D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

The Civil Rights Revolution—inside and on the ground

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 19, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Do you remember seeing photos of the 50th anniversary reunion of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg? Aging veterans from both sides of that war gathered to remember together the horrors of the battle and to celebrate their...

Fiction tells the truth about North Carolina’s changing rural landscape

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 12, 2011 | D.G. Martin

We have changed. More urban. Less rural and farming. At least that is what the latest Census is telling us. But the story is more complicated. It is more interesting, too. Out in the formerly all-rural counties of our state, new...

More help for farm fresh food eaters

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 5, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Last week I introduced you to two authors of new food books that celebrate the joys of preparing and eating fresh farm food in season. In that column I wrote about Andrea Reusing’s “Cooking In The Moment: A Year of Seasonal...

Help for farm fresh food eaters—part one

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 28, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What is North Carolina’s most widely available summertime pleasure that we most often pass by without partaking? It is the bounty of delicious fresh foods that are available throughout the state all summer long. I have been...

Why do North Carolinians love pirates so much?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 21, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Pirates in North Carolina again? Yes, we remember Black Beard. Most authorities now agree that the shipwreck we thought was Black Beard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is just that. The big news about the recovery of the ship’s...

North Carolina books for summer reading

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 14, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Summer is here. Are there some North Carolina books in your summer reading book bag? If not, here are some possibilities from authors who will be featured on upcoming programs on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Rachel, the...

Another war we cannot win?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 7, 2011 | D.G. Martin

One lesson America is reluctant to learn: Wars are easer to declare than to win. Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya elude the kind of total victory our country achieved in World War II. And we have other declared wars...

A short North Carolina history lesson

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 31, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Here is my list, compiled about 10 years ago of the most important events in 20th Century North Carolina. It is a good time to reassess, but I am sticking with what I wrote back then. The election of 1900. The white supremacy...

An aerotropolis in North Carolina?

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 24, 2011 | D.G. Martin

But what about North Carolina airports? How do our major airports and associated metropolitan areas fit into the concepts for the future of the world’s mega airport cities discussed in the new book, “Aerotropolis: The Way...

Outside the banks—the Mississippi and you and me

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 18, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The Mississippi River has gone “wild” again. When it happened back in 1993, it led me to compare the challenges of managing a river and managing our lives, both sometimes moving outside their defined channels. Here is what I...

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