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Well well well...tomorrow’s my last day as skirt! editor, and this will probably be my last blog as skirt! editor (that’s not to say you won’t hear from me later – I’m intending to blog...
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Well, well, well...I only just found out April is National Poetry Month and so, in honor of that, I’m sharing one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets:
Sonnet II
by Edna St. Vincent...
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While most of us are hitting our snooze buttons, Josh is pulling his final batches of baguettes and artisan breads from the ovens at Stick Boy Bread Company. He and his wife, Katie, run the...
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My passion: Helping others find and follow their dreams.
My favorite possession: My inspiration journals filled with notes, scraps of paper and collages.
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I’m rubbish at April Fool’s Day. I can do pranks, like this, or this. That’s no problem.
What I can’t do is the lying. My husband plays a lot of these jokes on me,...
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A few weeks ago, my young friend Natasha flew over from England to visit. She’s 17, and when I lived in England, we used to meet for coffee once a week (she’d have a hot chocolate) to...
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Several mornings out of the week, Sales Rep Kristin and I walk the two blocks to the Morning Times for our favorite beverage – Oolong tea with honey...
We usually stand at the end of the counter,...
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I think I have that disease where the weather affects your moods (which, my doctor friend Steve informs me, is called Seasonal Affective Disorder). I get seriously bummed in the winter time -...
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I’ll admit it, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen 5am. But I wanted to interview Josh Dies, the baker at Stick Boy Bread Company in downtown Fuquay, and he works from 9pm to 6am...
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...statements that start with the phrase, “In this economy...”
...girls who continue to date boys who treat them badly, then lie to their friends about it.
...side ponytails, which...
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He`s So Original
If you ever hang out at Bogart’s on Glenwood South, you probably recognize Johnny. With his trademark dreadlocks and trademark smile, he’s unmistakable. Perhaps that’s why he...