News isn't all happy....
Often, people make comments online about "happy news" and why the newspaper doesn't have more of it. Papers like to print positive stories; reporters like to write them. Who wants to follow up on a child crippled by a drunk driver or a convenience-store robbery? Papers are slammed for putting ...
Too Hot to Trot....or do anything else
Every time I check the weather website the estimate gets higher: 108 degrees on Saturday. I'm frightened. I know what to do about 20-below zero but have only felt 108 once, in the Middle East -- dry as a bone, where people actually drink hot tea to cool off. Really, ...
At The Farmers' Market...Better Shop Around
Record-setting crowds have attended Moore County Farmers' Markets this spring. There's one almost every day, which helps establish pattern. Early heat and enough rain produced good crops so far. But one thing I notice, especially downtown Southern Pines on Saturday: People fill their shopping bags at the largest, best-stocked stand. ...
What the Queen Needs Now....
All I could think about watching the queen stand for several hours on a barge floating down the Thames (albeit covered) in the wind and heavy rain was poor dear needs a spot of tea. Then, I received several emails from people who read my column in Sunday Scene about ...
