Columnists/Blogs
Columnists/Blogs
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ANDREA WEIGL
Weigl: Artisans adopt community supported agriculture
Food artisans adopt the community-supported agriculture model to offer more choices to consumers.
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COLUMNISTS/BLOGS
He really knows his stuff
America may be losing its global standing in wealth, educational standings, health outcomes and nutrition, but there’s one area where our global dominance remains unshakeable. We lead the world in stuff.
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LIVING
Pageant babies need to hit the books before the big league contests
Those nutty pageant moms on “Toddlers & Tiaras” might want to pay serious attention to the result of the recent Miss USA Pageant.
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LIVING
Dreams of home projects that may never be
I have a rich fantasy life that involves having a tranquil, tasteful house full of orderly occupants. This particular fantasy is fueled by some of the blogs I read.
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LIVING
Stop this Mister Fix-It before he fixes again
The columnist hates to call in an expert, so with various degrees of success and some bloodletting, he takes on home repairs.
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ANDREA WEIGL
Andrea Weigl: Farmer Foodshare helps farmers feed the hungry
Margaret Gifford started Farmer Foodshare by taking a box to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market to collect unsold food from farmers who otherwise would have pitched it into the compost heap.
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COLUMNISTS/BLOGS
Paying for paying it forward
I had been to the post office and to the bank to cash a check, and on the way home I stopped to get gas.
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COLUMNISTS/BLOGS
New ACC is giving her the vapors
What the what? When Boston College and the University of Miami were invited to join the Atlantic Coast Conference a few years back, nobody asked my opinion and I'm still a little cheesed about the whole thing.
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COLUMNISTS/BLOGS
The loss that lingers in our shattered reality
'What a mess!" I groan as I attack the wisteria invading the hedge along my back yard. Wrapping a vine twice around my gloved hand, I look up and tug as hard as I can. The bushes bend and sway, but the tangled mass won't budge.
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COLUMNISTS/BLOGS
Hard-won trust proves elusive
My brother's house is the last stop for a good stretch of road, with plenty of room to make a swooping 180 for the quick and quiet getaway. And so his yard has been the dump for several abandoned dogs the past few years.


