December 2011 Volume 6, No. 12 DEPARTMENTS
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Sweet Tea Chronicles Jim Dodson
PinePitch Our Favorite Cookbooks PineBuzz
Jack Dodson
19 Postcard from Nicaragua Cassie Butler
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Cos and Effect Cos Barnes The Omnivorous Reader
Stephen E. Smith
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FEATURES
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Ballad of the Chinese Buffet A Christmas Poem By Deborah Salomon
58 Wonders of the Sandhills The small things that make this such a Wonder-ful place to call home
68 Please Write Soon
By Stephen E. Smith
The joy of writing a letter 70 Jazz in the Pines A scrapbook from the Roaring Twenties
74 The Gift of the Magi By O.Henry Our tribute to our new sister magazine and America’s most beloved short story writer 78 Story of a House By Deborah Salomon For Sally Wood and her interior designer, Afterglow Cottage was the perfect canvas
87 December Almanac
By Noah Salt
This is the time to plan your spring garden
Bookshelf Hitting Home Dale Nixon The Kitchen Garden Jan Leitschuh
Vine Wisdom Robyn James Spirits Frank Daniels III Out of the Blue Deborah Salomon Birdwatch Susan Campbell The Sporting Life Tom Bryant Golftown Journal Lee Pace Pleasures of Life Joyce Rheeling Serial Eater David C. Bailey Calendar SandhillSeen Thoughts From The Manshed Geoff Cutler 109 The Accidental Astrologer Astrid Stellanova 111 PineNeedler Mart Dickerson 112 SouthWords Sue Pace
Cover Illustration By Meridith Martens 2
December 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills