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My Southern Expressions: The leftover peas


“Sam, get in here and eat these peas!” Sam’s mother hollered. “I told you before, I’m not eating the stinky things.” Sam replied. “If you knew how many children are going to bed hungry tonight, yo...
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My Southern Expressions: The perfect plan
think I have come up with a fool-proof way of eventually quitting smoking. I came up with a plan to allow myself one cigarette an hour, or twenty four a day. Since I am in the habit of smoking one...
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Be aware of key benefits of life insurance
You may be unaware of it, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. And while a whole month may seem like a long time to focus on life insurance, it’s actually a good opportunity for you to...
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Part 2: Back to school — as a parent
verybody who went to school has an opinion about education. It may go off the radar after graduation. As fast as they can, graduates turn their backs on childhood and look to the start of ‘real’...
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Summer on a Wake County farm
I had an uncle that farmed a little piece of ground right off of Lake Wheeler road. I used to really enjoy staying with them in the summer when I was growing up. We fished with cane poles, my aunt...
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September 11: Remembering what we thought and wrote back then


en years ago, what were we thinking? Here is what I wrote in September 2001: War. War. War. What is it about this word that excites us, that unifies us, that puts aside at least for a moment...
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My Southern expressions by; Joe Lee
by Joe Lee
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J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet sing a gospel song titled “No less than me” and every time I hear it, I think how appropriate it is in today’s world. We are all so busy trying to lookout for num...
Where were you on 9/11?
by Janet Kangas
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The morning glories are in bloom. I know not too many people besides me cares about that but I love them. It means that the heat of the summer is cooling off just a little and fall can’t be too far...
Let’s teach responsibility, honestly
by JT Smith
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I'd be more inclined to agree with the growing crowd in Wake County, who firmly believe that students should help pay for their driver education training, if the reasoning behind the crowds’ theory...
It’s An Old, Old Story
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The sands of time go rolling by, and the scraped knees turn into scraped hearts. There are times of laughter unequaled, and times apart filled with worry and stress until once again there you a...
They Didn't Do It That Way When I was in School!
by Kathleen S. Volcjak
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"They didn't do it that way when I was in school." This thought passed through my mind over and over again the first year or two my daughter was in school. It started with kindergarten orientation...
Getting better acquainted with those who surround me
by JT Smith
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A sense of alarm rushed through my veins as I watched the fire truck turn into the neighborhood where I live. I became even more frighten as I watched the fire truck wheel to a stop in front of an ...
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