It was fall 2015 when God called Rachel Betts to pay attention to current events. The Syrian refugee crisis was exploding, and Betts wanted to help somehow. For years, her church, Durham’s Church of the Good Shepherd, had been hosting “good neighbor” teams that sponsor refugees, so Betts and other concerned congregants formed a new […]
Amanda Abrams
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Have a Tree? Give a Fig.
It’s August and that means fig season is upon us. For some homeowners, that represents more than just the return of the sticky fruit that fills Nabisco’s Newtons. Look around. In Durham’s residential neighborhoods, nearly every block boasts at least a few robust trees bushy with the distinctive hand-shaped leaves. Starting in late July or […]
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The Carolinian
After spending Thanksgiving with my family in Chapel Hill this November, I took Amtrak’s Carolinian back to Washington, D.C., for the first time. I was expecting a smooth, faceless return to the big city. Instead, the ride felt like being on a tram that runs through a game parkfull of adventures and sights and surprises. […]
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A visit home
“Ahh, it feels just the same.” That was my first thought upon exiting RDU airport. After hours of air-conditioned airplane boredom, the humidity and soft evening heat hit me full in the face and I knew I was home. I moved to D.C. last fall and just spent a summer working abroad, but the Triangle, […]
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Neighborliness
I was happy to read in the newspaper the other day that none of Raleigh’s planning committee members voted in favor of the ordinance limiting the number of renters who can cohabitate. I rent a duplex with three people and was actively opposed to the idea. The situation led me to ruminate on the idea […]
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Acorn Time
If other Triangle neighborhoods are anything like mine, they are currently bathed in acorns of all kinds. Or maybe this is a Raleigh thing–it is the City of Oaks, after all, and I don’t remember anything like this from my old neighborhood in Chapel Hill. The acorns are everywhere, crunching with a delicious sound under […]