Eastern North Carolina Magazine and Media
On April 3-4, 2020, the Pamlico Writers’ Group will welcome writers from near and far to its eighth annual writing conference in Washington, NC. This year’s theme is “Writers’ Blocks: Building Your Vision” and will be held, once again, in the beautiful Historic Turnage Theatre. Friday night will offer an opening keynote by Jaki Shelton […]
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Towards the end of the Civil war, the phrase “a rich man’s war, poor man’s fight was well entrenched in the psyche of the southerners. While it is tempting to look at the Civil War through the eyes of the 21st century, living conditions were predominantly rural. The federal, state and local government entities lacked […]
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by Footsteps Staff The story of the 3,000,000 soldiers who fought in the Civil War (Two million for the North and One million for the South) represents a unique story. In studying the Civil War’s common soldier, it is important to understand the emotional responses of the men who risked it all. Historian Bell I. […]
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We have re-written our regional calendar website to accommodate new features. You can now submit your own events. Just click Add Event in the main menu on top. The site now has the added security of SSL. If you part of an organisation that already has a calendar and wish to share your info on […]
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By: Coy Domecq One of the failings of growing up eating a local staple is we sometimes take for granted that everyone is familiar with what is truly a regional dish and not well known beyond our personal borders. This is the case for the southern specialty grits. History reveals that at least in 1579, […]
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Picadillo is a traditional dish in many Latin American countries and the Philippines (where it is known as giniling, and also arroz a la Cubana) that is similar to hash. It is made with ground beef, tomatoes (tomato sauce may be used as a substitute), raisins, olives, and other ingredients that vary by region. Did you know? You can freeze leftovers of this Cuban dish in an […]
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Are the Reasons valid or just technophobia? Wind power has been recognized globally as a source of renewable energy and that’s why they are being employed globally. In recent years, Wind power has become increasingly popular because it generates electricity without burning fossil fuels or emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Despite the fact that […]
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The Spanish invasions of North Carolina coast in the early 1700s were as a result of a sequence of clashes between Spain and England starting with the War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739-42). The conflicts began in late April 1741, when two Spanish privateers, with about 98 men aboard. About a month after, they had captured […]
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By Fr Jonathan Tobias “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” Doubtless, you’ve heard this question before, and you knew straightaway that it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. Angels have been long dismissed from modern thought, pretty much assigned to the same wastebasket of history into which the “flat earth” […]
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Health and Nutrition Strategies For Cancer Survivors and Everybody Else Reprint from June Edition Last month I provided information about Northeast North Carolina’s toxic contribution to the national food chain. Let’s elaborate: Lately, we’ve been inundated with adds about herbicides specifically those that include glyphosate. It is extensively used soy, grain and corn crops. Because […]
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