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Squatch Watch

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Yeti, Sasquatch, Bigfoot. Whatever moniker you use, the hunt for the elusive cryptid is more popular than ever, and here in North Carolina the search goes on.

Our Higher Self

At the Table

Fascination with the metaphysical is part of the human experience. For psychics like Trish Fleming, her powers are a gift she believes must be shared.

Pub People

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Greek author Homer describes pears as “Gifts from the gods.” We have to agree after trying the Honey Baked Pears with Ricotta recipe.

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On the Cover “There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.” – Edmund Hillary

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Visual Alchemist Steven Jordan

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Quicksand 6 Good Reads

Garden Variety

Beer Matters

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Parenting in the Pines 36 Pet Care 38 On the Fly 40

Furry Fashion

Be Inspired

OK, not that we fully want to encourage dressing up your pet this Halloween, but we couldn’t resist asking readers to send in their cutest pet costume pics.

Our creativity columnist Christin is giving everyone a challenge. Be creative for the next 30 days and see how it can transform your life.

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editor note I went to a psychic reader one summer during college. My sister had gone to her a few months prior and she recommended it. You had to call the woman on the phone and leave a message. If she got the right vibes from your voice, she would call you back and schedule a session. I don’t think I had ever been so nervous about a phone call since dialing a girl I liked in 6th grade. I was strangely desperate to be worthy enough to make the cut. And if she didn’t call me back, what did that mean? Was there some psychic or spiritual void in my life? What bad kind of juju was I emitting? Past psychic readings for me consisted of carnival entertainment at fairs or at resort beach towns. Something to joke and talk about afterward. In Hawaii, my wife and I had our palms read and I was told I’d have many wives. Not the best timing, to get that piece of information on the last day of our honeymoon. Twenty years in, that prediction has, thankfully, yet to pan out. I did get a call from the psychic the next day. And maybe the

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way this reading was transpiring, I felt it would be different. No storefront with a flashing neon palm or tarot sign. No pandering messages that I’d be wealthy and have all my dreams come true. Instead, the session was at her house. I was told to bring a tape cassette to record the session. When I arrived, she asked to hold something of mine that I kept close to me and then she began talking. She asked if I had questions. If not, she would just start describing what she was seeing and hearing. In truth, I can’t remember seeking her out for any specific reason other than curiosity. I’m sure I have the tape recording somewhere. I do remember she advised me against riding motorcycles. But what really stuck with me was when she began describing my spirit guides. There were three, that I recall. A priest, my maternal grandfather and a boy named Joseph. She asked me, did I know any boy named Joseph who had passed away and I said truthfully I didn’t. That night while describing the experience to my family, I asked if there was anyone named Joseph in our family tree. My father said, “There was a Joseph in our family. My father’s brother Joseph died as a boy.” Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? www.SandandPineMag.com | 5

QUICKSAND BY THE NUMBERS » GHOSTS

Percentage of people who claim they have seen or been in the presence of a ghost. According to a Pew Research Center survey, even more people, 29 percent, say they have been in touch with someone who has already died.

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Amount, in dollars, the movie Ghost grossed worldwide in 1990. Made for a mere $22 million, the film was considered a sleeper hit and was the second highest grossing movie of that year behind Home Alone. That’s a whole lot of “dittos.”

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Amount, in dollars, for which the original illustrator and creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost sold the rights to his creation to Paramount Pictures in the 1930s. The first Casper cartoon came out in 1945. Since then, Casper has appeared in comic books, television shows, television commercials and computer and video games. The latest cameo is on a Geico commercial in 2019. Talk about longevity.

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Amount, in dollars, the president of Disney Studios paid for the rights to the supernatural/ghost film The Sixth Sense. Since he didn’t consult with his bosses before paying the exorbitant amount, he was canned. The movie went on to be nominated for six Academy Awards (including Best Picture— almost unheard of for horror films) and became the highest grossing movie of 1999. It was ranked No. 50 on the Writers Guild of America’s list of 101 Greatest Screenplays.

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The room number at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, where you have the best chance of encountering The Pink Lady, the ghost who has been roaming the inn since the 1920s. While her cause of death is unknown, her presence seems to be friendly and normally presents as a pink mist or a woman in a pink gown. Seemingly a fan of mischief, the Pink Lady could be responsible for lights and air conditioners turning on and off, and for the rearrangement of objects in guest rooms.

The number of months to develop the Slimer character for the film Ghostbusters. After hundreds of Slimer variations, special effects artist Steve Johnson was told to model the ghost after beloved comedian John Belushi. So he did what any artist would do, pulled out some headshots, did some cocaine, had a hallucinogenic delusion of Belushi’s ghost giving him encouragement and finished the final design we would all come to know and love.

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LuLaRich This new Amazon docuseries is being dubbed the Tiger King of 2021. Get ready to binge watch the rise and fall of the former popular legging giant turned multi-level marketing scam. While the series touches on the often life-destroying aspects of pyramid schemes, its main (and highly fascinating) focus is on the company’s kooky founders, the Stidhams. Pop a couple Herbalife and crank up that Scentsy warmer cos you’re gonna want to finish this one in one sitting. Drybar Comedy Who couldn’t use a good laugh these days? Our funny bone has been feeling extra tickled now that we’ve come across this new completely ad-free app that has compiled stand-up comedy from some of our favorite comics across the country. With over 250 specials in the library, everyone in the family is guaranteed to find something to keep them in stitches. Anything For Selena Maria Grace was only 9 years old and living on the Mexican-American border when her favorite singer, Selena Quintanilla, was murdered. In this podcast, we join Grace 25 years later on a quest to explore the singer’s legacy as well as what it means to belong in America.

Road trip! Beyond the boundaries of our little sandbox, there is much to see. Here are a few events worth checking out. For events with a more local flavor, check out moorechoices.net. And check with locales before heading out! OCTOBER 2 – NOVEMBER 21 Carolina Renaissance Fair Huntersville | carolina.renfestinfo.com Held every Saturday and Sunday, visitors to the fair can watch jousting knights, take a picture with a mermaid, stock up on dragon fashion accessories in the artisan marketplace, enjoy the sport of falconry and eat your weight in turkey legs at this 16th century European style festival. OCTOBER 14–24 North Carolina State Fair Raleigh | ncstatefair.org There's more than 100 activities to do at this year's State Fair, from a folk festival, rides and antique farm machinery expo to a flower and garden show, livestock competitions and food. Ah, the food! Fried dough heaven awaits! NOVEMBER 6 Southport Wooden Boat Show Southport | southportwoodenboatshow.com Meet with boat makers, enjoy nautical and maritime demonstrations and vote for your favorite boat at the 12th annual Southport Wooden Boat Show. Bring the kiddos because your little sailors will learn rope making and can build their own boats, then test their seaworthiness. Bonus points if you can make it the whole day without captioning a single Instagram photo with “I’m on a boat!”

QUOTES “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

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TO YOUR HEALTH

Health Tips Going Pro Shopping for supplements can be confusing but the simple act of adding probiotics and psyllium powder to your daily routine can really pack a punch to your health with minimal effort. Probiotics have been shown to reduce inflammation and improve digestive

symptoms and may also regulate your blood sugar in order to help maintain low insulin levels. On your grind We have officially been grinding our teeth since 2020 and while being fitted for a mouthguard can help, in order to cease grinding completely we need to treat the triggers for our stress

induced bruxism. Exercise and stress counseling are good starts but experts also recommend avoiding alcohol, eliminating caffeine from your diet, avoiding gum and relaxing your jaw with a warm cloth before bedtime.

Live Lightly Tips on living a more sustainable life

Take the stairs Opting to take the stairs instead of using an elevator can have a pretty profound effect on your overall health. A Duke University study showed that just climbing two flights of stairs

(combined) per day can contribute to six pounds of weight loss over the course of a single year. Additionally, a study from the North American Menopause Society found that stair climbing helped postmenopausal women lower their blood pressure and reduce their risk for osteoporosis.

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We know working out is important for our health and well-being, unfortunately some of our exercise practices aren’t always great for Mother Earth. Some ways to make your workout eco-friendlier? Start with your wardrobe. Make sure to buy exercise gear and clothing from sustainable designers and manufacturers—always keeping in mind that buying used has the biggest climate-positive impact. A staggering 91 percent of single-use plastics don’t get recycled, so make sure to pack a reusable water bottle for your next sweat session. Lastly, move your workout outside. It takes electricity to power most cardio machines, so reduce your carbon footprint whenever possible by running, rowing or cycling outdoors rather than in.

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Good Reads by Darcy Connor

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The Leaf Thief

The First Strawberries

Written by Alice Hemming

Written by Joseph Bruchac

Illustrated by Nicola Slater

Illustrated by Anna Vojtech

I am so happy to be heading into fall. I’m ready for sweaters and jeans, stews and lattes and all the joy autumn brings. That eagerness for the change of seasons immediately brought The Leaf Thief to mind as that cute little squirrel “with a belly full of hazelnuts” obsessively counts the leaves on the trees. But wait! How can it be? Just yesterday there were so many more leaves on the trees. There were red ones, and orange ones and yellow ones. Where did they go? Could they have been stolen!? Is there truly a leaf thief on the loose? This is a wonderful story about embracing change that is inevitably part of life.

Joseph Bruchac is an awardwinning Native American writer with works like Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Two Roads and Skeleton Man. Many of his stories are based on Native American legends and folklore, including his book The First Strawberries, which is based on a Cherokee Indian story about how strawberries came to be. A celebration of the natural world, the illustrations by Anna Vojtech make this a beautiful book for your blossoming reader.

Upper Elementary School The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane Written byJulia Nobel

Sent to boarding school after the strange disappearance of her father, Emma carries with her a mysterious box of medallions that belonged to her father. When she arrives at school, she discovers that the same symbols on the medallions are etched into walls and books at school. Emma soon discovers that the symbols are connected to a secret society called The Order of Black Hollow Lane. Could these medallions and this secret society be clues to help find her missing father? Readers won’t truly find out until they read the sequel The Secret of White Stone Gate.

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Middle School The Crown's Game By Evelyn Skye

Historical fantasy. Magic. Romance. Long-buried secrets. OK superfans of Shadow and Bone, here’s your next series. Two teenagers, Vika and Nikolai, must compete in an ancient duel of magical skill to see who becomes the Imperial Enchanter for the Tsar in order to help defend Russia from the Kazakhs and the Ottoman Empire. It’s anyone’s guess who will persevere.

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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving By Mo Rocca & Jonathan Greenberg

Based on CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca’s podcast, Rocca does a deep dive into the lives of people long past who have fascinated him. Founding fathers, a sports team, artists and entertainers’ lives are reexamined by Rocca and co-author Jonathan Greenberg. As Rocca notes in his introduction, “As a lover of obituaries, these are the kind of questions that weigh on my mind: How did Founding Father Thomas Paine, the man who inspired the American Revolution with his pamphlet Common Sense, end up with just six people at his funeral and an obit summed up in the line ‘He had lived long, did some good and much harm’?” While offered in book format, you may enjoy Mobituaries as an audiobook with Rocca’s unique voice and humor truly capturing his fascination with the lives of Ada Lovelace, the Black congressmen of Reconstruction, Fanny Brice, Billy Carter and more.

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SQUATCH WATCH The Hunt Continues Story by Zach Oden

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Stillframe from the infamous Patterson-Gimlin video taken in 1967.

They lurk in the deepest woods, just

out of the periphery of human existence. They rattle the forests with their lumbering, humongous frames. They watch us from the tree line, snapping limbs and howling into the night. Bigfoot has been an omnipresence in the forests and swamps of North Carolina for decades, invading our popular consciousness and providing a stream of fireside stories around campfires across the state. For most of us, they catch us when we are young. “My grandmother called them the Booger Man,” recounts John Bruner, a retired paramedic from Marion, North Carolina who leads the group BIGFOOT 911, a team of volunteer Bigfoot hunters whose goal is to document (but not harm or capture) the elusive creatures. Bruner has been hunting Bigfoot in North Carolina for more than 43 years now, ever since a chance encounter with something in the deep woods of McDowell County. “Back when I was young, Marion was very rural, and you stayed in the woods a lot. And I got deep in the woods by the old family place when I heard strange knocking sounds, and it puzzled me. My grandmother

lived close to us and I stopped by on my way home and told her about it. She freaked out, saying, ‘You don’t need to be down there. The Booger Man is down there.’ She seemed mad and scared. Years later, she finally told me about a creature that supposedly lived down there—a big creature, and not human.” Bruner helps organize the Marion Bigfoot Festival, a cryptozoological celebration of all things Sasquatch where he hopes that families will come together and help celebrate what he considers one of the most important and maligned North Carolina residents. He seems to embody the mantra of the festival’s tagline, “Come a skeptic, leave a believer” as he emphasizes a reliance on the scientific method over science fiction. While the festival leans heavily into the Sasquatch of popular culture, and allows you to partake in bigfoot funnel cakes and Hairy Hominid IPAs, it seems to represent the zeitgeist of mass popular culture and interest in a universally appealing creature. The popularity of the American Sasquatch has been building for some time, and Bruner considers this a byproduct of an ever-connected world via the internet and social media. Ironically, for someone who has been searching

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Above: Image of a possible bigfoot sighting by John Bruner in 2017 near Lake James. Right: John Bruner, founder of BIGFOOT 911

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most of his life for the creature, Bigfoot is suddenly everywhere. The term Bigfoot itself is relatively new to the English language. It’s a moniker loggers in Humboldt County, California, used to describe the giant humanoid tracks found around their camp after several bizarre encounters with a creature that seemed to be continuously wrecking their campsites in the summer of 1958. The name was soon Americanized into “Sasquatch,” a slight bastardization of the Chehalis Native term “saesq’ec,” which derived from tribal tales of a wild man of the woods that bore more than a passing resemblance to the Bigfoot stories. While wild fantasies of the hairy cryptid would propagate pulp novels and magazines in the early 1960s, it would be 1967 when Bigfoot would finally get his big moment in the form of a short film documentary being shot in Willow Creek, California by two entrepreneur cowboys: Roger Patterson and Blake Gimlin. The grainy, oneminute footage would forever become known as the Patterson-Gimlin footage. Its authenticity is hotly debated to this day. As iconic and shaky as the Zapruder footage of JFK’s assassination, the scene opens with a tranquil sunny vista in the basin of a California creek bed. Suddenly the camera pans frantically to the left, and a large simian creature rises up and begins walking with long, lumbering strides.

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The cameraman (Patterson) gives chase, and a few shaky seconds of running jostle the viewer before he plants his tripod and captures the final few moments of the creature’s gate across the open plain. At one point, she (Bigfoot hunters have gendered her based on the mammary glands that seem to be prominently featured in the footage— Bigfoot boobs, if you will) indignantly and casually glances back over her shoulder as she walks, not breaking stride, seemingly annoyed at these interlopers who have invaded the tranquility of her morning squat next to a dead tree. The footage has been debated, debunked, verified and vilified over the years, and Bigfoot hunters still refer to it as the Rosetta Stone of Bigfoot evidence. If nothing else, it inspired a national fever in the creature, and cheesy horror film after horror film featured the titular behemoth as its Jaws or Texas Chainsaw stand-in in the subsequent drive-in features. Bruner recalls seeing the Patterson-Gimlin footage as a child, and it had a profound impact upon him. “They used to play all sorts of trailers and news footage at the movies when I was a kid. This was the early 1970s. And I am sitting in the movies and suddenly there’s this giant creature on the screen and they are calling it Bigfoot, and I remembered what my grandmother had said about the Booger Man and I said, ‘Man that is it! That’s what they were talking about—that’s the Booger

Man!’ And I was hooked from that moment on.” Since then, Bruner has dedicated much of his time to searching for the elusive creature. Sightings are up: In North Carolina alone there were more than 80 Bigfoot sightings in 2020. Now, “Squatch Watching,” as its practitioners refer to it, has become a popular outdoor event nationwide, especially in the Tar Heel State, spawning several regional search groups aimed at finding definitive proof through encounters with the hairy mystery. Bruner has trained his group of more than a dozen Bigfoot hunters to follow methods of tracking and data collection that might be more at home in a forensic analysis or missing-persons search and rescue team. On August 5, 2017, they had their biggest success—a close encounter with an actual Bigfoot in the woods around Lake James. “Bigfoot is an animal,” he says. “I have seen it up close. About thirty yards. We were on a forest service road. I kept hearing something running parallel to me on the right side. It was none of my team members. It stopped every time I stopped. So, I waited. I saw something ahead of me and I flipped on my headlamp and it took off across the road and into the woods and I gave chase, maybe 50 yards. And then I didn’t hear anything. When I panned to the right, though, there it was. Standing there with its right arm up on the tree, looking at me. And you could tell it was not in the least bit intimidated by me. “It was probably about seven and a half feet tall. It didn’t look like what I thought they would look like. Matted hair, not fur, no hair on its face, flat nose, leathery black face. I watched it for about eight or nine seconds, and could even see its chest rising and falling as it breathed. And then I watched it walk away, could see the muscles in its back and hip and I was satisfied. That was an animal. That was not anything but an animal.” Bruner’s sighting made headlines, but for the most part he seems content with staying out of the limelight. If anything, too much focus on the hunter takes away from the real purpose of chasing the elusive being, and finding credible experiences in a sea of half-truths, hoaxes and hyperbolic hunters. Bruner and his team offer training and are expanding their ranks by offering a thorough

course at the local Community College, which includes over 80 hours of research and field training. And the interest and excitement only seem to be growing. Thanks to the internet, new generations of crypto enthusiasts are encountering the blurry Bigfoot footage for the first time, and with a widening mainstream appeal, more and more people seem to be sharing their stories of running into the creature. “The internet has really brought us all together,” Bruner muses, referencing the popularity of various Bigfoot-themed events across the country. The Festival in Marion, for instance, drew over 56,000 visitors to the tiny town of 8,000 last year, to share in the collective lore of Bigfoot sightings. Bruner’s team of researchers is one of dozens currently working (and posting their experiences online) across the country, sharing similar stories of wooded encounters with a large, mostly nocturnal, definitely nonhuman, and incredibly large-footed being. It is no surprise that the number of Bigfoot sightings in 2021 is on track to outpace the previous year. While it remains to be seen if there will be the “holy grail” of a live sighting or event to definitively prove its existence, Bruner sees the interest alone as a good sign, and not just for avid enthusiasts such as himself. “Bigfoot research is great for families, because it gets you together. Take the family out for a hike. You are together as a family, doing something, and you are teaching your kids to get outside. And also, you’re looking for Bigfoot! Will you ever find him? I don’t know. But being outside with your kids, and teaching them to love it—you aren’t wasting any time doing that.” In an age of ever-widening conspiracy theories, fake news and media distrust, Bruner and his colleagues seem to have found solace in perhaps the one collective mystery that does more good for humanity than harm. The hunt for Bigfoot provides us with a sense of wonder and community, binding us together in the woods, searching for something like us, but just out of reach, just beyond the trees, a little bit bigger than us all.

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Higher Our Self By Greg Girard

hen LouAnne Jordan’s mother had a heart incident that put her in a coma, she was understandably distraught. Her mother also had a degenerative spine disease, which came with a lot pain, and so Jordan anxiously sat by her mother’s side for 13 days wondering what her mother was thinking. Was she fighting to come back? Was she accepting her fate? Was her time close to an end? That’s when she turned to clairvoyant Trish Fleming. “Trish just talked to and checked in with my mom during that time,” says Jordan. “She told me my mom hadn’t made the decision whether she was going to stay or leave. It was really comforting, and it was obvious she was talking with my mom from the things Trish was telling me. Trish said my mom felt so much better and didn’t really know if she wanted to come back to all that pain. And then later Trish said another medical thing was going on with my mom that hadn’t been detected, something personal, and she advised I talk to the doctor. We checked it out and the doctor was able to catch something that could have been devastating if Trish hadn’t warned me about it.” “I think it’s a gift,” says Fleming. “I think it’s a gift from God. I truly do. When I was younger, I’d say I was about four, it’s going to sound crazy and bizarre,

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but I could be upstairs in my room and when I wasn’t supposed to go outside, I could teleport myself outside. I’m not a crazy woman. If you met me, you’d think I was very normal. You would. But I could teleport outside and I could go play in the yard. And then I could go see what my mom was doing in the kitchen. Then I could go back up to my room and go back into my body and continue forward.” Clairvoyant, psychic, telepath, spiritualist, there are any number of words to describe persons who bridge the metaphysical world, who delve in the abstract, transcending beyond the physical laws of nature. Fleming, who just recently moved away from the area, describes herself as a clairvoyant, someone who can perceive events beyond normal sensory contact. She says she’s also clairaudient (the ability to hear something not present to the ear) and clairsentient (the ability to feel what is not present). And with a bachelor’s degree in metaphysical science from the University of Metaphysics, she has dedicated herself to helping her clients find peace, balance and joy in life. “Through my readings I am able to connect with each individual’s high self, the angelic realm and other divine beings that have messages and/or blessings,” she writes on her website. It is easy to conjure up visions of con artists organizing séances and peering into crystal balls to talk with the dead or see the future. Indeed, at the height of the séance and spiritualism craze in the 19th

century, the great escape artist Harry Houdini made it a mission to debunk so-called spiritualist tricks, like ringing a bell with their toes under the table, using levers to make tables move up and down or using double exposure photography to show spirits floating in the background. One of the most infamous con artist teams of the 19th century were Maggie and Kate Fox, sisters from Hydesville, New York, who led wildly popular séances claiming to communicate with the dead through tapping sequences. Forty years after they first began, in 1888, Maggie Fox admitted the tapping heard from the dead was actually just the sisters cracking their knuckles and other joints. Give the audience what they want and they will pay for it, after all, but Fleming and others who have abilities in the metaphysical world believe their spiritualism is no different from more traditional, dogmatic religious practices. When addressing religion, the University of Metaphysics website notes, “No one religion is right and all others wrong. Each exists to serve whatever level of spiritual evolution its leaders and followers have attained. The ultimate purpose of religion is to reunite a person with God’s presence within, and in the process to improve one’s life. This is the current, present and daily purpose of Religious Metaphysics.” Fleming sees a natural synergy between her belief in God and Jesus and her ability to communicate with spirits and souls. She counsels that each of us

has a higher self, an existence in the spiritual world that also includes spirit guides, angels and other beings who accompany us throughout our lives. And Fleming is able to communicate with her clients’ spirit guides through her own higher self and guides. Fleming explains: “It’s communication from their high self to my high self. There are different beings. It’s not just beings from your family. They can be from different realms, but your family is going to always come and help if needed. And so I sit down and, all of a sudden, I just know stuff about people. I’ll usually ask my high self to go in order of importance and they’ll just start saying things. I can hear things, see things, feel things. And I just start ticking off this list of what they (a client’s spirit guides) want the person to know first.” Clients come to her for a variety of reasons, with the standard questions you’d expect about romance, career, money, health and contacting loved ones who have died. Shannon Becker has been seeing Fleming for years and shares that her experiences with Fleming are of guidance and trust, but that people shouldn’t confuse the messages Trish relays for a lack of free will. “It’s very rare for a psychic who is worth their salt to tell you something like, ‘Don’t get in the car. You’re going to have an accident,’” she says. “I had a woman I worked with when I was 19 tell me over lunch that I was going to die before I turned 40 and I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up. It’s not like that.

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OurHigher Self If Trish senses something, she’ll say, ‘You’ve got a career change coming up’ but if you don’t do anything to manifest that and you decide instead to sit on your couch and watch Friends all day long, it is obviously not going to come true.” Jordan sees it the same way. She’s received guidance from Fleming on dating but hasn’t always followed through on certain suggestions because her gut was telling her no. Regarding her career, however, Jordan says Fleming gave her some of the best advice of her life. She was at a career crossroads about 10 years ago. She was let go from her job as a gallery curator and was about to take another job. During a session, Fleming told her to be patient, that another opportunity was coming her way and even though it would be for less pay, Jordan would find more fulfillment in the position. “Trish said, ‘No, wait, there’s a job. It’s going to come. It’s going to seem like it’s not that good of a job, but it’s going to be a really good opportunity.’ That was ten years ago and I’m still here. It’s the best job I’ve ever had.” Psychic phenomena will always be debated, its very essence impossible to tangibly prove. Do some people have the power to transcend the physical world? Do we each have our own spiritual guides journeying through life with us? And can certain people speak to those spirits? For Fleming, she says it’s not her fight to convince skeptics of her abilities. She is well aware of the uniqueness of her existence and that some people will never be convinced. Her goal, she says, is to simply help those who ask for it. “In the end, I don’t care if you believe me or not,” she says. “I’ve had clients from 10 years ago call me and say they want another reading because I was right about something. But I think most people can tell when someone is bullshitting them. For all my clients, I’m open, I’m honest. I’m very blunt with my readings, and people generally like that. I’m just giving you information and you can take it or leave it. If it feels good in your heart, go with it. If it doesn’t, just skip it.” To learn more about Trish Fleming’s work, visit foreverinthelight.com.

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B U S I N E S S

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Java Bean Roasting Co.

410 SW Broad St., Southern Pines 910.695.BEAN (2326)

The Java Bean Roasting Co. has been perking up the Pines with their specialty coffees and freshly roasted beans since 1996. Family owned and operated, this little spot has seen lots of change in those 25 years. The “Bean” remains the perfect spot to meet up with friends and make some new ones. Located on the edge of downtown Southern Pines, there is always easy parking no matter what time of day, and that convenient curbside service is still an option. The times have changed the shop a bit with walk up window service. If you prefer to stay awhile, this historic cottage offers plenty of outdoor seating and quiet space inside. In addition to classic espresso and other specialty coffees, there are plenty of new menu items. From

handmade flavored syrups to golden lattes and matcha creations. Herbal teas and drink mixes are blended in house and available for purchase to enjoy in your home. With new items introduced regularly, there really is something for everyone. The crown jewel is found hidden around back. In “The Shed” you can get a first hand look at how small batch roasting creates the perfect cup. Coffee is roasted daily and offered in 8 ounce and 16 ounce, or 12 ounce gift bags. Give a call and even large orders can be roasted fresh for you to share, gift or just keep for yourself. Check out the Pines best kept secret. Sip a latte or a cup of tea, get some work done or strike up a conversation. Most importantly, make yourself at home! www.SandandPineMag.com | 19

Garden The Amazing Brassica Oleracea

harles Darwin began his famous book, On the Origin of Species, with a chapter on artificial selection. In order to help readers understand and accept the slower process of natural selection, he documented man’s efforts to change plants and animals through selective breeding. He wrote: “If man can by patience select variations which are useful to him, why should not variations useful to nature’s living products often arise, and be preserved and selected?” Among the most astounding examples of artificial selection in the plant kingdom is the human ingenuity applied to the wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea. In the wild, B. oleracea is a weedy little herb native to the limestone outcroppings of the Mediterranean region. Over the last 2,500 years clever farmers have transformed this wonderful species into several lineages, each amplifying distinct parts of the plant. Selecting for leaves produced kale and collards. Focus on the terminal bud led to cabbage. Lateral bud selection led to Brussels sprouts, expansion of

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meristem tissue produced kohlrabi, and most recently, a selective focus on the inflorescences led to broccoli and cauliflower. These changes occurred over centuries and across Europe. The ancient Greek writer Theophrastus mentions several leafy varieties of kale and collards in his Enquiry into Plants. By the 12th century farmers had made the jump from leafy varieties to headed cabbage by greatly enlarging the size of the terminal bud, with large leaves packed tightly around a short, fat stem (core of the cabbage). A century later, clever Belgian farmers had transformed the axillary (lateral) buds into what we now call Brussels sprouts. Expansion of the meristem led to the kohlrabi, which in stores has been cut from the leaves making it hard to imagine its relation to kale. Finally, expansion of the flowering head (inflorescences) has led to an amazing variety of what we call broccoli and cauliflower. This process began in Italy in the 16th century and continues today with amazing hybrids such as broccolini. Through all of this diversity, these descendants of the remarkable B. oleracea have retained the cold hardiness which makes them so suitable for early spring and fall plantings in Sandhills gardens.

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In general, brassicas are not heavy feeders and will do well in any well-drained garden soil.

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The rapid onset of hot weather in the spring leads most gardeners to plant this group of plants in the fall.

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Mild Sandhills winters allow brassicas to survive with some plant protection, such as a heavy mulch and row covers.

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At the

Table

Pears By ROBERT NASON

ears are part of the rose family and are native to Europe, North Africa and Asia. Described by Homer as “gifts from the gods,” both the ancient Greeks and Romans enjoyed pears as a delicacy. The Romans would develop 50 different varieties of pears, planting them across Europe. The first pear tree planted in North America was in the 17th century, and today more than 3,000 pear varieties are grown around the world. The vast majority

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(95 percent) of pears grown in the U.S. come from Washington, Oregon and northern California owing to the region’s temperate, cooler climate. Pears are high in fiber and contain vitamins C and K as well as a healthy dose of calcium, magnesium and potassium. Often called “butter fruit” for its soft, buttery texture, pears are wonderfully versatile in the kitchen. They can be baked, poached, roasted and grilled.

> The Bartlett pear is

the most popular variety in the United States. There are more than 3,000 pear varieties grown around the world!

> Before tobacco was

introduced to Europe, pear leaves were smoked.

Spiced Pear Muffins thekitchn.com Yields 12

Ingredients 1/2 cup (4 ounces) packed brown sugar 1/4 cup (2 ounces) granulated sugar 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour 1 cup (5 ounces) wholewheat flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (4 ounces) milk 2 to 2 1/2 cups pears, unpeeled and diced small (about 2 medium-sized pears) 1/4 cup chopped candied ginger, 1/2 cup chopped nuts or 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional) Cinnamon and sugar, for sprinkling on top

> The pear was sacred

to three goddesses: Greek goddess Hera, wife of Zeus; Greek goddess Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love; and Roman Pomona, goddess of harvest and garden.

Directions 1.

Heat your oven to 425 F. Spray the wells of a standard muffin tin with nonstick spray or place muffin liners in all the wells.

In a mixer on high speed, cream together the sugars and the softened butter until they resemble fluffy frosting, about 1 minute. Mix in the eggs, one at a time until fully incorporated, about 1 minute each. Mix in the vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, spices, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, mix 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture followed by 1/3 of the milk. Continue alternating between the flour and the milk, mixing just until the flour is incorporated. Do not overmix.

Scrape sides of the bowl with a spatula and stir gently to incorporate the last of the flour. Add diced pears and any optional ingredients all at once and fold into the batter.

Divide the batter between the muffin cups. The batter will fill the cups and mound slightly on top. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon and sugar.

Place in the oven and immediately turn down the heat to 400 F. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, rotating the pan once in the middle of baking. The muffins are done when the tops looked cracked and toasted, and when a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean.

Let the muffins cool enough to handle, then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Leftover muffins can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 to 4 days, or frozen for up to 3 months. (Reheat frozen muffins in an oven or toaster oven at 300 F or for a few minutes in the microwave.)

> In Europe it is

customary to plant a fruit tree at a wedding, thought to give strength to the marriage and children. An apple tree was planted for each boy child born and a pear tree was planted for each girl.

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Pear Collins

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livelytable.com Yields 1

Table

Ingredients 1 medium pear, peeled, cored and diced 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon honey

2 tablespoon water 2 oz gin Club soda Thyme

Directions 1.

Pear puree: Heat pears, lemon juice and honey in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer until pears are softened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Blend in a blender or food processor.

To make cocktail, place gin and pear puree in a shaker with ice cubes and shake. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with soda and garnish with thyme.

Honey Baked Pears with Ricotta taste.com.au Serves 4

Ingredients 4 Bartlett pears, halved leaving stems intact 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese

2 tablespoons honey 8 amaretti biscuits, roughly crushed

Directions

Pear Crisp

shewearsmanyhats.com Yields 4

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds and center core of each pear half to make a round hollow. Place the pear halves on the lined tray.

Spoon the ricotta into the hollows in the pear halves. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with biscuit.

Bake 25 minutes or until pear is tender and biscuit is golden brown. Drizzle additional honey on the dish to serve.

Deconstructed Pear Pork Chops tasteofhome.com Serves 4

Ingredients 4 Bartlett pears 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup brown sugar; divided 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; divided 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions 1.

Preheat oven to 350 F and butter preferred baking dish. Peel the pears and cut in half, then use a spoon or a melon baller to remove core/seeds. Slice lengthwise into smaller pieces. Place cut pears in a bowl and toss with the vanilla extract.

To the bowl of pears, add 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, toss again to coat pears well. Place coated pears in baking dish.

In a bowl combine the butter, the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, the remaining 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, the remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon, salt and oatmeal together. Use your hands if you need to in order for the butter to be incorporated well with the other ingredients.

Spread mixture over the pears in the baking dish and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until pears are very tender, and the top has browned. Be sure to check pears for tenderness and increase cook time by a few minutes at a time.

Ingredients 1 package (6 ounces) cornbread stuffing mix 4 boneless pork loin chops (6 ounces each) 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons butter 2 medium pears, chopped 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped 2 green onions, thinly sliced

Directions 1.

Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, sprinkle chops with pepper and salt. In a large skillet, brown pork chops in butter. Sprinkle with pears and red pepper. Top with stuffing and onions. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat until a thermometer inserted in pork reads 145 F, 8-10 minutes.

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1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; divided 1/2 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup oatmeal

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Join Us for an All Outdoors Family Event December 10-12 Friday-Sunday 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Any monetary donation to enter the festival Miracles at Weymouth Holiday Festival will include events for the whole family. WE WILL BE ADHERING TO CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES Enjoy the decorated windows • Many vendors and artisans • Visit Santa and Mrs. Claus at Santa’s toy shop • Enjoy hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, food boxes • Don’t miss Weymouth’s own Christmas Shoppe • Decorated Red Truck for Christmas • Blue Truck Decorated for Hanukkah Various Entertainment throughout the Three Day Event

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Beer Matters

Craft Hard Seltzer: It's Coming BY JAMIE DOOM THE BEGINNING OF THE CRAFT BEER BOOM in North Carolina can be traced back to 2005 when House Bill 392 was signed into law by Governor Mike Easley. This law raised the cap on beer from 6 percent alcohol by volume to 15 percent, which began a craft beer boom in this state that is still going strong. According to Lisa Parker, Associate Director of the North Carolina Brewers Guild, there are 368 craft breweries in the state and about 40 in planning. Because citizens of the great North State couldn’t drink tasty high-gravity beer for so long, consumers suddenly enjoyed big 10 percent stouts and 8 percent IPAs. Beer was now boozy and complex! Many people new to craft beer started their journey thinking about bang for the buck. Then something else started happening. Consumers and craft beer fans began to realize that by drinking higher ABV beers they were limiting the amount of beer they could enjoy and still function. Also, they began to realize 26 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE October/November 2021

drinking only 600 calorie beers was having an adverse effect on their waistlines. So, around 2015, session beer became all the rage. Session IPAs grew by 215 percent that year, and suddenly beers that were lower in calorie count and less than 5.5 percent ABV began to fill shopping carts. Today, every North Carolina craft brewery still has higher ABV beers, but if you ask any bartender what their top seller is they will invariably point to a beer with a lower ABV. More recently consumers have become extremely conscious of gluten, carbohydrates and grams of sugar in their beverages, which brings us to the current hard seltzer and flavored malt beverage boom. Walk into any grocery store or convenience store and you’ll notice the growing variety of hard or spiked seltzers, hard teas, hard kombuchas and even hard fruit juices. Active, healthconscious consumers want to drink too! We suddenly live in the world where White Claw is truly everywhere. In the last five years hard seltzer has driven a flavored malt beverage boom that is up several thousand percent and still growing. As someone who works in the craft beer industry and drinks a good amount of beer, I have found myself substituting beers at the beach or by the pool with hard seltzers because I want to lose some weight and feel healthier.

But do I find hard seltzers enjoyable? While preparing to write this column, I drank about 20 different fizzy, faintlyflavored liquids to try to answer that question. I had planned on reviewing several (I’ll mention a few I actually like at the end), but they all started to taste the same—with that slightly chemical/ stale-chapstick aftertaste. So, then I landed on the idea of pairing different hard seltzers with different types of spirits. Maybe their true value is as ready-made mixers? Also, I am the type of person who likes to put booze in my booze. But even then, I had to be careful putting the right amount of gin or vodka or moonshine into my Mango White Claw because I drink responsibly, and then I realized I should chop up some fresh mango to hide the chemical taste of fake mango, and at that point I started having existential questions about the point of my life, but more importantly about the point of hard seltzer.

So are hard seltzers good or even somewhat enjoyable? Not usually. I wouldn’t commemorate a special occasion with fizzy boozy water. Perhaps that’s setting the bar too high. And hey, not everything that is good for us is enjoyable. Sometimes you just have to eat your kale or drink your apple-cidervinegar hard seltzer, right? No! Of course not! As much as I believe hard seltzers are here to stay, I also believe they have to get better. I’m not expecting any of the current, huge seltzer companies to solve this existential seltzer problem. Remember those 368 breweries in this state that pivoted from making a lot of high gravity beers to making more session beers when the moment called for it? Many of those breweries have just begun making hard seltzers, and they are improving with each try. They care about aroma, flavor, appearance and the overall consumer experience. Hard seltzers aren’t there yet, but they will get better, and I’m all for it. So, for the seltzers that didn’t make

me say “meh,” I offer a short list of those worth trying. Untitled Art, Waunakee, WI. All of Untitled Art’s different flavors had a depth of flavor and complexity not found in 99 percent of other hard seltzers on the market. This one has actual guava purée and passionfruit concentrate and not just the vague “natural flavors.” Found at most local bottle shops. Cigar City, Tampa, Florida. The aroma of grapefruit hits you right away! There’s a nice grapefruit bite at the end, and then it’s replaced by something strange tasting that you’ll probably want to coverup with a splash of tequila. Overall, it’s not bad. Found at grocery stores. Boulevard Brewing, Kansas City, Missouri. Beautiful aroma, light purple appearance and a nice savory, tart flavor. It’s not too sweet and made with with real blackberry juice! Found at most grocery stores now.

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Furry

Fashion

Readers share their pets' most stylish getups

Belly Rose and Paxton Owner Cindy Thompson

Daya & Chewy Owner Danell Rez

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Big Tony Owner Amy Vencl

Captain Finnigan Owner Kasey Zumwalt

Finn Owner Tara Madore

Emmie, Kiley & Shady Owner Jennifer King

Baron Owner Melissa Swarbrick

Marvel Owner Kasey Zumwalt

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Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland A STYLED SHOOT

A beautiful garden is the perfect setting for an Alice in Wonderland-themed styled shoot. SoYit’s A ST L Eonly D natural S H O Othat T a team of vendors in Moore County would A beautiful garden is the perfect setting collaborate to showcase their talents by for an Alice in Wonderland-themed shoot. fabulously styling this whimsical wedding So it’s only natural that a team of shoot at Weymouth Center in Southern professionals in Moore County would Pines, NC. collaborate to showcase their talents by Soiree Pines intricately designed the lookat of creating this whimsical wedding shoot the event. With the help of Jack Hadden Weymouth Center in Southern Pines, NC. Floral they created a unique design to Soiree Pines intricately designed the look of complement the greenery and blooms that the event and with the help of Jack Hadden already filled Weymouth Gardens. Floral they created a unique design to Jack Hadden’sthe bouquet, featuring roses,that complement greenery and blooms peonies, and ranunculus, delphinium, and already filled Weymouth Gardens. lisianthus, goes beautifully with our Alice. Jack Hadden’s bouquet, featuring roses, The invitation added a vintage touch, with peonies, ranunculus, delphinium, and an elegant picture of the Boyd House, was lisianthus, goes beautifully with our Alice designed by Kaleh Sampson Designs. theme. The invitation designed by Kaleh For the faux reception chart, they Sampson Designs added aseating vintage touch, used antique keys accompanying the guest with an elegant picture of the Boyd House. names, beautifully written by Jennifer Lee For the faux reception seating chart, the Calligraphy. team used antique keys accompanying the The of beautifully the shoot was brought to life guesttheme names, written by Jennifer with the tablescape for the reception – An Lee Calligraphy. ornate display of tea cups, exquisite The theme of the shoot was brought to life patterned china, and the earthy moss with the tablescape for the reception – an adorned the center of the table. A pop of ornate display of teacups, exquisite color was provided by the tiny blooms patterned china, and earthy moss dripping down from the cups. adorning the center of the table. A pop of color was provided by the tiny blooms dripping down from the cups.

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Shop SP Local It's Fall, Y'all! Edition

Grab a pumpkin spice latte or a hot toddy and get shopping! Time for booties and ponchos and crunchy leaves. Shop local and often!

Same bag, two ways!

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1. FALL ESSENTIAL

A great poncho is perfect for almost any autumn outfit. Find this one at Eclectic in the Village, along with its accessories.

2. NEW BOOT GOOFIN'

You need new boots, or in this case, new booties, and these are gorgeous. Pick them up at Cooper & Bailey's.

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3. NEOPRENE TOTES

These totes are practical and stylish. Find them at Eclectic in the Village.

4. LAYER IT UP

What's better than one necklace? Two! Make a statement by layering the lines. Get 'em at Eclectic in the Village.

5. ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Get rid of those cheap posters you got in college and get some original artwork! Stop by Eclectic in the Village to pick out your favorite.

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New items from Tea Collection, Me & Henry and See Kai Run will ensure your kid is the coolest on the playground.

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Even your kids need a change of scenery. The adorable rainbow wall hanging is sure to be their new favorite. Available at Piggy + Co.

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GET DOWN, GET DOWN

On the floor, of course. Have fun and keep their minds engaged with this whimsical floor puzzle. Available at Piggy + Co.

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It's a cake pop without the stick so it's easy to pop one, two or five of these in your mouth. Find these yummy yum yums at The Corner Store.

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( Be Inspired )

The 30 Day Creative Challenge BY CHRISTIN DAUBERT AS A FOLLOW UP TO MY LAST COLUMN on art carts in school and the importance of making time for our creativity, I want to dig deeper into how a consistent art practice—long after the structure of a classroom—is a multidimensional benefit to our own lives. I believe it because I know it. Consistency and my creative self have always been at odds. And because I can’t help but sprinkle some information and knowledge into my life (#librarianproblems), 34 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE October/November 2021

I started wondering what my creativity would look like if I dedicated time to it. The image of “creativity” oozes spontaneity, doesn’t it? I can’t help but feel that structure would mean its sudden death. Dramatic, I know, but sharing my creative struggles over the past year is nothing new and, to be honest, my old habits of creativity are no longer viable, so I’ve had to pivot. Working a traditional “work week” leaves little time for creative spontaneity, which lately for me is nonexistent. Trying something new, I hope to find freedom in a consistent creative routine. Part of what I think a lot of people struggle with—besides making time for themselves—is embracing that the process is more important than the goal. Be honest, have you ever set out to learn a creative technique (hand lettering, sketching, playing an instrument) and if you didn’t smash it out of the park you viewed the endeavor as a

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failure? Hi, I’m over here raising my hand at that question. Until you can grasp that it’s important to play, learn, fail, do a little better, mess up completely and so on until forever, it might be frustrating to try a creative project. So for those of you not offended by the messy process of creativity, I have a “Month of Making” challenge for you. Simply put, it is 30 consecutive days of creating. If those are the only parameters you need, air high five! For anyone else, here’s a little more guidance. The key is allowing yourself this time every day. A time where you allow your mood to be exactly how it is (the myth that you have to be “happy” to create is long gone), put on some comfy clothes, maybe play some music and lean into the practice. When I released the self-imposed pressure of creating something “brilliant” and “worthy” every time I picked up my pallet knife, I opened up the possibility of making for making’s sake. Are you in? First, start by sitting and daydreaming. Seriously, let yourself think about how awesome it would be to hand-letter your holiday cards. How about sketching your favorite house plant(s)? What if you could knit a scarf or embroider a wall hanging? The possibilities are as endless as your imagination. I discovered a free online resource through the Southern Pines Public Library called Creativebug that has hundreds of art lessons with dozens of creative subjects—some that I’d never heard of. Creativebug even has a special “Daily Practice” tab for exactly what I’m talking about here—consistent creativity. This can be as simple as picking up an adult coloring book and colored pencils, all the way to intricately learning to create stained glass window hangings. Just work on something every day for 30 days and see what happens. I’m going to do it along with you because my creative process needs accountability. I’ve committed to Meditative Art journaling that combines watercolor techniques, finger painting, repetitive markings and words as my “Month of Making” challenge. I’d love to see what you choose to create over these next 30 days. If you want to follow along and share your projects or creative endeavors, open up Instagram and use the hashtag #MonthofMakingChallenge and #SandandPineMag. I’ll also share my work over on my account @consciouslychristin. Happy making, everyone!

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Parenting

A 'Fooky' Fly BY AMANDA ODEN

IN THE

Pines

SPOOKY (or as my 2-year-old who has trouble pronouncing ‘s’ sounds would say, “Fooky”) season is upon us once again, and while my family will happily celebrate almost any holiday, Halloween has always really felt like our time to shine. Our favorite Halloween tradition is coming up with original costumes. I personally enjoy the challenge of piecing together everyone’s getups with items I find at thrift stores or make myself. Occasionally we have to resort to store-bought, but even on those rare occasions, we usually find ways to personalize and embellish the costumes to really make them our own.

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Last week, I found a cute little gray suit, a red bow tie and tiny white wingtips at Goodwill so, because he is still too small to argue with me, our baby is going to dress up as Pee Wee Herman for our Halloween festivities this year. My oldest child, Bowie, has decided she would like to Trick or Treat as a narwhal. Not a princess or a witch, but a lumpy whale with a tusk. I’m going to need all the creativity and probably a good bit of caffeine in order to cobble together her Halloween ensemble. But my middle child Arlo is the one

own flyswatter to brandish didn’t solve the problem either. We tried explaining how much bigger he was than a fly, but the thing about fears is that they are pretty persistent, and don’t always lend themselves to reasoning. It can be hard not to get frustrated sometimes when he’s shrieking about something he could easily squash like, well, a bug. But my husband and I try to remind ourselves that just because his fear is unfounded it doesn’t make it less valid. Needless to say, I was a bit skeptical

him the most! I hugged him and let him know how brave it is just to admit you’re afraid of something. And how proud I was of his courage. I also reminded him that no matter how scary something is, we’d always be there to help him get through it as a family. And then I promptly got to work researching the best DIY wing and antennae ideas for what will hopefully be the “fookiest” fly costume ever.

When Arlo sees a fly, his legs freeze up, he shuts his eyes tightly and proceeds to scream bloody murder. His fear of flies makes dining on the patio of a restaurant a scarcity and also makes us pretty much ... whose costume request really threw me for a loop. He has opted to masquerade as a fly. A fly is probably an odd choice for a toddler under normal circumstances, but the reason that this costume request gave me pause is because Arlo is deathly afraid of flies. It’s not like he just doesn’t care for them or thinks they are gross or annoying. No. When Arlo sees a fly, his legs freeze up, he shuts his eyes tightly and proceeds to scream bloody murder. His fear of flies makes dining on the patio of a restaurant a scarcity and also makes us pretty much everyone's least favorite people to invite on a picnic. The first time he saw a fly and had a meltdown I chalked it up to needing a nap. But his aversion continued and our suggestions of waving his hands around and singing “Shoo Fly” didn’t really do much to help. Giving him his

when he asked to dress up as a fly for Halloween. I prodded a little, partially because I wanted to make sure this was what he wanted before I wasted time or money coming up with a costume he wouldn't be happy with, but mostly because I was curious why he didn’t choose Blippi or a dinosaur or something he actually liked? His answer surprised me. He said,“Flies are scary and I want to be a brave boy.” It reminded me of something one of my favorite authors, Glennon Doyle, recently posted about overhearing a family next to her at the grocery store. The dad said to his kid: “Well, it’s brave to go on a roller coaster. And it’s also brave to say you don’t want to go on a roller coaster.” Here was my sweet toddler, wanting to be brave so badly that he was confronting the thing that terrified

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Pet D R . DA N A VA M VA K I A S

How do I get my pooch ready for the fall?

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Care VA N G UA R D V E T E R I N A RY H O S P I TA L

Like many of you, I look forward to the cooling temperatures and dropping humidity. It is a wonderful time to get out there and do some much needed walking and exercise, and taking your dog for a walk is a great idea. A few things to remember if you are trying to exercise your dog: keep the leash shorter than

you do for a walk and your steps at a pace that the dog must keep their head up and body moving forward. True exercising is not just a potty break and sniffing session. Keep their head up and steps forward and try not to overdo it for the older pets or those with mobility issues. Next, the fall brings out more mushrooms, and although most are harmless, we have a few that can cause some gastrointestinal issues if eaten by your dog, so try to watch where they are and what they are eating. As the weather cools, we have wildlife changes as well. Snakes, especially our copperheads, are starting to prepare for the mating season and will be moving around more than they did in the summer. Also, if the snakes bred in the spring, there will be fall babies moving in leaves and pathways. In general, the summer makes these snakes more nocturnal, but the fall will have them out and about during the day. If your pet is showing too much interest in an area of the yard or under a certain bush or woodpile, it may be a visiting snake. Copperheads are just one of the venomous snakes in the area but it is a snake we tend to deal with the most when it comes to biting our inquisitive pets. The bites can be harmful, but in most cases not fatal. They usually occur on the pet’s face or legs, and they will have a fast and painful

swelling to the area, but sometimes no visible bite marks (depends on the size of the snake). Please seek out your local veterinarian with any bites to ensure it does not progress to a more life-threatening situation. Fall also means Halloween, and normally I would address the impact of wearing of costumes and masks on dogs. If your dog has been witnessing people during the pandemic, however, there is a good chance they have been exposed to people in masks. Masks can be confusing for dogs because they aren’t able to pick up on facial changes and scents from people, but they may have become tolerant to the look. Halloween costumes and masks are even more challenging because adults and children have distorted shapes, movements and looks. Please be sensitive to these stressors and put your pet in a secure location during parties or activities that have a lot of people in costumes. Lastly, secure the candy. Dogs will eat it and most will end up with a visit to the veterinarian due to vomiting and diarrhea. It is preventable if everyone in the family stays vigilant and places candy out of reach from pets. Be safe and enjoy this fall with your pets!

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DIY

By PATTI RANCK, Indigo Earth Creative

A Pirate's Life (or party) A

s a perennial dreamer and one who has always believed in the power of imagination, I have attempted to pass this on to my children as well. I tried to create an environment that helped them develop imagination in themselves, instead of simply being passively entertained by a screen (aka: tv, computers, video games, etc.). I feel that dreaming and imagining is what has helped propel us forward as a society and that even for the young, it is sometimes the most simple thing we do that can help illustrate our philosophies and develop our children’s minds in a fun and engaging way. The earlier, the better. Take children’s birthday parties, for example. My children will attest to the fact that our parties were strictly old-fashioned and hand-made events at home. Our imaginary world was like no other, created mostly from cardboard. That sounds like a lofty goal for a few lowly boxes, but once you see the kids’ happy faces and how their imagination takes flight, you too will believe. This is, literally, one of the most simple DIY projects I have written about, but there are a few tips here and there that may be helpful. In this case, I made a pirate ship for a 3-year-old’s pirate-themed birthday party, but the basics can be applied to any structure. In the past I have made everything from Sleeping Beauty’s castle to a Haunted Mansion to a Lunar Module. So get creative!

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Three extra-large cardboard boxes. Size will depend on the size and age of children. These can be found at your local hobby, hardware or appliance stores. Every retailer I asked so far has been willing to give me boxes that would otherwise end up in recycling—especially when they hear your plan. A few of the folks at my local hobby store know me on sight now and are always excited to ask about my latest, crazy project.

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Duct tape

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Utility/sheet rock knife, the retractable kind. Safety first!

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Pencil

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One 3-4 foot x 1-inch diameter wooden dowel

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One 2-3 foot x half-inch diameter wooden dowel

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One cardboard tube. I used one from a roll of wrapping paper. Choose one as thick & strong as possible.

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Acrylic craft paints and/or leftover house paint. Colors of your choosing and assorted brushes to fit your needs.

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Roll of brown or white craft paper (optional). I found this helpful as my boxes were fairly messy with labels and packing tape that was difficult to remove and would’ve looked sloppy if painted over, so I decided to cover my boxes instead and then paint on the details.

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DIY The Doing 1. From the 3 boxes, you will be making one giant box. On the first box, with the top (open) side up, cut slits down the sides and follow across the base of one box. You now have a 3-sided box. (Open on top and one side) 2. Repeat on a second box. Overlapping a bit for added strength, tape the two boxes together at the cut sides. You now have an extra large 3-sided box. 3. Now cut the base flap of the third box in half (this will be positioned at the front) and duct tape the sides together as in Step 2. You have essentially made one gigantic box. 4. To make the front or bow of the ship, I scored lightly down the front of the box structure to be able to bend it out in a “V” or pointed shape and reinforced it with a triangular piece of cardboard and more duct tape. 5. Reinforce all corners around the box with more duct tape as needed to strengthen the structure. Then climb in and tape all the overlapping base flaps of cardboard. This will serve as extra support as well. You will want your playhouse as sturdy as possible. 6. Now for the details! You can paint the entire box your main color, in this case, brown like wood or cover the entire structure with craft paper first. 7. Attach, with duct tape, the cardboard tube to the middle of the “ship”. This will become the mast. Where the tube connects with the box, add additional tape over and around on both sides in an “X” shape for added stability. 8. Cut the sheet or fabric into a long thin rectangle and using the twine rope tie in about 3 areas to the 2-3 foot dowel. Duct tape this in a “T” formation toward the top of the “mast.” 9. To make portholes, you can use a bowl or plate or pretty much anything round to trace with your pencil a few circles on the sides. I just used the roll of duct tape. Using the utility knife, cut them out carefully…circles can be a little tricky. Then draw on and paint any other details you’d like, such as a guard rail at the top and/or faux waves at the bottom.

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10. You can also cut out a ship’s wheel from an extra piece of cardboard and, as I did, attach that loosely with a nail to the 1” diameter dowel. This is taped toward the bow of the ship. This piece was fun because the kids could actually turn the wheel. 11. Then I added some odds and ends I had around the house, like a pirate flag we had from the North Carolina History museum and a little stuffed baby shark. We taped a cardboard triangle, painted gray, to the bottom near the painted waves to mimic a shark fin. All these little touches are really fun for the kids. Your playhouse structure can be as simple or elaborate as you want. Make it your own!

In the past, my kids and their friends have spent hours playing and imagining all sorts of adventures in the playhouses long after the parties had ended. The structures sometimes lasted for months before they were finally toppled over. But, never fear, another can always be made! As the kids get older they can help in the creating, too. They take great pride in that. So, from a humble cardboard box … who knows where imagination can take you!

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Puzzles

A DIFFICULT MORNING

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Place numbers into the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains each of the digits 1 to 9. No guessing is needed. EASY

Across 1. Donkey 4. Money 8. Strike breaker 12. Sheltered side 13. Off-Broadway theater award 14. Diminish 15. Reception rooms 17. Ireland 18. Bard 19. Pool of water 21. Lord 23. Lake 24. Adolescent pimples 25. The Pentateuch 26. Definite article 29. Witty remark 30. South Korea's capital 31. Tier 32. Abstract being 33. Girl 34. Yawn 35. Staple Oriental grain

36. Wiser 37. Diagram 40. Ceases living 41. Freshwater duck 42. Residents 46. Opera solo 47. Wharf 48. Infant's bed 49. South African mountain 50. Shouts of agreement 51. Plaything Down 1. Peak 2. Large body of water 3. Snakes 4. Bush call 5. Adjoin 6. Knight's title 7. Evening star 8. Type of turnip 9. Comic person 10. Indigo 11. Prefix, well

16. Booth 20. European mountain range 21. Crippled 22. Image 23. Elk 25. Small box for holding tea leaves 26. Cut across 27. Aspiration 28. Pitcher 30. Slender 34. Erse 35. Fall behind again 36. Jockey's clothes 37. Pierce with knife 38. Wax 39. Tress 40. Prefix, ten 43. Alas 44. Kangaroo 45. Pig enclosure

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10. Sings softly 11. Haloes 12. Item from which age is determined 13. Hinder 14. Featured as leading actor 15. Reigns

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Last Word Cheers Toasting has been around for centuries. The

Persians, Egyptians, Saxons, Huns, just about every culture in history has some tradition of observance before drinking. The Ancient Greeks toasted for health and wealth. Toasting was also used as protection from poison; the toast given and then everyone drinking to ensure the drink was safe for consumption. The origin of the word toasting comes from the Romans, who had adopted the Greek tradition of toasting to each other’s health but would often drop pieces of toasted bread into their cups to reduce the acidity of bitter wine. During Augustus’s reign in Rome, the Roman Senate decreed that all diners must drink to their leader before every meal. In England, the role of toastmaster became essential to any gathering as toasts became elaborate, unending and could often result in brawls. The toastmaster was a designated person that presided over the gathering, delivering relevant and timely toasts during the event and making sure others had a chance to offer toasts to the table, much like an emcee would do today to keep the party going. The importance of the toastmaster and toasting in England was best described in the book The Royal Toastmaster, from 1791: “A Toast or Sentiment very frequently excites good humor, and revives languid conversation; often does it, when properly applied, cool the heat of resentment, and blunt the edge of animosity. A well-applied Toast is acknowledged, universally, to soothe the flame of acrimony, when season and reason oft used their efforts to no purpose.” Some historians believe the clinking of glasses in the toasting ritual was meant to make noise in order to keep demons and evil spirits away and/or to replicate the sound of church bells. Imbibing after the toast also has significance around the world. In some cultures, to toast but not drink will bring bad

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luck. Following a toast in Japan, it is customary to constantly refill the glass so that it never goes empty. In Korea, however, the glass should be emptied before the host refills. Then there is the simple one-word act of friendship and comradery that usually coincides with the first drink of the night—salud, prost, santé, cheers, kanpai, sláinte, pro and kippis, to name just a few. Temperance movements over the centuries have tried to abolish toasting. The Massachusetts colony in 1634 banned the “abominable custom of drinking to another’s health,” but the act of toasting remains true to its original purpose today. According to North Carolina’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, the state’s official toast comes from the poem The Old North State, written by Leonora Monteiro Martin in 1904. In the 1930s, Mary Burke Kerr, a music teacher in Sampson County, composed music for the poem and in 1957 it became the state’s official toast. The poem rather appropriately begins: Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine, The summer land where the sun doth shine, Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here’s to “Down Home,” the Old North State!

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