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Red, White & Blueberries…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 29, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

I just shipped my Mom, Pat Lopp, off to Texas for the week armed with in-flight essentials: healthy snacks (Kashi granola bars, baggies of nuts and Chex mix and Crystal Light packets to fill her water bottle), a layering piece...

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...

Lessons for Chapelboro from George Washington

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jun 27, 2011 | Common Science

If we are going to use the forum of the Common Science blog to discuss matters of consequence to Chapelboro, I am going to have to persist in the use of multi-part series. I hope you have been following the series on petroleum...

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...

Peak Oil in 5 Paragraphs or Less

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jun 18, 2011 | Common Science

This is part five of the series I am writing about petroleum, which will be the single most important issue for this century. If you want to start at the beginning follow the links below. 1. Nothing Matters More than Oil,...

Traveling In Style…Part II

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 17, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

Traveling In Style…Part II One of last week’s Chapelboro Insiders shared a travel tip that I inadvertently omitted from my list. She keeps her toiletries bag packed with samples and smaller versions of make-up, so she is always...

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...

Farewell to Brood XIX

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jun 11, 2011 | Common Science

Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, has left us and will not return for another 13 years. I will miss them. Is you want to see some great pictures and hear a recording of the cicadas check out the The Cicada Invasion by...

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...

Traveling In Style…Part I

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 7, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

Packing Perils Summer vacation season is upon us. By car, by plane, by boat, by train….you’re bound to be headed somewhere this summer. That means you have the daunting task of packing ahead of you, which takes time, energy,...

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