I started this post on International Women’s Day in honor of my paternal 2nd great-grandmother, Caroline, who was born on March 2nd, 1858. While my
Category: Science
A Culture of Food: Spots for spot?
It happens to me every year around this time. On the side of almost every rural North Carolina coastal town, I see a sign: fresh
Fredric Baur: his creation is a curious casket
The 1960s was a decade that gave us a lot. The 60s brought us events that rocked our nation and world to the core and
A Ghost Story: The Van Eden Ghost Light
While doing a whistle-stop tour of Eastern North Carolina in 1889, President Grover Cleveland asked the conductor why there were two signal lights instead of
Investigating Ghost Hunters
A 2012 poll by the Huffington Post indicates that 45% of the 1000 people interviewed believe in the supernatural. In this case, believing in the
Cute Aggression; or, why would anyone say they want to eat my baby?!?
It was always slightly creepy to hear that old lady at church say that someone’s baby was ‘so cute (she) just wanted to eat her
