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February Almanac

Tweet If the recent spell of warm weather has you thumbing through the seed catalogs you may want to check out the new zone map [...]
February 4, 2012 | Posted in: Miscellany, Weather & Climate | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

January Almanac

Tweet The days are short, The sun a spark Hung thin between The dark and dark. — John Updike, “January” Here in the Piedmont, January [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in: Items of Interest, Miscellany | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

On my way home

Tweet Saw things that would tear your heart out.
September 11, 2011 | Posted in: Miscellany | Comments closed | Full Story »

Testing

TweetJust testing mobile blogging in preparation of a trip east.
September 10, 2011 | Posted in: Miscellany, The Coast | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

September Almanac

Tweet Irene reminded us that even though the nights are cooling down a bit, the energy of the summer is still around, much of it [...]
September 3, 2011 | Posted in: Items of Interest, Miscellany | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story »

North side of the island

Tweet Payed a quick post-Irene visit to the north side of Pleasure Island. Observations about about three days after landfall. The large rocks that face [...]
September 1, 2011 | Posted in: Hurricanes, Miscellany, Nature, The Coast | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story »

Fishing on the first day of summer

TweetA short film of fishing boats
July 2, 2011 | Posted in: Miscellany, The Coast | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

The origins of Cackalacky

Here’s a wonderful story from this spring’s Carrboro Commons on the origins of the word Cackalacky. It’s one of those slang words that has spanned at least a couple of generations, maybe more.
May 21, 2010 | Posted in: Miscellany | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story »

White brackted sedge

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May 9, 2010 | Posted in: Miscellany | Comments closed | Full Story »

Valley of the time zones

Tweet This year, with a long winter and a slow to start spring, we’re really feeling the new(ish) sped up timing of daylight savings. You [...]
March 14, 2010 | Posted in: Miscellany | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »