Thoughts on Independence Day
There is something special about witnessing Independence Day fireworks at the edge of this continent. With the darkness of the sea as a backdrop, it as though the explosions that light the sky are...
Category: Opinion
I’ll Give You Something To Be Embarrassed About!
By Lindsey Beasley Dianna- *This is my junior prom dress. I hang it in our coat closet and present it to the children when necessary. Why? Allow me to explain… ...
A Festival of Lights
By Kip Tabb – We don’t think of light as a miracle any more, yet that memory of a time when we held back the darkness with a single candle is still with us....
Veteran’s Day-An Appreciation
By Kip Tabb – My father, who passed away last year, was a veteran of WWII. He served in the Navy, was stationed in the Aleutians where he loaded ordinance onto PBYs for a...
Raising Will Ferrell (Every Night Live!)
Two is an age that is ridiculous, hilarious, outrageous and possibly offensive—all descriptors, not coincidently, which describe Will Ferrell’s greatest comedic roles. We are all characters in our own undocumented reality show, Raising Will Ferrell: The Terribly Hilarious Twos.
An End to Sparring over the Bonner Bridge?
Opinion by Kip Tabb – Like two heavyweight boxers who have fought too many matches, all of them to a draw, it looks as though NCDOT and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have...
Failing the 4(f)-Bonner Bridge Goes Back to Lower Court
By Kip Tabb – If lawsuits were boxing matches, the recent ruling on the Bonner Bridge by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would be a split decision, with no clear winner and...
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
By Lindsey Beasley Dianna- This is an intervention. Granted, it’s aimed specifically at myself, but perhaps some of you can relate? My wake-up call came in the form of a question from a precocious...
A Homegrown Taste of Summer
By Amanda McDanel – My grandpa always smelled like tomatoes. Not the fruit itself, but the green herbaceous leaf and it is in fact, one of my favorite scents. I even have a perfume...
Strawberry Picking
By Kip Tabb – There is something about picking your own strawberries on a glorious spring day that reminds us that there is so much right in the world. Not that picking strawberries can...
