Here’s a weird fact unknown to most central North Carolina newbies … most houses here do not have basements. It’s true! (And sometimes a sore spot for transplants to the area). Missing are the iconic downstairs rooms, illuminated almost entirely… Read More ›
Last Saturday morning, my daughter and I headed to Homewood Nursery in Raleigh for their Fairy Garden Make & Take Workshop. Homewood is an awesome garden center off of Honeycutt Road well-positioned in an area of North Raleigh known for… Read More ›
It is 10:32 a.m., January 2, and I am just getting started on my workday. I’d planned on being up bright and early and having a productive day that started at 8 a.m. but Wake County Public Schools decided to… Read More ›
In keeping with the giving spirit of the holidays, the Raleigh Dream Center, a faith-based non-profit organization serving communities in need, announces its annual Christmas Adopt-A-Block program on Saturday, December 16, 2017. During the event, which runs from 10 a.m…. Read More ›
My husband got the mail the other day while I was out shopping. This is always bad news. Ninety-nine percent of the time he takes no interest in the bills, advertisements, and solicitations that cycle from mailbox to trash or… Read More ›
It is fall in central North Carolina. Late October. Autumn. For this area, that means temperatures may seesaw from the mid-80’s and humid one day, to mid-60’s and dry the next. It is time to aerate and seed the entire… Read More ›
Tuesday Thoughts … I recently wrote an email to the Wake Forest Town Commissioners and Sig Hutchison, commending them on the new section of greenway that is just about completed in town. I was pretty excited about it because it… Read More ›
This content may utilize referral links. Read our disclosure statement for more info. Two months ago, we set out on our first big family trip – the combined result of having a little extra money burning a hole in our… Read More ›
I have about a million things to do between now and Monday. Okay, that’s an exaggeration but still, there’s a lot. Aside from finishing up some interviews, articles, and blog posts, there’s laundry, swim lessons to teach, meeting with the… Read More ›
When I was in college, I had the notion I’d become a photojournalist, traveling the world – no roots, just me and my camera on assignment for National Geographic. I hadn’t been off the East Coast at that point, or… Read More ›