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pring has just about sprung, but as I write this, it’s cloudy, drizzly and about ten degrees too chilly outside—which is why I’m so happy to have Autumn Cobeland’s brilliant artwork on our cover. Her super-saturated paintings of area greenways brighten up any gray day! Much like Cobeland, I’ve been exploring the greenways little by little, on long jogs and weekend bike rides with my kids. I love noticing the ebb and flow of the seasons and the way the light filters differently on early mornings or late afternoons. It’s amazing how something as simple as a path through town can offer a place to connect, reflect and refresh. On some level, each of our features have that same spirit of going back to the fundamentals. When we visit chef Jamie DeMent’s farm, we see how her thoroughly of-the-moment locavore lifestyle is, in reality, the way her forebears lived (p. 78). In Preserving History, we follow a gut renovation whose goal is not to modernize, but to restore a grand Victorian historic home to its original state (p. 94). Our tour through Raleigh Denim Workshop reveals artisans using machines made in the early 20th century to
craft heritage-level garments today (p. 86). Even our beer feature is, ultimately, about local makers tinkering with centuries-old recipes (p. 110). If you enjoy this issue—printed on good, old-fashioned paper!—please visit waltermagazine.com to subscribe. While you’re there, you’ll notice our new web-exclusive content, including stunning sports and music photography (like the shots above), shorter profiles, decorating ideas and more. We hope you agree that there are more great things happening in our community than we can fit into our pages every month!
Ayn-Monique Klahre Editor
Smith Hardy (UNC/VA TECH AT THE DEAN DOME); Gus Samarco (LOUIS YORK AND THE SHINDELLAS AT THE POUR HOUSE)
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