Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore

North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs receives lifetime honor at BET Awards

LOS ANGELES — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” ...

‘Tune Our Hearts’: Celebrating the great songs of faith

What a joyous celebration of love, faith and personhood was lifted on Sunday at Forest Hills Baptist...

Why wait? Jump-start your creativity and start writing

The screams of a woman were being muffled by the morning fog blanketing Atlantic Christian College. ...

James Beard Awards recognize NC chefs, restaurants

RALEIGH — Starting with a small fried fish shack in Durham, chef Ricky Moore is on top of the culina...

Celebrate summer season with a cobbler

It’s blueberry season right now, and I’ve already purchased several pints both at the grocery store ...

Father’s Day is for smiles, flowers and love

What did your father give you for Father’s Day? Elizabeth’s father placed a bag of tenderloin biscu...

‘If I had a hammer, a bell, a song...’

Most of us have grown up hearing recordings of the protest song, “If I Had a Hammer,” written by Pet...

Artist ventures into instant film

Widely known for his watercolors, artist Juan Carlos Duron Martinez has stepped out of his comfort z...

PHOTOS: Thousands attend Gig in the Park concert

Creativity’s as easy as playing in the dirt

Of all the open secrets about Wilson, it’s the creative people who abound, some unseen, many visible...

Live a higher life by ‘bending low’

It may seem ironic, but one of the secrets to a higher, more effective and fulfilled life is “bendin...

Bad-to-the-bone bugs invade the garden

All bugs serve a predestined purpose on the earth — right? Well, not in my flower garden or in my ve...

Have you ever made buttermilk yeast rolls?

Making yeast breads is one of my favorite hobbies. I love experimenting and trying new recipes to ad...

Advice: Leave the biscuit baking to Mom

My mom, Virginia, could bake homemade buttermilk biscuits like nobody else. It was never work for he...

Fences, walls, neighbors ignite heated questions about society

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” writes Robert Frost in his famous poem, “Mending Wall...

A heck of a lot of work, but worth it

With apologies to Lisa Boykin Batts, The Wilson Times’ resident cooking guru, my wife Elizabeth made...

Wilson woman joins arts grant advisory council

A Wilson interior designer has been appointed to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s Public Art Advis...

Living so that we may ‘contribute a verse’

For those of us who think that our lives do not count for anything and do not contribute to the worl...

Muffins bring back memories of Mama

Mama had a sweet tooth and always enjoyed desserts and candy. Sometimes, she’d even eat her dessert ...