The General Store Blog
How Are Cathedrals Made?
“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but..
I’d Say that I had Spring Fever
“There is no day without its moments of paradise.” Jorge Luis Borges
Wedding bells are in the air! Well, maybe not bells, but the strain..
Place, Hope, and What We Put in It
“My momma always told me if you put something in it, you’ll get something out of it,” the late, great Douglas Oliver, Pitmaster at..
“Scratch points,” Hospitality, and Holidays
“Xenia” is an ancient Greek word relating to hospitality, or “guest friendship,” a command to care for travelers at your door, because..
River-Struck: Humans and the Haw
Last week in Bynum, the Haw River Learning Celebration kicked off its 29th year inspiring children and volunteers from around North..
Community, Constructive Survival, and Fried Chicken
Legacies are made more visible when we take time to listen. We open our eyes, ears, our minds and we feel the energy of a life story. A..
“What If You Could Change the World by Eating Chocolate?”
Dan Friedman, founder (with his son Alex) and proprietor, of Special Treats in Chapel Hill’s Timberlyne Shopping Center, is a giver. When..
How does our History Register?
When John Newlin and his sons started construction of the cotton mill here in Saxapahaw in 1844, the mill used water from the Haw River..
