbery for breeding, look for nests low in thick vegetation and viny tangles. The nest is a compact cup-shaped affair comprised of twigs, grasses, leaves and rootlets, often studded with paper, string or other litter. Blue grosbeaks are one of only a few migrant species that raise not just one, but two broods of between three and five young in a season. Unfortunately blue grosbeaks all too often end up unwittingly raising the young of parasitic brown-headed cowbirds. Cowbird females are experts at laying eggs in the nests of other species found in open or semi-open habitat. The eggs, which are larger, generally hatch ahead of the hosts’ brood. They produce young that then grow larger and faster, oftentimes outcompeting the nestling grosbeaks. Like most of our songbirds, this species feeds heavily on insects in the summer months. Caterpillars make up a significant portion of the diet. But blue grosbeaks also will hunt for food at or near ground level, collecting adult grasshoppers and crickets as well as other large insects. Their outsized bills are effective at breaking up prey items as well as large seed, such as sunflower kernels. Expect individual blue grosbeaks to show up at feeding stations soon — but they do not congregate the way other finches do. So keep an eye out if you live on the edge of town or in a more rural location. Spotting one of these distinctive birds is quite a treat! PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photos. She can be contacted by email at susan@ncaves.com or by phone at (910-695-0651).

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Sometimes fall has a way of sneaking

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Summer might bleed into fall; but when the sun rises lower on the horizon and shadows lengthen and cicadas sing in earnest, a smart man will check his woodpile, hoist out the winter clothing, and make sure his hunting coat and boots are ready. Deck shoes, shorts and knit shirts are to be put away. That’s exactly what I was doing when the call came from Bubba. I had hunting gear piled high in the roost, our little garage apartment where I write, mess with outdoor gear and, in general, just hang out. I was making sure everything was ready for the upcoming cold months when Linda, my bride, came to the door and shouted up the stairs. “Tom, Bubba has been trying to call you. Where is your phone?” “Oh, man. I forgot. It’s in the truck. I’ll get it and call him back.” She laughed and said, “I don’t know why you have a phone. You never have it with you.” I hustled down to the Bronco, found the phone under the front seat and saw where I had missed four calls from Bubba. I punched a button and returned his call. “Coot.” Bubba had installed the nickname Cooter years before and it took. “That woman you married is too good for you. I don’t believe you would ever get a phone call if it wasn’t for her.” I laughed and said, “You’re right, Bubba. I know it more and more every day. She does have a tendency to look out for me. What’s up? I thought you were heading to Costa Rica fishing.” “Naw, decided to stay home and do a little dove shooting. That’s the reason I’m calling. Several of the old-timers are gonna meet at Slim’s store Saturday and talk about likely spots to hunt. Come on up and join us. We sure don’t want to

leave you out. Ritter’s gonna be here with some of his apple brandy, and even Johnson is joining us. There’ll be a good crew.” Slim’s store was a tradition in that part of the country, catering to hunters, fishermen and as Slim loved to put it, reprobates of all kinds. After Slim passed away, Bubba bought the place, kept Slim’s cousin, Leroy, to run the business on a daily basis so, as Bubba put it, “I’ll have a place to go. Plus I like the coffee.” “I’ll be there, Bubba. I’m just in the process of checking out some gear. It sure feels like fall, doesn’t it?” “Yep, and I’m sure ready. See you Saturday.” I decided to drive the old Bronco up to Slim’s place to check her out. I recently had a lot of work done on the old vehicle and wanted to see how she would ride. I thought as long as I kept to the back roads, everything should be OK. She was slow, but she usually got me there. The old crew was kicked back in rockers on the side porch when I pulled into the gravel parking lot. At one time Slim had tried selling gas, but that didn’t work. So he had the pumps removed to make room for a spot to play horseshoes. He always said he hated those gas pumps, a lot of trouble for nothing. It was good to see the old group, and after a reasonable amount of good-natured insults, we all relaxed and enjoyed each other’s company. Old Man Time was beginning to trim the ranks of the aging crew. In the couple of years since my last visit, several had gone on to their rewards. Somehow, I’ve always had a feeling that everything would remain the same, but lately, age and time have proven me wrong. Most of the crowd broke up early, having to get home for one reason or another, and as the sun set and the moon began to rise over the tree line where Johnson’s pasture used to be, only Bubba, Johnson, Ritter and I were left to hold forth. “It seems funny not to see cows over there in that pasture, Johnson,” Bubba said. “I know, but the developer had more money than them cows. I did get him to promise to keep that space green, though.” Johnson had sold out his farm several years ago to a major developer who’d split it up into 10-acre mini-farms. “I hope you did more than get a promise,” Bubba replied. “I did. It’s in the contract that he has to keep that buffer like it is.” Leroy came out, careful not to let the screen door slam. “Bubba, I’m heading home. Lock up before you leave. Good to see you guys.” “OK, Leroy. Coot’s gonna stay overnight. We’ll be back in the cabin.” Bubba

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had built a small log cabin behind the store on a little pond that Slim had put in years before. He used it every now and then when he partook a little too much of Ritter’s apple brandy. We watched Leroy’s pickup drive up the road. “That’s a good man you got there running the store, Bubba.” Johnson said. “Yep, I’m lucky to have him. I think Slim would approve.” Ritter reached in a pocket of the coat he had hung over the porch banister and pulled out a pouch of Red Man chewing tobacco. He answered the inquisitive looks. “I know, I started chewing again last week. I haven’t had a good chew since I was in Vietnam.” We watched as the moon slowly rose over the pines. Bubba had gone in and turned off the outdoor lights, and when he sat back in his rocker he said, “If your brandy won’t kill you, that tobacco surely will.” “Yep.” Ritter was quiet for a time. “You know I feel I’ve been living on borrowed time ever since that stupid war.” He had served in the Marines, and his platoon was one of the first to suffer casualties. “I had a dream the other night about one of the boys who didn’t make it home. His name was Bud, a nickname really, picked up in boot camp. He was big, stood about 6 feet 4 inches and weighed around 250. And could he eat! Always borrowing C-rations when we were in the field. The drill instructors gave him the name Bud by calling him Big, Ugly and Dumb, shortened to Bud. “We were still using M1 rifles then, M1As came later and then M14s, but we mostly liked the M1. Bud was so big he carried a .30-caliber machine gun. He toted that heavy thing like it was a tobacco stick.” We sat silently watching across the old pasture. The moon was fully up now, and as a group we were surprised to hear Ritter talk about his war experience. In the past he would respond to any question about his service with only a perfunctory answer. “Bud was a real hero,” he continued. “He’s the reason four of us in the unit came home from that stinking war.” I don’t know if Ritter’s melancholy eloquence came from his own brandy or old age or maybe the dream he had about his friend, but in the moonlight I thought I could see a tear on his cheek. “Are you all right?” I asked. “Yep, Coot,” he replied as he wiped his cheek. “I learned a long time ago in that war that you don’t cry for heroes, because there were so dang many. Bud was one of the best.” No one broke the spell by speaking. We just sat silently, lost in our thoughts. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist.

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Down Highway � A gem sparkles in Aiken

By Lee Pace

Before Henry Flagler laid the first

railroad tie or built the first ornate hotel room in South Florida, before James Walker Tufts scraped his first rudimentary golf hole out of the sandy loam around Pinehurst, there was Aiken, South Carolina, a small town built on a plain just 15 miles from Augusta, Georgia, and along a key intercontinental railroad stop connecting the major cities of the East to New Orleans.

At first they came in the summertime just after the Civil War from Charleston and surrounds to escape the threats of malaria and yellow fever. Then in the 1880s it became all about the horses — riding, breeding, playing polo, running steeplechases. Streets were named Ruffian and Saratoga. The clay-based soil was ideal for horses’ hooves and traction, the winter temperatures were mild, and the area’s mineral springs thought to be health-giving. There were tennis courts and ample wild game roaming the woods. The Vanderbilts, Goodyears, Appletons, Pinkertons, Graces and Astors wintered there. Kings and presidents visited. Aiken was Palm Beach before there was a Palm Beach. Golf followed as well, first at Palmetto Golf Club in 1892 with a four-hole

course that expanded to a regulation 18 by 1895; and then at Highland Park Golf Club in 1912, that course built as an amenity to a new hotel and residential community that has an interesting connection to the Tufts family, Donald Ross and Pinehurst. Pinehurst, Camden and Aiken shared the common heritage of being perfectly located circa 1900 to offer warmer winter weather within one day’s train ride from New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other northern climes. This was before Florida had evolved and certainly long before the advent of commercial air traffic. The train coming from the north passed through Raleigh, went to Southern Pines, and from there it was 90 miles to Camden and another 80 to Aiken. The Kirkwood Hotel was located in Camden next to the train station and was a 200-room facility that boasted among its amenities in 1903 a nine-hole golf course. Walter Travis, a three-time U.S. Amateur champion who dabbled in course design in the early 1900s, redesigned the original course, and then Ross visited in 1938 to reconfigure the layout known today as Camden Country Club and convert the greens from sand to grass. “Camden is one of the special places in the Carolinas,” says Charleston’s Frank Ford III, an accomplished Charleston golfer with multiple championships on state and regional levels. “I’ve had a love affair with that golf course since the first time I saw it. It’s just so much harder than it looks.” Following James Tufts’ death in 1902, Leonard Tufts took over the operation of the village of Pinehurst. He knew that beyond the resort amenities themselves, convenient accessibility was paramount to being successful in the

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travel business. The planning, construction and maintenance of good highways became an interest and priority of Tufts, who led the resort until his retirement in 1929, when he turned the reins over to son Richard. Leonard was the moving force in building what became Midland Road, connecting the train station in Southern Pines to Pinehurst. At various junctures he would serve as president of the Capital Highway Association and the U.S. Good Roads Association. He was also chairman of the Moore County Good Roads Committee. The Atlantic Highway was part of the original National Highways Association created by the federal government in 1911 to create and maintain some 50,000 miles of public highways. The Atlantic linked Maine to Miami and was the precursor to U.S. Highway 1. The road ran from the north through Southern Pines and turned southwest toward Camden, Aiken and Augusta before veering south toward Savannah. Tufts by virtue of his perch on these important highway boards could see where opportunities lie. And one area of exploration he thought was to have a series of resort hotels along this key highway running into South Carolina. A group of Aiken businessmen in 1912 launched a company to build a hotel, golf club and real estate project on the site of the original Highland Park Hotel, a grand destination with 125 rooms operating from the late 1860s until burning down in 1898. They did so with some unknown degree of consultation, encouragement and perhaps even financial investment from Tufts. The course opened with 11 holes in 1912 and expanded to 18 three years later as Highland Park Golf Club, and remains in business today as Aiken Golf Club. “Building hotels and golf courses along Highway 1 was big business in the early 1900s,” says course owner Jim McNair Jr., who inherited the course from his father and personally led a restoration and rebuilding effort in the late 1990s. “We found old newspaper stories talking about Leonard Tufts visiting and helping put a deal together. At the time, no one thought the South was good for anything but resorts — getting people down from the North out of the cold.” Donald Ross by 1910 was devoting his time almost exclusively to designing golf courses across the eastern United States and apparently was going to route and build the course at Aiken. But his schedule was too jammed, so a fellow Scottish golf pro who had immigrated to the United States named John Inglis did the work with input from Ross. The fortunes of the Highland Park Hotel and its golf course followed that of many enterprises in the Roaring ’20s — success out of the gate and then a devastating collapse in the early 1930s. The town of Aiken eventually took the property over,

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By Jim Moriarty

he painted barns of Cameron are mostly overgrown, tumbled-down boxes — tar paper and old boards defying gravity by the grace of a rusty nail. In some cases, it seems as though all that’s holding them up is the paint. Well, the paint and the idea that made them something more than old barns outside a tiny town that grew up over a century ago at the end of an ancient railroad. Twenty years have passed since David Ellis gathered up a bunch of his friends, artists from New York to Tokyo, to come to his hometown to do what they do, make art. Described in those days as a “street artist,” Ellis brought Brooklyn and the Bronx to the barns Earl and Juanita Harbour offered up as canvases. “There were two massive trips with like 30 people each time, and then there were several trips when it would be me and a couple of people,” says Ellis of the group that became known as the Barnstormers. He’s sitting at the kitchen

counter in his small Brooklyn apartment, having a toasted bagel for breakfast. Fresh paintings lean against the wall behind him. His architect wife, Kouki Mojadidi, tends to the plants on the porch. He’s working on his next one-man show, still two years over the horizon. When Ellis talks, he looks off to the side, not because the answer’s out there, but because that’s where he sees all the questions. He’s interested in the questions. “A lot of those barns we kind of patched up a bit. The roofs were blowing off. There were vines covering them. Oftentimes, there’s a sweet spot. The vines start to overtake something. It fades, it peels. It’s like the patina of time itself. It may be faster on the exterior of a weathered barn, but the fact of the matter is all of this fades — every bit of it — even in the most climate-controlled space. The elements will take it all at some point. Might be a thousand years, might be a 100 years.”

Significant as it was in the moment, what Ellis left behind in Cameron turns out to be far less than what he took with him. “When I do return to Cameron, when I did paint those barns, there’s a cadence and a spirit in the people from Cameron that’s a big part of me,” says Ellis. “It’s who I am. It folds into everything I do and everywhere I go. Cameron people are special people. Real soulful people.” Ellis and his younger brother, John, are the sons of a Presbyterian minister, Stewart, and his wife, Grace. Stewart nurtured the flock in a small town church. Grace nurtured the art. David has had solo exhibitions in places as farflung as Texas, California, New York, New Zealand, Ohio, Japan. Two of his pieces have been on display in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The main gallery representing him is Joshua Liner Gallery in New York, but his work can be found in London, Paris and L.A., too. John is a musician who also lives in New York. His main instrument is the tenor saxophone, and he has appeared with Ellis Marsalis, Charlie Hunter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Helen Sung and Lionel Loueke, among others. With all due respect to N.C. 24/27, there are apparently two roads leading out of Cameron: professional wrestling (Shannon Moore, the Prince of Punk; Trevor Lee, the 2017 Impact X Division Champion; and the Hardy Boyz, Matt and Jeff); and art. In Cameron, a boy’s rite of passage included time in the tobacco fields. “I must have been like 12, 13, 14 — that age,” says David Ellis. “Two or three summers. It was tough but you really appreciated getting to the end of the row. I think the reward was a Pepsi and a little pack of Nabs. You’re just so drained and you’re covered in the resin that sort of seeps out of the little hairs on the leaves. It really cuts through your skin. You take Dramamine and that kind of helps with the sickness you get. I got so sick my last summer, I couldn’t do it anymore. But I love that smell. When it’s curing in the barns, when it turns that golden brown and they truck it through town, that smell that permeates the air is just one of my favorite smells in the world.” Ellis incorporated more than the barns into his art. He took the tobacco with him, too, using it to prepare the paper he drew and painted on. “I

brought back like a whole burlap sheet of tobacco from Cameron on one of those barn trips. I used that for years to stain the paper,” he says. “I’d lay a whole floor of paper out with as many sheets as I could fit in the footprint of the studio. I’d brush and pour the stain on and let it evaporate overnight, really soak in. These amazing pools and forms would show up the next day. They’re not so much backgrounds as they are foundations. I like having something to react to, to riff against. It activates different memories. Just the smell I remember growing up — that time period, 13, 14, when you really start to find the impulses you chase your whole life.” When Ellis couldn’t stomach priming tobacco anymore, he turned to Earl Harbour’s car wash, where the hiss of soapy water and the flapping of soft brushes danced to hip hop tunes. He’d stay up late with the volume turned down to listen to DJ Gilbert Baez on D103 FM out of Fort Bragg. The whole notion of percussion, beat, rhythm, seeped into his work as deeply as a day in the fields. He talks about his love of music in a statement on his website, davidellisstudio. “The first nine months of your development you were listening to one of the best bass drums in the world until yours kicked in with it and you heard the best polyrhythms ever . . . I think everybody’s got a lot of music in ’em. I think that’s why you find marching bands and percussion in every form in every corner of the planet.” That music, those rhythms, melded with one of his earliest childhood

Flow — Gesso silver enamel on tobacco stained paper

to me.” John, in fact, followed David to the School of the Arts, where both brothers blossomed. “In terms of formal education I’d say maybe that school added the most fuel to what I was already working with,” says David. “The dean of the art school was Clyde Fowler. He was the drawing teacher, but the drawing class was way more than just drawing. He was showing us film and painting techniques. He just blew everybody’s mind. If you wanted to have your mind blown, it was blown. He passed away not to long ago. He helped a lot of people with their dreams.” With their boys at the School of Arts, the parents moved to Winston-Salem. Stewart, now retired, aligned with Trinity Presbyterian Church there, and Grace wrote poetry (Sam Ragan published some of her work in The Pilot in their Moore County days) and plays, something she’d begun doing in Cameron when she penned Through the Depot Door to celebrate Cameron’s centennial. She’s been a member of Greensboro’s Playwright’s Forum for more than 20 years and has started a group called the Triad Playwright’s Theater, which recently performed one of her works, Rhonda’s Rites of Passage. David Ellis finished his formal education in New York at the School of Visual Arts and then The Cooper Union.

memories to form another of Ellis’ expressions, his kinetic sculptures. “Maybe I was 3,” he says, just months before his family moved to Cameron. “I remember seeing this piano play by itself.” The player piano was at an uncle’s house in Raleigh, the home of another jazz enthusiast. “It really went back to trying to figure out how these things work. I went online and I found all these discussion boards for people who restore these things. I made all the machines and bellows and stuff from scratch.” The sculptures are collections of everyday objects, paint cans, empty bottles, stuff. Using a scroll, almost identical to the one in a player piano, he pulls tones and rhythms from the sculpture. “A painting, essentially, is a drum. It’s a membrane stretched over a frame. We think of them for the visual resonance but when you’re preparing a panel you often tap it. The under layers of rabbit skin glue dries, it tightens up the pores of the canvas, and you get a drum sound. And I wanted to go more in the sonic direction.” Examples like The Message, True Value and Trash Talk — some done in collaboration with Roberto Lange — can be viewed on his website. Not long after abandoning the car wash, at 16 Ellis was off to the North Carolina School of the Arts. “It was clear to me and to everyone around me at a very young age that I was totally absorbed in making things. I didn’t have a lot of patience for a lot of things, but making things, painting things, drawing things, sculpting things — I’d just spend days on them,” Ellis says. “I think you would call him a prodigy,” John Summer Quintet #17.4 — Roscoe Off Broadway scenic paint on canvas Ellis says of his older brother. “He might resist that characterization, but it’s certainly what it seems like

Bear — Acrylic ink spray enamel on tobacco stained paper

this thing is constantly changing. I still return to that. I think it taps into the improvisational kind of music side of the brain. I go back to that Tibetan idea that no condition is permanent. Like the mandalas that are painted with sand, then the wind blows them away and you make it again.” Walter Robinson, an editor of Artnet Magazine, wrote, “Whatever Ellis makes in one moment is erased in the next. What was just done is gone before you can even see what it is. The stop-action is mesmerizing and magical but at the same time it’s no mystery, anyone can see how it’s done, just pictures, pictures, pictures, painted one after the other step by step. But it adds up to a perfect art film . . . .” It was one of his motion paintings, this time of a moving van in Osaka, Japan, that found its way to MOMA. Some of his motion paintings, sometimes solo, sometimes in collaboration, can be viewed on his website, as well. When the Barnstormers were in Cameron doing what they do best, Cameron did what it does best — it threw a pig pickin’. “You get one artist making something, there’s a lot of energy generated,” says Ellis. “You get like 20, 30 artists all working in a compressed amount of time with a community where it’s a little bit out of the ordinary for that to happen, the energy that was generated between the artists and the people of Cameron, that was amazing. The feedback we had, the sitting down and having a pig pickin’ covered in paint. . . it was electric.” It was the sweet spot. PS

Though the Barnstormers took on something of a life of their own, there aren’t any card-carrying members. It was never meant to be a “thing,” a traveling carnival of artists. There have been projects since Cameron, but they’ve been few. In 2004 a group of them came together to do a project for the Jim Moriarty is senior editor of PineStraw and can be reached at jjmpinestraw@ Southeast Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem. gmail.com. “We took one of the Harbours barns apart piece by piece, put it on a flatbed, drove it to Winston, rebuilt it in the museum and we shot time lapse (video) of it coming down and coming back up,” says Ellis. “Over the course of two months we’d fly artists down from New York, Tokyo, some other places, to paint the barn. That was filmed. Then the next person would come in and paint over that thing. That was filmed. Then we took the barn apart and put it back up in Cameron and covered it with tar paper.” There was one other Barnstormer family reunion, at the Joshua Linear Gallery — a Barnstormers version of The Band’s The Last Waltz. “It was never really meant to be all that formal,” says Ellis of the group. If an invitation for another collaborative project was to come down the road, Ellis isn’t even sure he’d want to call it Barnstormers “out of respect for what we’ve all done together.” The kind of time-lapse painting he brought to Winston-Salem is another of his core expressions, what he calls his motion paintings. “It was a way for me to look back and be like, ‘Oh, man, I wish I’d stopped there,’ or ‘It’s interesting I changed that.’ And then it became this fluid, creation, destruction, creation, destruction sort Summer Quintet #17.2 — Roscoe Off Broadway scenic paint on canvas of moment. It wasn’t, for me, about a start-to-finish thing. It was about PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2019

Fortune Hunting A not so quiet day in the country Fiction by A.J. Rothwell

ord Blenkinsop was a good man. Good family. Acquaintance of the king. Wide of girth. Not the sharpest knife. Took his responsibilities seriously, though, always had. One of them being the further education of his nephew Nigel Carruthers. When he was 19, Nigel’s courageous Royal Naval father, Captain William Carruthers, had been killed by a musket ball on his own poop deck while serving His Majesty on the sloop HMS Orion, fighting the French off Brest. “Damn that little shrimp Boney and his dastardly ambitions,” muttered His Lordship at Carruthers’ funeral as the service wore on. And that is when, in an instant, he decided that it was his solemn duty, in loco parentis, so to speak, to make sure Nigel was schooled in the ways of the world. With no children of his own he had always taken an interest in the boy, who he felt had lived a rather sheltered life, as it were, fencing and dancing instructors, if you please. The result was that he had few friends of his own age with whom to get out and about. When Blenkers (as he was affectionately known in the family) put the idea to Marjorie Carruthers she agreed wholeheartedly — the tutoring had been her husband’s idea and had severely restricted her social life, as it required her to be at home rather than out with the fashionable set to which she felt she belonged, a ruse of the oft-absent Captain. But now that her husband had departed this mortal coil, Blenkinsop’s notion suited her down to the ground: She needed to see and be seen in society, even if her attire was, temporarily, mourning black. His Lordship planned an agenda for the proper instruction of a young man entering London society. First he took him to his club, where he had his first proper taste of alcohol, a brandy no less, reading The Times in a large leather armchair after a good lunch — quite the gentleman about town. On another day they went to a coffee shop, a place of male intrigue if ever there was one, concluded Nigel; it appealed to him a great deal, and he entered into some interesting conversations. On another it was off to the House of Commons, where shouting down the current speaker seemed to be the order of the day, but where again he took a keen interest in the proceedings. In the evenings they visited a tavern or two, where he evinced quite a deal of attention from the ladies, unused to seeing young men in their teens in city inns. The longer this “education” went on the more Nigel seemed to be enjoying it. He was

getting a taste for ale and brandy, and His Lordship was very pleased with the way the programme was proceeding and with the boy’s keen interest and sharp mind. “Blossoming, if you ask me,” reported Blenkinsop to Marjorie Carruthers, “like a bottle long-stoppered, finally released!” She’d noticed the change too and was all for it — the more he was his own man the more freedom she would have. Next it was to be the country, for they were “cits,” and if you were a cit it was fashionable to spend time getting back to your roots by going out to the country — riding, hunting and mixing with the country folk. “Salt of the earth,” Lord B proclaimed to Nigel, “not used to the ways of London, but happy with their lot. Hearts of oak don’t you know. They’d give you the shirt off their back. I’ll take you out as my groomsman and show you the ropes.” On the appointed day for their country excursion, Lord B hired a post chaise, which took them, already regaled in their equine garb, to Sarratt in Hertfordshire and to The Boot Inn, where decent hunting horses were to be had by the day for a few shillings. The vicar of Sarratt was an old acquaintance of His Lordship and had spoken glowingly of the countryside around the village. They looked quite a pair — Lord Blenkinsop being, let us say, rotund and dressed in traditional hunting clothes straining at the seams, while Nigel was as thin as a rake and attired in a baggy blue groom’s coat and wide-brimmed hat — not exactly the country squires they hoped to be taken for. They duly arrived at The Boot, ordered two horses to be saddled, and after a pint of ale and some bread and cheese, they mounted up. Using a rough map the landlord prepared for them with a recommended route, they made their way past the church until they were able to break off into the fields and copses. They spent the next hour or so pretending to be huntsmen, shouting “tally-ho,” chasing after imaginary foxes and wishing they had guns whenever a pheasant got up in front of them. Following the map, they eventually started to head back to the village when the horses suddenly set back their ears and made for a stand of trees some way off at a good gallop. In spite of their best attempts to slow them down, the horses kept to their course, and before long, arrived among the trees where they came to a halt in a clearing. The would-be huntsmen, who couldn’t understand what had gotten into the horses, dismounted to get their breath back, and as they did so, an old lady and a good-looking young wench, both dressed in ragged clothes, emerged from the trees and started to feed apples to the horses. As they did, the old lady spoke: “What you be doin’ ’ere, sur? “If you must know, we’re just out from London, taking the air and getting a little exercise,” said Blenkinsop rather testily, unused as he was to being questioned by someone dressed in rags. “You be trespassin’ on those ’orses, sur,” said the old lady. “This be crown land, belongin’ to the king you understan’, only folks on foot ’ave roight o’ way ’cross it.”

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h, dear,” said His Lordship, now looking distinctly flushed. “But we don’t ’ave to report it to no one under certain circumstances,” the old lady continued, half closing one eye and raising a crooked finger to make her point. “And what would those circumstances be?” asked Lord B.

“Well, let me see now,” said the old lady, “how about you press some silver into my palm and I’ll tell your fortune, and Mary here will tell your young friend’s and we need never say nothing more ’bout it.” “I suppose that would be all right,” said Blenkinsop, softening, as he had no desire to do anything that would put him in bad odor with His Majesty, to whom he owed his peerage. “How much would you suggest?” Not the best question, for it gave the old lady the upper hand. “Well, let’s see,” said she. “I should think a couple o’ guineas should cover the situation.” “Two guineas!” exclaimed Blenkinsop, turning red in the face. “That’s highway robbery, ma’am, and you know it!” “Do I? Do I, now?” said the old crone. “Well, suit yerself. We’ll just ’ave to report yer then, won’t we?” “That won’t be necessary,” said His Lordship, who knew when he was on the losing end of a bargain from a lifetime of experience, “but these fortunes better be good.” During this exchange Nigel had been ogling the young girl, who had gained his complete attention. She was the comeliest girl he had ever seen, and she was also showing an interest in him. Unfortunately for our heroes, they had not noticed that, while thus distracted, a third gypsy was hanging down from a tree and rifling through the portmanteau on the back of Blenkinsop’s horse while a fourth was expertly picking his pockets. Meanwhile, the old lady held out her hand to Lord B, who reluctantly took out the necessary coinage from his waistcoat pocket. She carefully counted the money and told the wench — Mary, she called her — to get started. The young girl took Nigel’s hand. “That’s an intrestin’ palm if ever oi saw ’un,” said she. “Let’s see now. Yer’ll ’av a long loif, sur, an’ yer’ll be lucky in luv an’ be blessed wi’ many healthy chillen. That’s all oi see there.” “Is that it?” exclaimed Lord B. “That’s about a shilling a word! Is that the best you can do?” The old lady chimed in, “If oi were you, sur, I’d remember wot oi said about trespassin’ on the king’s land an’ count moiself lucky. Now let’s see yer palm.”

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ome on, Nigel, I’m not waiting to hear what rot they have to say about me,” said His Lordship, resigned to having been taken advantage of. “Let’s leave these witches and get back to the inn and wash the taste of them out of our mouths.” “Wery noice sentiments, oi must say,” said the old lady. “Be off wi’ yer then an’ take more care where yer go nex’ toim.” The horses, it seemed, had had their fill of apples and were content to take their riders back to the The Boot, with Nigel occasionally looking back to see if he could get a last glimpse of the girl — he could still feel her hand holding his — but she had disappeared. They arrived at the tavern and looked for the landlord to tell him what had happened, but he was nowhere to be seen. They told the coachman to load their belongings into the post chaise and stand guard, ordered their ale from a serving girl and fumed over their expensive experience. After a while they began to relax, deciding to order another ale “for the road,” and Lord B finally saw the funny side of their outing when Nigel commented on his statement about country folk giving them the shirts from their backs.

“More like we lost our shirts,” guffawed Lord B, a typical Blenkers attempt at humour. “Time to go. Your mother will be wondering what’s happened to us.” “I’ll need to relieve myself for the journey first, Uncle,” said Nigel.

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ff you go then, I’ll settle up. See you in the coach.” Nigel made his way across the inn’s courtyard and ’round behind the stables to the privy, but as he was standing there he heard muffled voices from inside. In disbelief he thought he recognized the old lady’s scratchy voice. Could it be, he thought, and leant closer to the wall. “Oh yes, we took ’em proper” she was saying. “You trained them ’orses well, Jim — came straight to us, didn’t they, Mary? They luv them apples! Two guineas in my palm and Billy ’ere got two pocket watches with chains and our Sal got a couple o’ silk kerchiefs. ’Ere’s yer share and good luck to the lot o’ us!” By this time Nigel had crept round the front of the building, grabbed a pitchfork leaning up against the wall, and threw open the door, shouting, “Caught you red-handed, you scoundrels! You’re not getting away with this! Do you know that’s Lord Blenkinsop you just robbed, a confidente of the king himself, whose name you just took in vain out there in the woods — probably a hanging offence!” With which he leveled the pitchfork at the landlord’s throat as though it was a rapier and said, “Put all the money and the watches in the handkerchiefs and tie them up and hand them over.” He made a jab with the pitchfork to show he meant business. The landlord flinched, and with trembling fingers did as he was told. He had gone white, while the women just stood there, their mouths gaping open. “Now the next part is up to you,” Nigel said looking at them one by one. “We can either have a constable come out here and have you all arrested and locked up, if you’re not hung, or you can solemnly swear that you will discontinue this loathsome practice here and now.” This statement was greeted with silence other than the sound of the old lady wringing her hands and moaning and the landlord’s knees knocking. “Very well, I shall call my uncle and he will take the matter over.” “No, no, no,” said the landlord, looking at the others, who nodded vehemently in agreement. They knew the penalties for what they were doing and it sounded like they were going to be given a second chance. “That won’t be necessary, young sir. We were misguided. Very misguided. We’ll stop today, here and now, we swear. On the Holy Bible. Don’t we, ladies?” “Yes. Yes.” they said, out of very dry throats. “Very well,” said Nigel, “but to make sure you do, Lord Blenkinsop will write a letter to his friend the vicar here and tell him what has transpired today, that you have sworn to stop your thievery, but that if he hears anything to the contrary he is to contact us and we will put the wheels in motion for you all to be arrested. Good-bye to you and I hope I never have to see your faces again.”

ne last look at the girl, who didn’t know whether to be impressed or furious, and Nigel was gone, climbing into the coach. Seconds later they were out of the courtyard and on the road back to London when His Lordship asked, “Do you usually take so long to relieve yourself, my boy? I wondered what had happened to you.” Nigel’s reply was to ask him to open his hands. “Playing a game, are we?” he inquired. “You’ll see, Uncle,” said Nigel, then pulled out the handkerchiefs from

his pocket and untied them. “Good lord,” said his uncle, “there’s my money — and our watches! Where did they come from?” Nigel recounted the whole story to an astonished member of the peerage. Blenkers wasn’t sure if his nephew had made the right decision about letting them off so lightly, but he was impressed with the young man’s quick thinking and courageous action. “Your father would have been very proud of you, as am I,” he said. “Swift, decisive action. Definitely a chip off the old Carruthers block!” “And to think I was taken with that girl back there,” said Nigel, shaking his head. “A part of your education I hadn’t reckoned on, I must say,” replied Lord B with a wry smile. The poste chaise eventually arrived back at the Carruthers residence after a most interesting, and as it turned out, exciting day. “Do we tell your mother?” asked His Lordship. “Let’s just tell her we’ve had a good day fortune hunting, eh, Uncle? What’s on the agenda for tomorrow?” PS A. J. “Tony” Rothwell moved to Pinehurst in 2017, exchanging the mind-numbing traffic of Washington, D.C., for the vagaries of golf. He spent 50 years in the hotel business but in retirement collects caricatures, writes short stories, sings in the Moore County Choral Society and, with his wife Camilla, enjoys the many friends they have made in the Sandhills.

Fact and Fiction Captain Carruthers would have been on blockade duty off Brest, intended to stop French ships getting in or out of harbour. It was long and tedious duty but every now and again one or more ships would take a chance and a sea battle would ensue if they were spotted. Both the French and the English employed snipers with muskets in the top rigging to shoot officers with the objective of weakening the resolve and organization of the opposing force. The king referred to is George III, known affectionately by his subjects as Farmer George from his rather bucolic manner of speech. There is to this day an inn called The Boot in Sarratt, Hertfordshire, built in 1739, some 40 years before the setting for this story. “Cits” ( a slang name for people who lived in the city of London at the time of the setting for this story) had a hankering for the pursuits and clean air of the countryside, for much of London was squalid, unsavory and smoky. Further evidence of this is that two of the most popular painters of the day were George Stubbs, who specialized in horses, and George Morland, who painted rustic scenes. Robbery was punishable by hanging, especially if violence was involved, in the 18th and early 19th centuries. “Fortune Hunting” is an original print, engraved by the great caricaturist James Gillray from a sketch by Brownlow North who would bring ideas to Gillray so that he could have prints run off to give to his friends. It was hand-colored and published in 1804. As for the rest — pure fiction.

Home & Garden: Styled

By Haley J. Ledford Photography by Tim Sayer

Mod for Modern Men

Even as we near the next Roaring ’20s, midcentury modern trends of the 20th century remain a staple of men’s fashion. Since our featured home is midcentury style, it seemed only fitting to find a man to go with it. For our Home & Garden issue we’ve styled a look to emulate these concepts, shot at The Sly Fox Gastropub, complete with a glass of Scotch, deep-seated leather chair, and the air of rich mahogany. Menswear will yet again embrace front pleated trousers, penny loafers and Cubans.

Byford sports coat $695, Ballin trousers $195, Robert Jenson tie $135, and HS Trask brogues $245 from Gentleman’s Corner; J.McLaughlin West End Button down in Oxford White $125 Model: John Ryan McNeil

Pride

in a

New Age

One of the most iconic books of all time, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice inspired the ethereal looks of fashion labels beyond its years. Our nod to the garden in our Home & Garden issue captures the enduring allure of Pride and Prejudice, styled here for the modern woman and featuring the most up-and-coming contemporary label, Reformation, as well as favorites from local boutiques. Shot at the picturesque gardens of the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities. The enchantment of a garden, a good book, and a white linen blouse is perhaps the best way to take on Austen’s vision more than a century later.

Dolce Vita Kylie Leather Sandals $84 from Cooper & Bailey’s Boutique Photo by John Koob Gesner

Luxe Peacock Tote $90 from Cooper & Bailey’s Boutique Photo by John Koob Gesner

Reformation Lavender Top $128, Mother Pony Boy ankle jeans from Monkee’s of Southern Pines; $238 Hair & Makeup by Megan Weitzel/Retro Salon Model: Rachel Barron PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2019

Simply ReMarkable An evolved generalist interprets modern farmhouse in West End By Deborah Salomon • Photographs By John Koob Gessner

eonardo daVinci painted portraits and designed military hardware — kitchen appliances, too. He wrote treatises on science, math and life. Thus the phrase “Renaissance man,” a sweeping mantle worn by Dr. Mark Ridinger, a radiologist who practices what he calls the duality of life — physical and spiritual — who grows 10 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, six of peppers and four basils in his organic hugellkulture raised garden bed. A cook who planned an “intuitive kitchen” and bathes in a “wet room” with open shower. An eye soothed by white shiplap (horizontal boards) exterior. Digging deeper, his blog, entitled “The Evolved Generalist” states: “Increasingly, there is a bifurcation of prognostications of what may come with the development of socalled strong artificial intelligence — AI proponents say it will afford an opportunity for humankind to be free of the yolk of repetition and monotony.” Interesting people don’t thrive in cracker boxes. Ridinger has designed a lakeside house in West End apart from any in Moore County. A house that leaps forward rather than glorifying the past. A house meriting Architectural Digest over Antiques Roadshow. A house which appears from the exterior plain, simple, Shaker-utilitarian with Japanese overtones. Nevertheless, Ridinger classifies it a modern farmhouse, the architectural trope popular with millennials. A metal roof, yes, but no wraparound porch and potted geraniums. Instead, notice two olive trees and two lemon trees facing a low gabion: This retaining wall composed of smooth stones encased in wire cages was used by ancient Egyptians to divert the Nile, later by encamped Romans. His cages stacked two deep stretching 80 feet hold 20 tons of rock. This wall facing the infant olive trees serves secondarily as a solar collector, to warm them come winter. The

potted lemon trees, however, will be moved inside the garage to overwinter by a sunny window installed for this purpose. If all goes well, eventually Ridinger will press his own olive oil. A squeeze of lemon juice . . . and the salad’s dressed. Flowers come from a garden planted in indigenous wildflowers, where he starts the day at 6 a.m. Which doesn’t leave much time for reading X-rays. Which is why Ridinger doesn’t any more.

idinger grew up and attended medical school in Chicago, followed by a residency at Duke. His family home was traditional, bordering French Provincial, he laughs. North Carolina suited his purposes. During the late 1990s he commuted from Durham to a practice in Pinehurst, staying at the Holly Inn week nights. “I got to know the area,” he says. “I was looking for land somewhere in the Carolinas, maybe Chapel Hill. But I wanted to be near water and stumbled upon this place.” PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2019

Golf wasn’t a factor. By now, neither is radiology. After his residency, Ridinger co-founded a health care information software company. Its sale, leaving him as chief medical officer, enabled exploration of other interests, primarily design. “I have two sides.”

he lifelong tinkerer watched his father, an engineer, build radios. His artistic side plays the guitar, collects modern art and interprets living space, believing “as society moves to hyper-specialization, and with the advent of artificial intelligence, the softer human qualities will be in demand.” In demand — perhaps marketable, with this house as his business card. He feels qualified to consult on the modern farmhouse style, which Architectural Digest describes as a classic motif made inventive and elegant, incorporating timber cladding, A-frame roofs and loft spaces with a sleeker spin . . . streamlined but still connected to its natural surroundings. Ridinger’s adaptation grew from the site purchased in 2017, which juts out into Lake Troy Douglas, where he kayaks. Fifty-three feet of glass across the living area face north to avoid glare. Myrtle trees planted along the southern border filter light, since only the bedrooms have window treatments. Once inside, any resemblance to a farmhouse, modern or otherwise, disappears. Gasp. The longitudinal space with 12-foot ceilings divided into living room, dining room and kitchen, all overlooking the lake, is breathtaking in white, black, stainless steel. Gray oak floor. A real Eames chair. Elongated sofa in rust velvet. A sound system with turntable. World War II propeller ceiling fans. Twosided wood-burning fireplace. A dining table following the Japanese tradition of a thick polished slab, here black walnut, with irregular edges surrounded by chairs on one side, a bench upholstered in apricot velvet on the other, “just to be different.” PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2019

idinger learned to cook from his Italian mother. “There’s nothing worse than an unintuitative kitchen.” He arranged his in three sections: prep, cooking, cleanup. His range has multiple parts: gas burners, a Wolf induction cooktop requiring special pots, several oven options and a microwave. The range is placed so he will face guests seated at the table as he prepares their meal. A Sub-Zero hides behind flush stainless cabinetry. His cleanup sink is big enough to hold an alligator. Clutter is banned. Tabletop appliances and coffee machines remain out of sight, in “garages.” No TV chef is better equipped. The mud room has a doggie bath tub with grooming accessories, for his next golden retriever. Color? “My plants and art are the color,” Ridinger says. Each painting recalls his life situation at the time of its acquisition. Wall space allows for oversize canvases. One, a stylized grove of sycamore trees, has a spot of turquoise at the edge which he repeats in throw cushions. A lime green ceramic platter

punctuates the neo-industrial kitchen. A tall leafy plant grows from gingerroot, available for digging should a recipe stipulate. His office juts out toward the lake like a shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bow. The guest bedroom, also in this wing, accommodates his sole furniture holdovers: a four-poster made in North Carolina, and a handsome antique reproduction bureau which, in this setting, look like they were relocated from Kansas by Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tornado. Ridinger wanted a master suite in ever-soslightly softened colors. The gray is earthier, the white less glaring, the floors cherry. He introduces cocoa via a leather chair and wall faux-painted to resemble fabric. The eye-openers here (aside from artsy female nudes) are the massive sliding barn doors separating the suite from the hallway and, in the enormous bathroom, vanity cabinets conceived by Ridinger as an homage to Frank Lloyd Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fallingwater residence built over a waterfall in Pennsylvania. Planks of sapele wood are staggered at three levels; one holds a vessel sink, another a drop-in. Stand back and imagine water cascading down the steps.

he result: Californian, likely Monterey on a cliff overlooking the Pacific. In Moore County, perhaps a turning point for farm gentry retired from gritty northern metropolises. However, Mark Redinger’s highly personal interpretation will not likely be duplicated. It stands a monument to the physician-turned-philosopher seeking freedom, as stated, from repetition and monotony. He feels a Zen vibe in the house that, he says, keeps on giving. True, the process may have been painstaking — persnickety, his word. But for him the finished product justifies attention to many details. “I spend so much time here. Now, I feel at home.” PS

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September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret. — Alexander Theroux

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As the last swallowtail glides above the golden landscape, disappearing beyond the sunflower graveyard like a dream, the babes of summer lament. Gallon-bags of blackberries packed in the freezer, and yet we cannot hold this glorious season, cannot ask the crickets to extend their song. A dwindling procession of bees draw their final sips from the flowering crape myrtle, and as the leaves begin their epic descent, the days grow shorter. There is nothing to chase, nothing to grasp, nothing to do but watch the light fade. A song of heartbreak from my college years compared the end of summer — the end of a romance — to the end of a carnival. “We watched the season pull up its own stakes . . . ” it began. My heart has since learned the dance of deep surrender, yet the line continues to haunt me, a reminder of nature’s constant transience — and our own. We all know what it’s like to witness the unraveling of sometime magnificent. But how often do we notice that it takes an unraveling to see clearly the beauty of what was right in front of us? In the words of T.S. Eliot, “the end is where we start from.” Leave it to a poet born in September to pen such a line. And as summer disappears with the last of the fireflies, consider its truth. We are starting anew. Autumn is the grand exhale. An unraveling that, if you’re open to it, just might be the very magic you thought you were missing.

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. — T.S. Eliot Stay Golden

Flowering goldenrod paints our late summer landscape dreamy, and yet it may hear its name and cringe. Well-known for its healing properties, goldenrod is a wild edible whose thick clusters of flowers are not, contrary to the popular misbelief, causing your seasonal allergies to flare up. Only windpollinated plants can do that. (We’re on to you, ragweed.) Now that we’ve got that out of the way . . . tea? The Nerdy Farm Wife suggests using two tablespoons of fresh goldenrod flowers (or one tablespoon of dried flowers) per one cup of water. Cover and steep for 15–20 minutes, then strain. If you’ve got it, raw honey will sweeten the pot.

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The Autumnal Equinox arrives on Monday, Sept. 23. Until then, it seems we’re floating between worlds, watching the age-old dance of blossom and decay. Years ago, my brother suggested I read Thomas the Rhymer, a fantasy novel by Ellen Kushner based on a ballad by the same name. In the book, a traveling minstrel is seduced by a fairy queen and taken to Elfland for seven years. Kushner describes an orchard “carpeted in soft grass,” with trees adorned with “their pink and white blossoms — no, they were fresh green leaves — were summer-rich boughs of peaches and apricots — were the ripe tang of autumn fruit . . . ” Thomas narrates: “Every time I looked I saw and breathed a different season. It dizzied my senses.” I think I know exactly what he means. And as all seasons seem to exist simultaneously, it’s time to bring our herbs inside, place them beside the sunny window, acknowledge the inevitable arrival of frost like a distant song growing strong and clear. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme . . . Speaking of thyme, among its many medicinal uses, which include bone health and blood pressure control, the favorite herb is said to cure acne, prevent hair loss and remedy the common cold. Many ancient cultures also share the belief that carrying a sprig of thyme would protect one from negativity. If only Thomas the Rhymer had tucked some up his sleeve . . .

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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. 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. This month’s book is Holes. Can’t read yet? Read along with a grown-up. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. BOOK SALES. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday–Saturday. Monthly sale — history, religion, biographies and more are buy one, get one free, some exclusions apply. Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-7002. JOY OF ART STUDIO. Autumn Arts begins on Sept. 9 and is an after-school program. It develops art skills for all ages. Classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or www.joyof-art.com or www.facebook.com/ Joyscreativespace/ for a complete list of events this month. ORIGAMI DAYS. The exhibit “Origami in the Garden 2” will be going on through Sept. 8. Come unfold your imagination during cultural programs and classes happening twice a month. Visit the website or call for more details. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 or www.capefearbg.org. LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH. Start the month by stopping at the library to renew or sign up for your library card. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. Sunday, September 1 SNAKE SIGNS. 3 p.m. Join park staff on an excursion to search for Sandhills serpents and investigate methods to discover the most elusive animals at Weymouth Woods.

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NFL NIGHT. 5 p.m. Come out and watch the game while enjoying beer specials and an all-you-can-eat wing bar. Cost: $16.95. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com.

OPERA. 4 p.m. Pavarotti, directed by Ron Howard. Tickets are $8. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com.

TRIBUTE CONCERT. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Former Bluegrass Boys pay tribute to the “Father of Bluegrass,” Bill Monroe. Tickets are $20. Robert E. Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www. ticketmesandhills.com.

Tuesday, September 3 FOOD TRUCK. 5 - 8:30 p.m. Jaya's Indian Cuisine. They will also be at Southern Pines Brewing Company on Sept. 10, 17 and 24. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. PINTS AND POSES. 6 -7 p.m. Enjoy a yoga class for all levels and a beer. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. Wednesday, September 4 SANDHILLS WOMAN’S EXCHANGE. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. The historic cabin will reopen for the 98th season. Keep an eye out for the “Tea Time on the Train” fundraiser coming up on December 8. Info: (910) 295-4677 or www. sandhillswe.org. BOOK EVENT. 4 p.m. Gale Galligan with The Babysitters Club #7. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz. PUB NIGHT. Chef Elliott will be serving up three courses dedicated to British fare. Cost: $36. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775 or www.elliottsonlinden.com. Thursday, September 5 FOOD TRUCK. 4 - 9 p.m. Pink Pig BBQ & Shrimp. They will also be at Southern Pines Brewing Company on Sept. 12, 19 and 26. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com.

Friday, September 6 ANIMAL HABITATS. 10 a.m. Come find out which animals live where as we read a book, do some activities and make a craft. Geared toward 3-5-year-olds to do with their parents. Free and open to the public. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. POTLUCK LUNCHEON. 12 p.m. Seniors 55 and older can participate in a free potluck lunch. Bring a small dish and enjoy great food and fellowship. Ten games of bingo will follow the lunch with prizes for winners. Cost: $2 for Southern Pines residents; $4 non-residents. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or www.southernpines.net/136/ Recreation-Parks. ART RECEPTION. 5 - 7 p.m. Join us for the opening reception of “Presidential Inspirations After 25 Years.” The exhibit highlights artwork of past presidents of the League board of directors. The exhibit will remain open through Sept. 26. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artisleague.org. FIRST FRIDAY. 5 - 8 p.m. This First Friday will feature Fireside Collective. Admission is free. There will be food trucks and alcohol for sale. No outside alcohol. Sponsored by Realty World of the Pines and Pinehurst Surgical Women’s Care Center. First Bank Stage at the Sunrise, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or www.sunrisetheater.com.

CA L E N DA R ART EXHIBIT. 6 - 8 p.m. The Arts Council of Moore County invites you to attend the new exhibit, “The Light Within.” The exhibit is free and open to the public. Campbell House Galleries, 482 E. Connecticut Ave. Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.mooreart.org. Saturday, September 7 ART AND WINE WALK. 4 - 8 p.m. Come enjoy a food sampling paired with wines plus works from the local artist community. Local chefs and caterers will provide a culinary showcase of foods. There will be a diverse selection of local artists showing their works as well as some performing artists. Tickets are $35. Village of Pinehurst, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.insidepinehurst.com/events/art-wine-walk/. KIDS PROGRAM. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join us as we explore fun fall activities and crafts while learning about the different parts of the library. Bring a friend and sign up for a free library card. This event is free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.giventufts.org.

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SANDHILLS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB. Starting at 7 p.m. “Astrophotography Update” presented by Johnny Horne, contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine will look at the latest techniques, software and equipment available today to capture images of faraway celestial objects like Mars, Saturn and interstellar clouds of dust and helium called nebula. Theatre of the Hannah Marie Bradshaw Activities Center of The O'Neal School at 3300 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: jpatota@gmail.com or visit www.sandhillsphotoclub.org. Tuesday, September 10 LIVE NOVEL EVENT. 2:30 p.m. A live, simulcast event from London with Margaret Atwood as she introduces her new novel, The Testaments. Tickets are $16 and all seats are reserved. This event is co-sponsored with The Country Bookshop. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. BEYOND BRICK AND MORTAR. 5:30 p.m. This roundtable discussion will feature business leaders from Southern Pines and surrounding communities as they reveal their perspectives on starting their own business. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PINTS AND POSES. 6 - 7 p.m. Enjoy a yoga class for all levels and a beer. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. Wednesday, September 11 SENIORS TRIP. 8:30 a.m. Seniors 55 and older can join Southern Pines Recreation & Parks to travel to Moncure to experience the Jordan Lake Boat Tour. Lunch to follow. Cost: $26 for Southern Pines residents; $52 for non-residents. Bus will depart at 8:30 a.m. from the Campbell House Playground parking lot and return by 3 p.m. Campbell House Playground, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

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CA L E N DA R BABIES, SONGS AND READ ALONGS. 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Join us for a new library program for ages newborn - 3. We will combine simple stories, music and movement to engage and entertain the little bookworms. Limited seating. Registration required. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www. giventufts.org. Sign up with www.ticketmesandhills.com. LOW COUNTRY BOIL. 4 p.m. Come join the yearly low country boil offering shellfish and all the fixings. Cost: $19.95. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com. ARTISTS MEETUP. 5 - 7 p.m. The Arts Council of Moore County invites all creative types to meet up and get to know each other, share creative passions and improve our community through the arts. Hastings Art Gallery, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-2787. Thursday, September 12 GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 p.m. Join our panel of experts as we discover more about the banned book world in honor of Banned Book Month. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.giventufts.org. READ BETWEEN THE PINES. 5:30 p.m. Join the library’s newest book club for adults to discuss amazing books. The first book will be The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty. Southern Pines Fire Station No. 2, intersection of Waynor Road and N.C. 22, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. SUPPER ON THE GROUNDS. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Come out to the grounds at Weymouth Center for a family event with great barbecue from Jordan’s of West End and music by Momma Molasses. Weymouth

Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com or www.weymouthcenter.org. SMOKEHOUSE ON THE PATIO. Master chefs are throwing down heat on the grill. This will be a buffet style three-course dining experience serving pulled pork, brisket, spare ribs and all the fixings. Cost: $36. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775 or www.elliottsonlinden.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Open mic with The Parsons. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com. Friday, September 13 GARDENING PRESENTATION. 1 - 2 p.m. Mark Weathington, director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at N.C. State University, will present “Gardening in the South.” Program is free, but registration is required. Ball Visitors Center in the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3882 or landscapegardening@sandhills.edu. MEET THE ARTISTS. 5 - 7 p.m. Meet Jessie Mackay, Jane Casnellie, Charlie Roberts, Ellen Burke and Louise Price, all artists of Hollyhocks Art Gallery. Enjoy a glass of wine and a chance to try painting with three different easels set up at the gallery. Free event. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 639-4823 or www. hollyhocksartgallery.com. FOOD TRUCK. 5 - 8:30 p.m. Anatolia Turkish Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com.

LIVE AFTER FIVE. 5:15 - 9 p.m. Tony Barnes will be kicking off the night. There will be live music, kids’ activities and food trucks on-site. Free. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-8656 or www. vopnc.org. MOVIE IN THE PARK. 7:30 p.m. Join Southern Pines Recreation & Parks to watch the movie Up. Concessions will be available for purchase. Bring a blanket or chair. Downtown Southern Pines, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. Saturday, September 14 TREASURE TRAIL. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Come to the fun, free and educational Children’s Treasure Trail. Children age 10 and under can learn about butterflies, snakes, gems and minerals. There will also be a planting station, garden stone painting, face painting and much more. Horticultural Gardens, Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 695-3882 or landscapegardening@ sandhills.edu. CHILDREN’S PROGRAM. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join this month’s program where the theme is “Hats Off to Reading!” For children of all ages with a parent or guardian. Boyd Library, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. RSVP to: konoldm@sandhills.edu. STEAM. 11 a.m. Craft tables will be out all day. At 11 a.m. join the library staff for the Amazing Library Race. This program is for children kindergarten through fifth grade. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. WEYMOUTH HIKE. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Join the Friends of Weymouth Woods-themed hike with prizes, a casual social and barbecue supper. Free for current Friends members. Membership is $10/individual; $15/family per year. Meet like-minded nature lovers and get involved with Weymouth

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CA L E N DA R Woods. Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. RSVP and information: (910) 692-2167 or wewofriends@gmail.com. Sunday, September 15 CARVERY. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Enjoy a carvery of our traditional Sunday roast. Cost: $21.95. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www. theslyfoxpub.com. BAYARD WOOTTEN LECTURE. 2 p.m. Lecturer Stephen J. Fletcher, photographic archivist, North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give a presentation and overview of Bayard Wootten’s life and career. The discussion will focus on her connection to the Sandhills. Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2051. EXPLORATIONS FOR ADULTS. 3 p.m. Work on your family plan, learn about community organizations, and figure out what to do in the aftermath of a disaster. This workshop is provided through FEMA grant funding. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. FAMILY TALES. 3 p.m. Children ages 3 through third grade and their families can enjoy stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading as well as social/emotional development. Capacity is limited to 25 children and their caregivers per session, and check-in with a valid Southern Pines Public Library card is required. Southern Pines Fire Station No. 2, intersection of Waynor Road and N.C. 22, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. AMERICAN WOOD DUCK. 3 p.m. Join park staff for a 1-mile hike through the wetlands of Weymouth Woods to visit areas frequented by one of North America’s most unique ducks. Free and open to the public. Weymouth

Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. YOGA ON THE LAWN. 3 - 4 p.m. Jayne Smith, owner of Village Yoga, will host a yoga on the lawn event. All levels welcome. Cost: $10/Weymouth members; $15/nonmembers. Pre-registration required. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261. Tickets: www.weymouthcenter.org. CONCERT EVENT. Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day with Andy Cooney. A live Celtic music concert. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Sam Frazier, Striking Copper. Cost: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. Monday, September 16 WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH. 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. The monthly business meeting will begin at 10 a.m. followed by speaker Mary Beth Poplyk, executive director of the Sunrise Theater. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6926261. Info: www.weymouthcenter.org. EXPLORING ART. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Join Ellen Burke for an evening of wine and art appreciation with the topic “Frida and Diego: Passion, Conflict and Mexican Modernism.” Cost is $20, which includes wine. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (603) 966-6567 or exploringartellen3@gmail.com. Tuesday, September 17 VOTERS MEETING. 11:30 a.m. The League of Women

Voters of Moore County will meet for a program and luncheon. Cost is $20. Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, 1010 Midland Road, Southern Pines. Info and RSVP: charlottegallagher@gmail.com. LIT WITS. 5:30 p.m. Join the library’s teen book club for 11 - 15-year-olds. You can check out your copy of this month’s book, Esperanza Rising, at the library from Sept. 1 through Sept. 16. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. JAMES BOYD BOOK CLUB. 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. PINTS AND POSES. 6 -7 p.m. Enjoy a yoga class for all levels and a beer. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. EVENING WORKSHOP. 6 - 8 p.m. Learn to make earrings for yourself or a friend. Refreshments will be available. Limited space, so reserve your seat. Cost is $25. Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.giventufts.org. MOAA DINNER. 6 - 9 p.m. The Sandhills Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America will have its 40th anniversary dinner. It will celebrate the chapter’s long history. The guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Mike Erwin. Tickets are $30. Pinehurst Member’s Club, 1 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. TRIVIA NIGHT. 6:30 p.m. The theme is: Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? You could possibly win a $50 gift prize. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com.

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CA L E N DA R Wednesday, September 18 DAY TOUR. 8 a.m. The Moore County Historical Association presents a day tour to the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont. A special exhibit of glass flowers will be on display throughout the garden. Tour is through Kirk Tours. Cost: $100/ MCHA members; $110/non-members. Departs from the Shaw House, 110 Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 295-2257 or email info@moorehistory.com. Thursday, September 19 BOOK CLUB MEETING. 10:30 a.m. The Douglass Center Book Club will meet for discussion. Books can be picked up at the library. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE. 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be historian Craig Swain. His presentation will be “Into a Marshy No-Man’s Land: Intelligence and Special Operations on the South Carolina and Georgia Coasts, 1852-65.” Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Open to the public. Civic Club, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashe Street, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-0452 or mafarina@aol.com. CELEBRATE THE APPLE. Join us for a three-course dining event expanding what the apple can do for the palate. Cost: $36. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775 or www. elliottsonlinden.com. Friday, September 20 EQUESTRIAN EVENT. Timberland CT and HDT. Divisions: DT-Training, Preliminary, Intermediate, and Intermediate II. CT - Training, Preliminary, Intermediate and Intermediate II. This event continues through Sept. 22. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. FOOD TRUCK. 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Bulkogi Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Jack the Radio. Cost: $10. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www. ticketmesandhills.com. THEATER PERFORMANCE. 7 p.m. Missoula Children’s Theater presents Jack and the Beanstalk. There will be a second performance on Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. This is an Arts Council of Moore County program. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. REPERTORY THEATRE. 7:30 p.m. The Sandhills Repertory Theatre presents “The Frank Sinatra Songbook.” The show will also run on Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35/general admission; $32/ seniors, military and Moore County teachers; $20/students. Hannah Bradshaw Activities Center, O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www. sandhillsrep.org. MOVIES BY THE LAKE. 7:45 - 9:45 p.m. Enjoy family movies on the big screen. This month’s movie is How to Train Your Dragon 3. Admission is free and concessions will be available for purchase. Aberdeen Lake Park Recreation Station, 301 Lake Park Crossing, Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9447275 or www.townofaberdeen.net. Saturday, September. 21 STEIN HOISTING CONTEST. 11:30 a.m. Watch who has the best brawn and hoisting technique while enjoying some brats. Winner will receive free beer the first week of Oktoberfest. The Sly Fox will be celebrating Oktoberfest through Oct. 6 by adding a German menu. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www. theslyfoxpub.com.

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FOOD TRUCK. 12 - 6 p.m. Chriba Chriba Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. BOOK EVENT. 2 p.m. Max Brallier with The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www. thecountrybookshop.biz. POURS IN THE PINES. 2 - 6 p.m. Pours in the Pines Beer Festival returns for its fourth year. This is a 21 and older event. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 638-5405. EATS, BEATS AND BREWS. 5 - 9 p.m. The food truck rodeo is back offering a variety of your favorite local vendors. Wine and beer will be available for purchase. There will also be live entertainment and kids’ activities. Village Arboretum, 375 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 2952917 or www.vopnc.org. SEPTEMBER DANCE. 6:30 p.m. Join us for an evening of dancing at the Elks Lodge. The September dance is the annual Black and White Ball. Formal dress not required. Free dance lesson at 7 p.m. Dance until 9:30 p.m. No membership required. Carolina Pines Chapter of USA Dance. Southern Pines Elks Lodge, 280 Country Club Circle, Southern Pines. Info: (919) 770-1975.

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NATURE INSPIRATIONS. 3 p.m. This program will help you channel your creative energy as we do simple poetry and drawing exercises along the trail. All ages welcome, and no previous writing or art skills required. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Laurelyn Dosett, Anya Hinkle. Cost: $20. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. Monday, September 23 SIP AND PAINT FUNDRAISER. 5 p.m. Join local artist Jane Casnellie for a fundraiser for the Woman’s Exchange of Pinehurst. No experience necessary and all materials included as well as your wine. Come support a local nonprofit. Cost: $35. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 639-4823 or www. janecasnellie.com. SANDHILLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING. 7 p.m. Jackie Hough, naturalist and member of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, will present “A History of Bees and Beekeeping in North Carolina.” Visitors welcome. Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org. Tuesday, September 24 LUNCH AND LEARN. 12 -1 p.m. Join Moore County Master Gardeners Larry Allen and John Bowman for a program on vermicomposting. This program is free and will introduce you to using worms to recycle food waste

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Wednesday, September 25 BABIES, SONGS AND READ ALONGS. 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Join us for a new library program for ages newborn - 3. We will combine simple stories, music and movement to engage and entertain the little bookworms. Limited seating. Registration required. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www. giventufts.org. Sign up with www.ticketmesandhills.com. WRITER IN RESIDENCE READING. 5:30 - 7 p.m. Michael Croley will read from his 2019 collection of stories, Any Other Place. A light reception will follow the reading. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. MUSICIANS JAM SESSION. 6 - 9 p.m. Bring your instrument and beverage or just come and enjoy the music. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. Thursday, September 26 LITERARY EVENING. 5:30 - 9 p.m. Join in for an evening with Mary Alice Monroe, featuring a talk from the New York Times best-selling author, a fashion show by J. McLaughlin, live and silent auctions and more. Co-hosted by the Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills and The Country

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FALL OPEN HOUSE. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hollyfield Design is hosting a Fall Open House featuring locally-sourced products, fall wreaths and centerpieces and fresh fall porch decor. Join us for a taste of fall and get great ideas for your holiday decorating. The open house continues through September 28. Hollyfield Design, 130 E. Illinois Ave., Southern Pines. Info: 910-692-7243. Saturday, September 28 CRAFT DAY. All day event. The library will feature projects in celebration of National Fishing Day. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. CRAFT SALE. 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Craft vendors will include Purse Unique, handmade jewelry, custom corn hole boards, woodworking, crochet items, yard decor and more. There will be a Brunswick stew lunch for $6. West End United Methodist Church, 4015 N.C. Hwy. 73, West End. Info: (910) 215-5203. AUTHOR DISCUSSION. 10 a.m. Author and retired psychologist Dr. Mardy Grothe will present “How Quotations Can Improve, Enlarge, and Even Change Your Life.” Sponsored by Central Carolina’s Phi Beta Kappa Association. Coffee and pastries will be served at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $12 and $6 for students. Country Club of North Carolina, 1600 Morganton Road, Pinehurst. Info: (703) 618-1161.

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WILDINGS PROGRAM. 10 a.m. It is “Take a Child Outside” week, so bring your kids ages 6 – 10 to learn what it takes to be a junior ranger. Get a new activity book and earn a Weymouth Woods patch and certificate. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods Visitor Center, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or www.southernpines.net/136/Recreation-Parks. BLOCK PARTY. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Come for a family friendly, all-day event to celebrate the first anniversary of Pinehurst Brewing Co. There will be live music, food, drinks and kids’ activities. Tickets range from $10 - $85. Pinehurst Brewing Co., 300 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. BRAT COOK-OFF. 12 p.m. This will be a competition to see who does the best brats between Sly Fox and Elliott’s chefs. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com. FOOD TRUCK. 12 - 8 p.m. One Nine Drive Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. Sunday, September 29 SYMPHONY. 3 p.m. Opening night of the North Carolina Symphony begins with Mozart’s grand “Symphony No. 31.” Tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person at The Country Bookshop, Campbell House or Tufts Archives. Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (877) 627-6724 or www.ncsymphony.org. UNWINDING THE WEB. 3 p.m. Unwind some of the confusion and fear behind spiders on a 1-mile hike weaving through different spider myths while searching for webs. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines.

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CA L E N DA R Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, Thomm Jutz. Cost: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. Monday, September 30 BOOK EVENT. 5 p.m. Jon Sealy with The Edge of America. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz. VIOLIN CONCERT. 8 p.m. Mark and Maggie O’Connor offer a collection of American music through violin solos and duos. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.sunrisetheater.com. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, October 5 AUTUMNFEST. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The annual fall festival will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts booths, food, runs and walks and children’s activities. Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or www.mooreart.org. Sunday, October 6 THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. James Maddock, Julian Loida. Cost: $20. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www. ticketmesandhills.com. WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays COFFEE AND CONVERSATION. 9 - 10:30 a.m. Adults 55 and older can come out to watch their favorite morning

shows or discuss different topics. Bring your own coffee or bring in $1 to share ours. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. INDOOR WALKING. 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Improve balance, blood pressure and maintain healthy bones with one of the best methods of exercise. Classes are held at the same time Monday through Friday. Ages 55 and up. Cost for six months: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Southern Pines Recreation Center, 210 Memorial Park Ct., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. BABY RHYMES: READ TO YOUR BUNNY. 10:30 a.m. This story time, reserved for ages birth to 24 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Dates this month are Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30. Programs are limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in with their valid Southern Pines Public Library full or limited access cards. Southern Pines Fire Station #2, intersection of Waynor Road and N.C. 22, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. MASTER GARDENER TRAINING. 6 - 8 p.m. Receive a high level of training in all aspects of horticulture. Training fee is $85 for those accepted into the program. Moore County Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. Info: (910) 947-3188. MASTER GARDENER HELP LINE. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. If

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you have a garden problem, a garden pest, a question, or if you want help deciding on plant choices, call the Moore County Agriculture Cooperative Extension Office. Knowledgeable Master Gardener Volunteers will research the answers for you. The help line is available Monday through Friday and goes through October 31. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. Info: (910) 947-3188. WORKOUTS. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Adults 55 and older are invited to get their workout on. Cost for six months: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. The gym is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. Tuesdays TRIVIA GAMES. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Adults 55 and older can compete with friends in trivia games to see who knows the most about everything. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. BABY RHYMES: READ TO YOUR BUNNY. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions). This story time, reserved for ages birth to 24 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Dates this month are Sept. 10, 17 and 24. Programs are limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to story time 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. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 10–11:30 a.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost

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CA L E N DA R 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. GAME DAY. 12 p.m. Enjoy Bid Whist and other cool games in the company of great friends. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TABLE TENNIS. 7 - 9 p.m. Enjoy playing this exciting game every Tuesday. Cost for six months is $15 for residents of Southern Pines and $30 for non-residents. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. Wednesdays COFFEE AND CONVERSATION. 9 - 10:30 a.m. Adults 55 and older can come out to watch their favorite morning shows or discuss different topics. Bring your own coffee or bring $1 to share ours. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. Especially for children ages 3 - 5, this story time 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 Sept. 11, 18 and 25. Stay for playtime. This event is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to story time 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.

TAP CLASS. 11:30 a.m - 1 p.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. 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. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. FARM TO TABLE. Join Sandhills Farm to Table Co-op by ordering a subscription of local produce to support our local farmers. Info: (910) 722-1623 or www. sandhillsfarm2table.com. Thursdays GIVEN STORY TIME. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3 - 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. TODDLER TUNES. 10:30 a.m. Especially for children ages 18 - 36 months, this program will incorporate stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games to foster language and motor skill development.

Dates this month are Sept. 12, 19 and 26. This event is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to story time 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. MAHJONG (Chinese version). 1–3 p.m. A game played by four people involving skill, strategy and calculation. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. CHESS. 1–3 p.m. All levels of players welcome. You need a chess set to participate. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. YOGA IN THE GARDEN. 6 - 7 p.m. Bring a yoga mat, water bottle and open mind to enjoy this all level class to improve flexibility, build strength and relax. Cost per class: Free/member; $10/non-member per session or $30 for four classes. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays HISTORY OF PINEHURST TOUR. 11 a.m. and 1 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.

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Celebrate Heritage Month In Scotland County Five Weekends • Four Festivals • Tons of Family Fun.

KUUMBA FESTIVAL Celebration of our African-American Heritage. Saturday, September 28th from 9:00 to 4:00 In downtown Laurinburg Free www.kuumbafestnc.org

SCOTLAND COUNTY JOHN BLUE COTTON HIGHLAND GAMES FESTIVAL Saturday, October 5th Celebrates our rural roots. from 9:00 to 4:00 at the October 12th at the NC Rural Heritage Center. NC Rural Heritage Center. Advanced ticket are $12 $5 for adults. for adults, $3 for children Free for children ($15 and $5 at the door). 6 and under. carolina-highlandgames.com www.johnblue-cottonfestival.com

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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.

September 4th at 4pm GALE GALLIGAN The Babysitters Club #7

A brand-new graphic novel adapted by USA Today bestselling author Gale Galligan! Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City: There’s a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand... and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen! Mary Anne thinks that Stacey should leave Scott alone and focus on the Pike kids, but Stacey’s in love. Looking for reasons to hang around his lifeguard stand takes up all of her time, which means Mary Anne has to do the job of two baby-sitters. Mary Anne doesn’t like it one bit! How can she tell Stacey that Scott just isn’t interested without ruining their friendship and breaking Stacey’s heart?

September 21st at 2pm MAX BRALLIER

The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade Max Brallier, the creator of The Last Kids on Earth, is riding into town in Big Mama, the tricked out post-apocalyptic pickup truck from the series. They will will be parked in front of the bookshop for a meet and greet and incredible photo ops! We will have lots of other fun and games to go along with the release of the latest installment, AND the premiere of the Netflix Original Animated Series. Surviving their first winter after the Monster Apocalypse was no easy feat, yet Jack and his buddies waste no time springing to action against some of the nastiest, most evil monsters around.

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ANNE GARDINER PERKINS Yale Needs Women:

How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating “one thousand male leaders” each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation’s top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women’s equality in education. Or was it? Anne Gardiner Perkins’ unflinching account of a group of young women striving for change is an inspiring story of strength, resilience, and courage that continues to resonate today.

September 30th at 5pm JON SEALY The Edge of America

Bobby West is on the edge. As chief financial officer for a Miami holding company and a CIA front, he has over-leveraged his business in the gogo 1980s financial culture. He turns to a deal-with-the-devil money laundering operation with a local gangster, Alexander French - a deal which quickly goes south when $3 million goes missing. Now Mr. French, a group of Cuban exiles, and an Israeli smuggler named Adriana Chekhov are all after Bobby West to pay up. With echoes of Iran-Contra and the Orwellian surveillance state, The Edge of America is a stunning thriller about greed, power, and the limits of the American dream.

DAV PILKEY WITH DOG MAN & CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! October 4th 6:30pm at Robert E Lee Auditorium Information and tickets available at www.ticketmesandhills.com

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Guts, Game and the Good Life Virgos have it all

By Astrid Stellanova

By September, ole summertime holds on like the last drop of sweat.

September-born Virgo children have guts and game — and a taste for the good life, especially if you can plate it or pour it in a fancy glass. A few: Queen Elizabeth I, Prince Harry, Greta Garbo and Lauren Bacall, and the first woman to run for President, Victoria Woodhull. To that add a short list of a long list of actors: Charlie Sheen, Danielle Brooks, Lily Tomlin, Michael Keaton and Salma Hayek. Plum crazy, right? Virgo birthday celebrations sizzle like frog legs (or fried chicken) in a cast-iron pan. The Colonel himself, Harlan Sanders, was a finger-lickin’ Virgo. Let’s talk food and drink, Star Children.

Virgo (August 23–September 22) That famous old curmudgeon Hemingway said he drank to make other people interesting. What makes you break out the bubbly? If nothing else, celebrate a year of wild-child creativity at the cusp. This may just be your best year ever, Sugar Foot. So hit the dance floor, do the worm, get down tonight, and savor that muscadine slurpee. Libra (September. 23–October 22) The slump you’ve been in is going to come to an end. Best of all, you will have a breakthrough versus a breakdown. Somebody close to you is biting their tongue and you owe them. Treat ’em right; your tastes in spirits are downright amazing, and you owe more than one round. Scorpio (October 23–November 21) When you did one of those drink-and-paint the ducky nights, turns out you sure do have a gift — for drinking. Don’t sulk, because your ducky was the most original. Originality is one of your trademarks, but so is radio silence, Honey. Open up and call a friend. Sagittarius (November 22–December 21) You got catfished. Conned. But it wasn’t all a failure, Sugar. The catfish in life keep the rest of us on our tippy toes. You won’t be caught again. And, it keeps you intrigued. Plus, catfish themselves are pretty damn tasty dipped in corn meal and fried up. Capricorn (December 22–January 19) Your mouth may be saying cheese, chocolate and a malted, but your jeans are saying, for goddsakes, order soup and salad. The bingeing was fun, Honey Bun, but now it’s done and get your sweet self back in training for that killer fall wardrobe you wanna rock. Aquarius (January 20–February 18) You get emotional just doing the Happy Baby pose in yoga. And you have been known to express your feelings in the most unusual ways, Sugar. Whatever has made you so vulnerable is intensifying but will release by the month’s end so you find a way to chill without a smoothie or a milkshake.

Pisces (February 19–March 20) Innocent soybeans died for your veggie burger, Sugar. You have imposed a lot of strict ideas on yourself and others, but remember you can’t survive without making a lot of choices. And some are going to be far harder than skipping a mouthwatering bacon cheeseburger. Aries (March 21–April 19) Well, a good friend just pickled your okra, didn’t they? Now you have to put up or shut up, which is a Devil’s bargain. There’s no shame in just holding back one more hot minute before you unload your bucket. Patience is going to be your best ally. Taurus (April 20–May 20) Sure, you can make wine disappear, but, Honey, that is not some kind of a super power. Not exactly. But, in one way, the best thing you can do is keep your mouth full, because not everybody is buying what you have been selling lately. Gemini (May 21–June 20) You are at a crossroads, Sweet Pea. Can you be honest all of the time? Because you have hurt some people who care about you and left them wondering if you care for them. Do not feel compelled to tell Aunt Ida her cooking stinks. She’s too old and too tired from a lifetime at the hot stove. Cancer (June 21–July 22) You towed your bass boat to the wrong lake. You backed into the wrong situation. Maybe you put in, maybe you fished, but you are in the wrong place, Honey. If you can find a graceful exit, go home and grill the catch of the day before you get hooked. Leo (July 23–August 22) Were you slurring or trying to talk in cursive, Sugar? Seriously, you were way more entertaining than you even remember. Now you have to get some steel in your back and face up to a situation that will require you to be sober and serious — if only about what you will cook for dinner. 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.

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The In-Between Place Our spirits swing softly on the porch

It’s the first porch I’ve had since my

parents sold the century-old Pinebluff bed-and-breakfast where our seven-person family grew up. Compared to that stately porch, complete with a swing, white columns and a hardwood floor painted eggshell blue every few years by my mother, my little porch isn’t much. Four-by-eight feet perched on cinderblocks, it swells in the humidity so my door sticks and stays open all day. What is it about calling a few extra feet of raised platform your own? Where you roll out a rag rug and sit cross-legged under the eaves, listening to the rain? Where you’re home, but out of reach, a closed screen door between you and the phone, the laundry, and keeping things too tidy? The steps are perfect for practicing chords on the guitalele. The railing is perfect for the dreaming cat. Porches are the archetypes of observation, story, and song. Our spirits reach out, a little keener to embrace, when our bodies find themselves in certain home places — kitchens, gardens, porches. In Alaska, where heavy freezes conflict with porches, I’d forgotten how much I’d missed them, especially this time of year. Now, most weekends, my car is the only one left in the driveway of the school I’m attending in the North Carolina mountains. I’m usually here on my porch, reading, looking and listening. These Indian summer days are gauzy, beguiling. Like a good front porch, September is a place of in-betweens, and the nostalgia for those things that flee too quickly. The pear and fig trees in my Memaw’s yard are heavy with fruit. Wasps still hum for the mid-afternoon heat and the juice. But when

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I turn my head for just a moment, an apple-red crispness or oak leaf musk catches me, setting a chord quivering from my heart to the soles of my feet. Colder days are coming. Summer is buttressed by non-summer. We live in the soft imprint of relinquishing and anticipating. The fireflies, bullfrogs and locusts quiet down; the poison ivy gives its bright red self away. Children turn pecan shells into tea sets; blankets into caves. We pull the kale and spinach from the garden and sow a fall crop. Dig our corduroys and sweaters from the attic, stumbling across an old box of photos and handmade ornaments, soon for the tree. Something about September, its color and feeling, grounds our hearts in the plain things, the old memories. Like banjos, guitars and washboard basses gathered on porches for jam sessions in the country. Homemade ice cream and the laps of laughing aunts swinging beachward on a screen porch within earshot of the ocean. Spinning wind chimes and seconds counted between thunder and lightning so many evenings on the front porch of a childhood home. One-Mississippi; twoMississippi; three. While summer slows us out of necessity and we move to the pace of its heat, in September we slow a bit more intentionally. Losing the light day by day, minute by minute wraps us in a certain prolonging. The last of the fireflies; the first day of school. The last of the heat lightning; the first harvest moon. From the porch, the literal place between worlds, we revisit these moments that make us, ever reshaping. PS Katherine Smith is a wild-prone witness who grew up swinging from ivy vines and hunting water lilies in Pinebluff, North Carolina. She has returned to her home state to study clinical herbalism at the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine in Lowgap, calling Ireland and Alaska home in the interim.

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