FEATURES
July 2010
46 Best In Show
Volume 5, No. 7
Our loving tribute to the cult classic. Lassie Come Home it ain’t.
50 Dog Tales
Four stories guaranteed to make your tail wag.
DEPARTMENTS
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Sweet Tea Chronicles Jim Dodson
8 13 15
PinePitch Cos and Effect Cos Barnes The Omnivorous Reader Stephen E. Smith
18 22 25 27 31 33 35 37 41 72 83 95
Bookshelf PineBuzz Jack Dodson Hitting Home Dale Nixon The Kitchen Garden Jan Leitschuh Pleasures of Life Nancy Oakley Vine Wisdom Robyn James Birdwatch Susan Campbell The Sporting Life Tom Bryant Golftown Journal Lee Pace Calendar SandhillSeen The Accidental Astrologer Astrid Stellanova
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SouthWords
Laurie Birdsong
Houdini Higgins By Geoff Cutler Doggy in the Mist Megan Shore Sister Act By Chris Larsen Emma’s Eyes By Brenda Bouser
55 Top Dogs We sure love hot dogs. Here are our patriotic fab five for summer 2010.
59 Blues Traveler
By Ashley Wahl
Austin-based bluesman Seth Walker headlines the 2010 Blues Crawl.
60 The March King
By Ray Owen
64 Story of a House
By Deborah Salomon
John Philip Sousa, composer of America’s most patriotic music, was a modest man full of surprises. This brilliantly reworked Whispering Pines gem elevates a dog’s life to an art form.
68 The Garden Path
By Tom Allen
Dig in the soil, delve in the soil — or so agrees our thoughtful essayist, who is happy to show you the dirt beneath his fingernails. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM SAYER Front L-R: Justin Monroe and Bill, Collette and Caesar, Joey Rouse, Billie Ertter and Nelly. Back L-R: Heath Trigg, Ginny Kelly and Luke, Robyn James, Ken Howell and Buttercup.
Walking the Moore County Hounds PHOTOGRAPH BY JEANNE PAINE