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24 Q&A: On the Rise A passion for sourdough

27 MUSIC: The New Normal Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rod Abernethy

29 ART: Engaging Renegades Professor and advocate Linda Dallas

33 DRINK: Steeped in Wellness An encyclopedic tea shop

36 LOCALS: That’s Rad An artsy, entrepreneurial couple

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42 SIMPLE LIFE: In the Beginning A gardener’s genesis

44 NOTED: Growing Our Own Eamon Queeney (TEA) Eamon Queeney (AARDVARK); 36 Family and food intertwine

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Teacher and baker Hannah Page slices a homemade sourdough loaf made with spelt and rye ﬂours.

ON THE RISE A Raleigh educator’s passion for sourdough turned her into a social media star

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y most natural the University of Georgia to study public a crusty bread. She made it, and she was state is when I'm administration. Today, she’s a communi- hooked. “I fell in love with that method, a student,” says ty liaison and history teacher at Raleigh then read more about bread baking and Hannah Page. Charter — where she unexpectedly everything was saying to create a sour- The Mississippi became a student of sourdough. dough starter,” she says. She made two “Mnative went through early college at It happened when a coworker gifted starters, started documenting her prog- Millsaps, got a Master’s of Arts in Teach- her a Dutch oven for a wedding gift. ress, and, in the midst of the pandemic, ing at Duke University, then attended Inside was a handwritten recipe card for found herself an Instagram sensation.

24 | WALTER HOW DID BAKING BECOME A HOBBY? I started baking every day. I’d bring a loaf to work and share with my co-workers or friends. It’s one of my favorite things in the world, somewhat of an addiction. I’m an introvert and sourdough baking is the perfect hobby for someone who doesn’t mind being at home. It’s not necessarily a lot of hands- on time, you just have to be around.

DO YOU STILL BAKE EVERY DAY? In the early days, I was. Then I wasn’t, but since the pandemic, I’m back to that. It’s a way to connect and take care of my friends and community now. Since I’m splitting my time between school and Zooming — a new, different part of my job — I try to ﬁt it in early. I’m a natu- rally early riser, so I get up around 5 a.m. and bake just about every day.

IS THIS PART OF YOUR DAILY RITUAL? Yes, I am a ritual person, deﬁnitely. It’s a stress reliever, tactile in all different stages. Each one offers something different: folding, scoring, mixing, cutting, making designs.

2020 WAS THE YEAR OF BREAD-MAK- ING. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? Page has a talent for scoring her loaves with designs inspired by art and landscapes. Bread helps build and nourish the community and there’s this personal satisfaction. Bread is fundamentally nourishing. Courtesy Hannah Page (PIZZA, PAIN D'EPI, ROLLS) (PIZZA, PAIN Courtesy Hannah Page If someone is going through something IS THAT THE HUGE ROUND ONE YOU Instagram handle I have blonde hair — hard, they’re pretty much going to be SEE IN FRENCH BAKERIES? but I don’t! Then an image got picked okay with a loaf of bread. Yes! The very first time I made one, the up by a food site, and I started getting I think I take to it also because of my power went out in our apartment build- a ton of traction during the pandemic, love of theater. I see the bread-making ing. I brought it down and put out huge which is weird and makes you pensive. process as the stage. People often ask if chunks with apricot butter and left a It’s not something I necessarily want to I get sad when I cut a loaf, and I don’t note saying something like, If you trust celebrate, but it’s neat. I’m enjoying that think I ever have once — I always know me, please enjoy this bread. Each piece people are seeing my bread. People are another one’s coming! It’s like striking got eaten. searching for something to make them a set: You might have a moment, but it’s feel fulfilled, and learning about bread being appreciative of this never-ending HOW DID YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT is their means to that. cycle. I don’t necessarily remember spe- EVOLVE? cific loaves, but different styles of bread Back in 2015, my friend Mary, who is PEOPLE LOVE THE ARTFUL DESIGNS ON make me think of different memories. much savvier than me on social media, MANY OF YOUR BREADS. WHERE DOES said, You’re taking pictures every day, just THAT INSPIRATION COME FROM? DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE? put them up! So I just started posting. You know, I think I saw one day online A few years ago I thought it would be The name, Blondie + Rye, comes from someone had baked their loaves with a cool to make a loaf of miche, which has my first two sourdough starters. So few flowers on them or herb sprigs and to be about 1,000 grams of flour. many people think that because of my I thought, why not do a whole landscape?

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Ingredients 400 grams* (2 ½ cups) all-purpose flour 100 grams (½ cup) 100% hydration sourdough starter 125 grams (1 cup) milk + 100 grams cream (½ cup) or 225 grams (1 cup) Page’s Pain d'Epi, a French baguette designed to milk look like a stalk of wheat. 50 grams (3 ½ tablespoons) butter It’s all self-taught. I really don’t have 60 grams (4 tablespoons) brown artistic talent, I can’t paint or draw, but sugar I felt like I had a canvas for expressing 1 egg yolk myself through bread. I love art and 8 grams (2 teaspoons) salt William Morris. I’ll stare at his prints Directions and leaves, and use my tools to score the Pour wet ingredients into mixing bowl, loaf with similar designs. then slowly incorporate dry ingredients. Once everything is fully incorporated, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR FLOUR? let it sit. I feel strongly about King Arthur brand Give the dough two sets of stretch-and- all-purpose flour. When I buy rye, folds every half hour, for two hours. spelt, and sprouted whole wheat, I go to (This dough is quite enriched, so it will Whole Foods. When I order specialty not ferment at all in that time, even if you're in a warm climate.) flours, I use Carolina Ground, which has amazing flours. By the time you’ve given your last fold, this dough should be smooth and strong. Divide into nine sections, and HOW MANY LOAVES OF BREAD DO YOU roll each into a ball, using a dry surface THINK YOU MADE IN 2020? to create tension. A conservative estimate would be 200. Heavily grease a 9-inch round pan or a 9-inch square pan and place the rolls in WHEN YOU’RE NOT BAKING OR WORK- it. (You can also divide them into eight ING, WHAT DO YOU AND YOUR HUS- sections and put them in a loaf pan.) BAND LIKE TO DO FOR FUN? Let the rolls rise until tripled in size. We love being around our neighbor- Taking the time to do so will ensure hood: getting coffee at Cup A Joe, they are truly fluffy. This will take differ- heading to Nice Price Books & Records ent amounts of time depending on the or Reader’s Corner. Pre-pandemic, we ambient temperature (Page’s took 14 loved going to the smaller movie the- hours). Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until lightly brown. aters. I like to go out near the greenway and Raleigh Brewing. *Page encourages working in grams for precise baking, but we've included approximate standard measurements ANY BAKING TIPS FOR BEGINNERS? as well. Get a cheap digital scale. Being able to work with baker’s percentages as a baseline allows for improvisation. Stick- ing with a percentage of water, flour, and salt — being precise will allow you over time to improvise a little and learn a recipe by heart. MUSIC Rodney Bowels

the new NORMAL Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rod Abernethy has been a Triangle ﬁxture for decades — and his new album feels right of the moment

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od Abernethy’s February track (There was a time when anyone was brought life to a screeching halt last album Normal Isn’t Normal welcome at the door / but normal isn’t spring, which makes the album seem Anymore seems like it was normal anymore) resonate perfectly with prescient or creepy — or both. pulled straight out of the life on Planet Pandemic. “I wondered, should I even release this 2020 news cycle. Songs like Funny thing about that, though: now? And what about that title, that song? RAnother Year (which opens, Jane walks Abernethy wrote and recorded all 12 It just seemed way too obvious, like peo- through the city / all alone) and the title of these songs long before COVID-19 ple would think I did it during COVID,”

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 27 Raleigh guitarist and the Raleigh singer-songwriter says. singer-songwriter Rod “But it really does predate that whole Abernethy. thing. The song Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore came from touring, talking to lots of people about how things just didn’t feel like they used to, so what is normal anymore? I’m glad I waited to release it now, it seems to mean more.” Now 67, Abernethy has been a major presence in Triangle music for going on half a century. A native of Rutherford- ton, west of Charlotte, he landed in the Triangle in 1971 to go to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ﬁrst appearing on local stages as a folksy singer-songwriter who played a mean guitar. In the mid-1970s he signed on as lead guitarist for Arrogance, a rock band that was pretty much at the top of the local heap. “He’s a great guitar player and an interesting songwriter,” says his former Arrogance bandmate Don Dixon. “In some ways he made us more ‘coliseum- rock’ than we really were when he joined Arrogance. But when I ﬁrst met him, he was doing more like what he’s back to doing now: folk songs with Leo

Kottke-esque guitar and these amaz- Jonathan Byrd ing instrumentals. He’d do these very funny comedy-act things that owed a robot” sculptures from household items lot to Steve Martin, wearing funny hats and scavenged parts. and doing goofy stuff right before daz- But Abernethy’s main order of busi- zling people with his guitar playing.” ness in recent years has been resuming After leaving Arrogance in the early his own recording and performing 1980s, Abernethy played in a series of career. His 2018 solo album, The Man bands including Glass Moon (appear- I’m Supposed To Be, showcased him as ing in their video for the 1982 Hot 100 a guitarist who has only gotten better Billboard hit single On a Carousel), Rod with age. Dash, and The Slackmates. A consum- “When I started playing again the mate guitarist as well as a quick study, past three or four years, I realized and in 2020, he released a solo guitar he also became an in-demand player people want to connect,” says Aber- instrumental album, Without a Word. and composer for commercial jingles nethy. “That’s been a beautiful thing That album includes a cover ofWalk and soundtracks for ﬁlm, television and for me. I write and sing and play these Away Renée by The Left Banke that computer games, including winning a songs about life experiences and then closes his latest album. And Aber- 2009 BAFTA Game Developers Choice people come up afterward to say,I went nethy’s itching to get out and play for Award for the audio in Dead Space. through that, too. Thank you. People need an audience, except… Abernethy still does enough back- that and I do, too.” “Life is strange,” he says with a sigh. ground soundtrack music to keep his His solo act got a further boost when “I could not be more ready to go out hand in, and he teaches music composi- he won American Songwriter maga- and play for people, especially these tion at the University of North Caro- zine’s 2019 Bob Dylan Song Contest, songs — and of course no one is able lina School of the Arts. He also dabbles with a letter-perfect cover of the great to do that now. But it’s something we in outsider art, building “steampunk bard’s early-1960s song Oxford Town, need.”

28 | WALTER ART

Linda Dallas, left, and the interior of Saint Agnes Hospital.

engaging RENEGADES For Saint Augustine’s professor Linda Dallas, it’s a mission to make art central to our community

by FINN COHEN photography by EAMON QUEENEY t the corner of North State Street and Oakwood tory, and started an arts collaboration project called Envision Avenue sit the skeletal remains of Saint Agnes Saint Agnes Hospital as a way to honor the space. “That’s what Hospital, established in 1896 on the campus of artists do. They make places meaningful, even if there are not a Saint Augustine’s University. For years, it was the lot of physical things there.” one of the only hospitals in the South for Black For the last three years, Dallas has been spearheading the Apatients, and it closed after medical care became desegregated Envision Saint Agnes project — a slate of watercolor workshops, in the 1960s. Now it stands as a reminder of those days, and a installations, walking tours, and pop-up painting and drawing marker of sorts between two Raleighs: the affluent enclave of events — with her students. And the city has responded, help- Oakwood and the gentrifying neighborhoods just to the east. ing foster collaborations with local and international artists: For Linda Dallas, a professor of visual arts at Saint Augus- in 2018, for example, Austrian duo OMAi worked with several tine’s, the hospital is also a mission. local artists for a visual tribute to the boxer Jack Johnson, who “I want it to connect and inform both of those communi- was brought to Saint Agnes after a fatal car crash in 1946, that ties,” says Dallas. She saw a lack of recognition of the site’s his- was projected onto the facade of the hospital.

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But she arrived at her current role through a long process of deeper connection with Raleigh itself. She moved to the city in 1985 to attend North Carolina State Univer- sity’s College of Design, and over the past four decades, she’s become a vital part of Raleigh’s fabric of artists, serving on the city’s Arts Commission and becoming a member of the Public Art and Design Board. Dallas grew up in Detroit, as part of a family where “everybody always had some kind of project, whether it was making puppets or reupholster- ing a couch.” She also had a mind that was drawn to systems: she majored in mathematics at Howard University, and spent part of her undergraduate time at Oak Ridge National school, years apart. Cox recommended that Dallas apply to the Laboratory in Tennessee for a work-study program, collecting College of Design; she did, and soon she landed in Raleigh. Cox data for a fusion energy experiment. There wasn’t much to do became her professor, then a friend — and even a patron of socially in the town of Oak Ridge, so she took a few figure- Dallas’ rich watercolor work. drawing classes at the local art center. She loved it, and when “I own several Linda Dallases; I’m very proud of my collection, an instructor there invited her to audit some of his similar and intend to add to it,” says Cox, who says she’s seen Dallas classes at the University of Tennessee, a spark was lit. blossom not only as a vital member of the Saint Augustine’s Returning to Washington, Dal- community, but also as an artist. “I’ve seen las felt an initial pull to go back to her work evolve, because when I met her, graduate school — she was accepted at “In many cultures, she was drawing primarily. Color theory Howard to study mathematics — but is a big part of the education at College of got a job working in the gift shop at the artist is central Design, and I’m very proud of the contri- the Hirshhorn Museum (then known to society and culture... butions I’ve made to her development.” as the Museum of African Art). That After graduating, Dallas stuck math program paled in comparison, I think it’s time for the around, working as a volunteer coordina- she says: “I was at a museum, learning renegades and rebels tor at the Children’s Museum About the about African art, making money — it World (which eventually became Explo- was fun!” to get engaged.” ris) and working her way up to direc- And it was at the Hirshorn gift shop — Linda Dallas tor of exhibits. But her creative process that a chance conversation set Dallas stagnated, she says, for about a decade. on a new path. Chandra Cox, a profes- “Design school dumped so much sor at N.C. State’s College of Design, was browsing the store, information in my head, that it was just up there processing; and as the two spoke, they learned that both of their families it was there, but I couldn't apply it,” she says. “One day, I just were in Detroit, and that they’d even attended the same high woke up and thought, ok, I can apply it.” Sarah Powers, the executive director for the Office of Raleigh Arts, has known Dallas for a decade, since they both worked on the city’s Arts Commission. The city’s recent collaborations with the Saint Agnes project, Powers says, have been a prime example of what Dallas brings to Raleigh. On one particular day, people who had been born at Saint Agnes were able to come to the site, have their portraits taken, and meet people who grew up in the neighborhood or who had just moved to Raleigh. “It’s not like, Hey, this is what I personally want that’s the driving force behind her work,” Powers says. “It’s her collab- Part of the Envision Saint Agnes project, projecting images onto its facade. orative spirit. She asks, how can we all come together and create a vision for the site? How can we use it now? How can we tell the Dallas had studied industrial design at N.C. State, but she story of this place?” started exploring the potential for watercolor work on her It’s a sense of place that really drives Dallas’ work. Teach- own. Much of her work involves gardens and food, concepts ing visual art remotely has been a challenge over the last year, that she finds to be rich ground for cultural understanding. Dallas says, but some of her most rewarding moments have “I think that food — which is fuel for us, which is essential come from seeing her students engaged with a space like the — has become such a commodity that there’s a disconnect hospital that carries so much history. from the process of how it goes from an animal or a plant “They have such pride that they can talk about this place, to something on our plate,” she explains. “And cultures that that other people are interested in their campus,” she says. would have their hands around each other’s throats in about “And I would say for 90% of the people who show up there, 10 seconds if you sat them down at a table — they get along it is their first time on our campus — even though some of very well, cuisine-wise.” those people only live two or three blocks away.” DRINK

STEEPED in

WELLNESS A look within an encyclopedic shop for all things tea

by LORI D. R. WIGGINS photography by EAMON QUEENEY tep inside Tin Roof Teas in There are teapots — clay Yixing prized And, of course, there’s tea, lots and the Village District and you’ll by Chinese tea connoisseurs, Japanese lots of it — much of it stocked library- find shelves full of everything Kyusu for brewing green tea, cast-iron style behind the counter. Tin Roof of- you can imagine related to tea: Iwachu that go straight onto the stove fers more than 250 types of tea, ranging sugar, spoons, and beeswax — and honey, too, locally harvested and from black, green, and white to oolongs, Sproducts, plus an array of filters, stor- infused with a range of flavors, from fruits, and rooibos. There are herbal age tins, infusers, and cups of all styles. vanilla to ghost pepper. teas, ayurvedic teas, and wellness teas;

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 33 CRAWFORD AND SON’S BINGO KID there are seasonal teas. More than 30 of to know — and share. “I’m a huge fan of working tea into Tin Roof’s teas have been named World That was 14 years ago. Within two cocktails,” says Crawford and Son Tea Expo Winners, a nod of excellence years, the Hinson brothers went from bar manager Joseph Jordan. “Tin Roof introduced me to the Chinese from North America’s largest industry researching tea to attending the World Milky Oolong Tea years ago — and trade show. Tea Expo and opening their own Ger- I’ve been hooked ever since.” Jordan Almost half of Tin Roof’s teas are man teahouse-style shop in Raleigh. uses the creamy, fruity tea to create blended in-house with fresh leaves and Their first outpost was a franchise, but a cocktail syrup. “We slowly cook herbs. Rip Van Winkle, for instance, Hinson wanted more control over what down the oolong into a mixture of oat milk, toasted cinnamon, allspice, blends chamomile, peppermint, laven- they’d stock. (“We were missing a lot of cane sugar, and salt, and then we der, and rose to ease the mind; Einstein’s stuff folks were looking for,” he says.) pair this with bourbon to add spice Equation offers a mental boost with So they set out on their own, establish- and malty notes, along with passion ginkgo leaf, rosemary, ginger, and gotu ing Tin Roof Teas in 2009. The business fruit to highlight the tea’s tropical kola. Guayusa offers energy; kava kava settled into one Village District loca- notes.” promotes rest and relief from anxiety. tion over 11 years and moved across the “Only a handful of teas we have plaza about a year ago. INGREDIENTS here can you find anywhere else in the Tin Roof’s clientele is as varied as 1 ½ ounce bourbon area,” says owner Ryan Hinson, who the offerings inside. Tea connoisseurs ½ ounce Calvados champions the benefits of green tea as a of all stripes and ages — older women, 1 ounce cinnamon-infused Tin Roof detoxifier, metabolism booster, and cof- college students, men “heavy into fit- Tea Oolong Syrup* fee alternative. “Most of the world has ness” — make up the regulars. Hinson ½ ounce passion fruit juice coffee in the morning, tea throughout notices that patrons with Chinese and ¾ ounce lemon the day.” Indian roots come in often, bring- “Tea is fascinating,” Hinson says. ing along a cultural appreciation of 1 egg white “It’s great health-wise, too.” But before the store’s knowledge and selection of Dash of Angostura Bitters Hinson could teach others about tea’s hard-to-find teas. “As our reputation 1 cinnamon stick benefits, he taught himself — not just has grown, so has our pull in terms of DIRECTIONS about its range of flavors, but about nationalities,” says Hinson. First-time Start with your egg white and dry tea’s art, history, science, and culture. customers enter as novices and leave as shake. “I had trouble sleeping,” says Hin- enthusiasts, with bags of loose-leaf tea son. “So I started like everybody else: and all the accessories to brew at home. Add all ingredients with a light amount of ice to shake until all ingredients are at the grocery store.” Then he delved And that’s the goal: to teach tea, combined and chilled. into higher-end brands, and started steeped in all its elements of cozy- Strain with a fine strainer over a large reading books about tea, buying and warmth and wellness. “Tea is wide open ice cube in a rocks glass. Use a micro- trying loose leaves. He chatted with — in its varieties, flavors, caffeine, plane to grate cinnamon stick over his brother Richard about what he’d herbs,” says Hinson. “It’s just a good drink. learned and how much more he wanted option, period.” *Find the recipe at waltermagazine.com

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ne night in 2003, Greg Myra Smith, grow several small busi- each made their way back to N.C. They Clayton was painting in nesses over the years. soon fell in love, and their marriage has his basement and created Clayton and Smith each grew up in been deﬁned by its artistic endeavors and a cartoonish red yak with small North Carolina towns and ﬁrst be- entrepreneurialism. a serene smile. “He was a came friends while attending art school “You get to these places in your life Ofun, cute, happy little guy,” says Clayton. at East Carolina University in the early when being creative is the necessary The character stuck with him. Soon the 1990s. After college, they went their sepa- thing,” Smith says. “It’s a compulsion.” Rad Yak, as Clayton named him, became rate ways for several years — Clayton As a result of their relentless ingenu- a sort of unofficial mascot, a stand-in for toured with a rock band called Lustre, ity, Smith and Clayton have established the cheerful, spontaneous sort of inspira- and Smith traveled and taught English themselves as an integral part of Raleigh’s tion that has helped Clayton and his wife, abroad — but reconnected once they’d local retail and art scenes.

36 | WALTER This page: A mix of Most days, Clayton can be found run- original art and col- ning the show at Aardvark Screen Print- lected pieces in Greg Clayton and Myra ing, which specializes in designing and Smith's home. Oppo- printing custom t-shirts. The Whitaker site page: the couple at home. Mill shop, which Clayton has owned and operated for over twenty years, is thoughtfully adorned with vintage advertisements. “It looks like an antique store when you walk in, not a shirt shop,” says Clayton. At Aardvark, you may find him behind the screen printing press or hand-writing an invoice — or you may hear him upstairs, playing drums after hours with his current band, The Feeds. “I never pictured myself having a big company — that doesn’t excite me,” Clayton explains. “We do everything hands-on.” At home, Smith refurbishes antiques and creates one-of-a-kind wax encaustic paintings and Japanese-style pottery. Their basement workshop looks like a well-curated step back in time, with a vintage rocking chair in one corner, a mirror covered in wooden lizards (hand-carved by Smith) in another, and the couple’s beagle-hound mix, Roscoe Thelonious Coltrane, shuffling around. The walls are filled with framed screen prints of the Rad Yak and folk art-style creations (see: UFOs surrounded by glit- tery crumpled beer cans). For a while, Smith worked as a high and sales, turning yesterday’s junk into things shut down,” he says. Aardvark’s school art teacher, but “I’d always been new treasures for their customers. current location is slated for demolition this serial entrepreneur cloaked in public In the meantime, Smith finished a to make room for new development, and education,” she says. In the late 2010s, master’s degree in contemplative educa- will soon move to a nearby space on the Smith and Clayton decided to clear their tion and decided to dedicate her work outskirts of Mordecai. historic Glenwood-Brooklyn home of to teaching people practical mindful- Among all their pursuits, Smith and some art and antiques they had acquired ness and meditation skills. She started Clayton look forward to what the future over the years, but quickly realized there Mindful High School, an effort to bring holds. “The shop moving is the next big was a business opportunity at hand. meditation to teens in their classrooms, thing for me,” Clayton says. “It’s stress- “We both inherited everything at and also Mind Juku, for adult practitio- ful, but it’s also exciting — there’s gonna first,” Clayton says. “We were like, how ners. “I want to help people have a more be so much to do.” Smith, for her part, is are we gonna get rid of all this stuff? We sane experience while they are here on finishing up the busy season for mindful- can’t have a yard sale every week!” the planet,” says Smith, who offers classes ness classes, which she says fill up in the The pair started retailing antiques in- to clients on a sliding pay scale. “I don’t winter months, and ready to help her side the Cheshire Cat Antique Gallery in want mindfulness to be this unreachable, husband reset. the Village District and, along with some unattainable thing.” As for the Rad Yak, he continues to be a of their original artwork and screenprint Clayton acknowledges the challenges reminder of optimism and delight for the pieces, through an Etsy shop (named, of and rewards of being a small business couple and, they hope, for others. “He’s course, Rad Yak). And once their person- owner, counting Aardvark lucky that it just a guy that looks very peaceful,” says al collection was exhausted, they started remained operational during the pan- Clayton. “We hope he brings people joy sourcing antiques from rural markets demic. “I didn’t let anybody go when when they see him.”

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STREAK of RED Discovered decades ago, the Carolina Sandhills Salamander has recently been proven to be an entirely new species

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thought it was just an odd- Sciences. It looked like a Southern Two- hills, burrowing through root tangles in ball,” says Alvin Braswell of Lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera), but search of more of these salamanders. He the unusual red salamander “the specimen had hardly any stripes, it learned to ﬁnd them on roadsides, where he ﬁrst saw in 1969. At the was different — and it alerted us to pay they tended to move on damp winter time, he was the assistant more attention.” nights — little streaks on the asphalt, “Icurator for lower invertebrates at the Braswell went on to spend many rainy indistinguishable from pine needles North Carolina Museum of Natural nights along streams “all over” the Sand- when their heads were down.

38 | WALTER Five decades later, that “oddball” red a public building downtown posed salamander is now known officially serious safety concerns. Today, the as the Carolina Sandhills Salamander 20,000-square-foot lab holds more than (Eurycea arenicola). It marks the 64th two million fluid-preserved, research- salamander species for North Carolina. grade specimens of invertebrates, fishes, “It’s exciting because it adds yet another amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mam- species to a state which already boasts mals, some of which were collected in the highest salamander diversity in the the late 1800s. United States — and possibly of any “Those collections are invaluable for similar-sized region in the world,” says documenting the biodiversity of not Jeff Beane, collections manager for only North Carolina, but other regions herpetology at the NCMNS. as well,” says Beane. “The lab houses the Almost every known specimen of world’s largest collections of many spe- the Carolina Sandhills Salamander is cies, and its regional representation is housed in the NCMNS’s collection — among the strongest of any collection but you won’t find them downtown. In in the world.” the summer of 1998, the ethanol-pre- The new categorization of the Caro- served specimens were moved from the lina Sandhills Salamander is thanks museum’s basement to the Prarie Ridge to significant advancements in DNA Ecostation & Research Laboratory near analysis — and some serious team Top: Alvin Braswell at a creek on the property of the Reedy Creek Road, since such a large Prairie Ridge Ecostation & Research Laboratory. Bot- effort. When Braswell, who currently volume of flammable liquid beneath tom: Salamander specimens. serves as the interim deputy director

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A grande dame, an old beech, and other memory-keepers on the path to this gardener’s genesis In the Beginning

by JIM DODSON

ifteen years ago, a grande dame It’s actually what inspired me to create of English gardening named my “faux English Southern Garden” on a Mirabel Osler smiled coyly forest hilltop in Maine. over a goblet of merlot and said My visit with Osler was one of several something I’ll never forget. stops I was making across England in F“You know, dear,” she declared, “being the spring as part of a year-long odyssey a gardener is perhaps the closest thing through the horticulture world research- you’ll ever get to playing God. Please ing a book about human obsession with don’t let on to the Almighty, however. He gardens — including my own. thinks He gets to have all the fun.” When I asked Dame Mirabel why mak- The café in Ludlow, ing a garden becomes so all-consuming Osler’s Shropshire market and appealing, she had a ready answer. town, claimed a Michelin “I think among the most valuable star. But the real star that things a garden does for the human soul early spring afternoon in is make us feel connected to the past and the ﬂowering Midlands of therefore each other,” she said, sipping England was Dame Mirabel her wine. “We’re all old souls, you know, herself. Spry and witty, the people who love plants. Especially trees.” 80-year-old garden designer She was delighted that I shared her had reintroduced the classic enchantment with trees, mentioning a English “cottage garden” gorgeous old American beech that stood to the mainstream with beside our house in Maine and how it her winsome 1988 book, A became the centerpiece of my own wild Gentle Plea for Chaos. garden. The intimate tale of how When my children were still quite she and her late husband young, we carved our initials into the transformed their working beech — as one must do with its smooth, farm into a botanical paradise where gray bark — hoping our names and the nature was free to ﬂourish became a tree might reside together forever, or at surprise bestseller that fueled a world- least a couple hundred years. Unfortu- wide renaissance in cottage gardening. nately, our great beech was visibly ailing,

42 | WALTER which sent me on an odyssey to try to Since Christmas Day, save it. That quest ultimately became a I’ve spent hours just look- book I wrote called Beautiful Madness. ing at this space the way “I think that’s the alchemy of a beau- the author in me stares at tiful tree,” Dame Mirabel agreed. “They a blank white page before speak to us in a quiet language all their starting a new book. own. They watch over the days of our Creating a new gar- lives and will long outlive us. No wonder den from scratch is both that everyone from Plato to the Druids addictively fun and of Celtic lore believed divinities resided maddeningly elusive — a in groves of trees. Trees are living memo- tale as old as Genesis. It’s ry-keepers.” neither for the faint of Mirabel Osler passed away in 2016, at heart nor skint of wallet. age 91. Not long afterBeautiful Madness Gardens, like children, was published in 2006, however, she mature and change over wrote me a charming note to say how time. At best, gardeners much she enjoyed reading about our visit and parents must accept in Ludlow. True to form, as my wife, that we are, in the end, Wendy, and I discovered on that unforget- simply loving caretak- table spring day, Dame Osler’s final garden ers for these living and was a chaotic masterpiece, a backyard breathing works of art. filled with beautiful small trees and flow- Although the Good Lord ering shrubs arching over a narrow stone may have finished His pathway. or Her garden in just Not surprisingly, as this long, dark six days, I fully expect winter of 2021 approached its end, Dame my new final project — Mirabel was on my mind anew as I began which, in truth, is rela-

Getty Images serious work and planning on what will be tively small — to provide years of work Surrounded by Max’s grandiflora ca- my fourth — and likely final — garden. and revision before my soul and shovel mellias, this garden will be a tribute to the Five years ago, Wendy and I purchased can rest. trees and people I associate them with. a handsome old bungalow in the neigh- No complaint there, mind you. As the A pair of pink flowering dogwoods al- borhood where I grew up, allowing me to Secretary of the Interior (aka, my wife) ready anchor a shady corner of the garden spend the next three years transforming can attest, her garden-mad husband where a peony border will pay tribute to its front and side yards into my version enjoys few things more than getting the plant-mad woman who taught me to of a miniature enchanted forest — my strip-off-before-you-dare-come-into- love getting dirty in a garden: my mom. tribute to Dame Mirabel’s Shropshire this-house dirty in the great outdoors, Nearby will be a pair of flowering crab garden. possibly because his people were Or- apple trees like the pair that bloomed I nicknamed the long-neglected back- ange and Alamance county dirt farmers every spring in Maine, surrounded by a yard, dense with overgrown shrubs and stretching back to the Articles of Con- trio of Japanese maples that I’ve grown half-dead trees, “The Lost Kingdom.” federation and their verdure seems to from sprouts, linked by a winding path Reclaiming just half of this space was travel at will through his bloodstream of stone. another odyssey, but more than a year like runaway wisteria. A fine little American beech already later — and thanks to the assistance of a After weeks of scheming and dream- stands at the heart of this raw new gar- younger back and a Bobcat — a promis- ing, sketching out elaborate bedding den, a gift from friends that recalls the ing shade garden of ferns, hostas, Japa- plans and chucking them, it finally came old tree that sent me around the world. nese maples, and a handsome Y0shino together when a dear old friend from For now, this a good start. There will Japanese cedar now flourishes there. It Southern Pines named Max, renowned be more to come. A garden is never really reminds me of the many Asian-themed for his spectacular camellia gardens, gave finished, and I’ve only just begun. botanical gardens I’ve visited. me five of his original seedlings for the That left only a final section of the Lost new garden. I planted them on the bor- Jim Dodson is the New York Times bestsell- Kingdom to deal with, which I began ders and remembered something Dame ing author of Final Rounds: A Father, A clearing late last fall, resulting in a nice Mirabel said about old souls and trees Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime. blank canvas half in shade, half in sun. being memory-keepers. He lives in Greensboro.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 43 NOTED

From seed to stovetop, family and food are intertwined Growing Our Own by LENARD D. MOORE photography by BOB KARP

hen I was growing up, eating good food was a family tradition, especially the delicious choices for all at any Wgathering. Mostly there were vegetables steaming and waiting for us, but there were some raw ones too, freshly picked, sliced, and neatly arranged on plates — onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes. All of them were from our backyard garden. This celebration of food began with the seeds that my father and I purchased from the farm supplies store. I also received seeds from my great-grandmother and great-aunt, who knew that I gardened each year and that I knew how to take care of a garden because I learned from them, as well as my father. I remember the joy of turning the soil with a shovel, making furrows with the garden hoe, planting, hilling, and watering the seeds or plants that needed hand-setting, such as collards, cabbage, and tomato slips. I learned how to transplant corn from my great-grandmother, including what to do with the long leaves. I tended the garden — weeding, hilling, watering, and raking — until the waist-high and shoulder-high plants yielded their output. Always on the ground, cucumber, watermelon, and

44 | WALTER cantaloupe vines sprawled all over the the fish. Sometimes our plot. Pole beans wrapped around the mother baked a pineapple slender poles. Of course, I worried about upside-down cake. We were deer and rabbits nibbling whatever well fed. So it was typical they wanted in the garden, but I also to leave the table happy and learned how to build a scarecrow from content. my great-grandmother and great-aunt. I am reeling with food I recall how scarecrows guarded my memories. My sisters recent- great-grandmother’s corn and peanut ly told some people how, in fields while my brothers and I chopped my late teens, I cooked for grass away from the long rows in the them, our whole family in stifling sun. We worked, talked, joked, fact. Yes, I learned to cook and laughed, but we paid attention to from our parents. our chopping, keeping our eyes focused. I experimented with Like others in our African Ameri- Later years, far into adulthood, my cooking different meals, too. I even had can community, we often ate from our youngest sister would ask, “Do you a recipe, A La Beef Delight, published garden. There was no talk of going to remember when Dad-Dad would have in a cookbook. I remember how my the grocery store for vegetables. After sweat dripping off him while cooking late daughter loved a particular dish harvesting what we wanted from the for us?” that I cooked — barbecue chicken with garden, we sat on the front porch where “Yes,” I said, picturing the cooking steamed rice baked in it. I always made we snapped or shelled beans and shucked scene vividly as if it were not in the certain that there was enough sauce to corn with our father. All we knew was distant past. That’s how it was. It seemed drizzle over the rice. Like my father, I eating fresh food out of the garden. like he enjoyed cooking in that hot sliced fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and In my early years, another one of our kitchen. In fact, I knew that he knew onion, too. It was not difficult to keep great-aunts took my brothers and me what fatherhood was all about, and he the custom going because my daughter fishing, and she taught us how to fish demonstrated how to be a good provid- enjoyed healthy meals. She also enjoyed — the baiting, casting, and reeling in er and a great father. At breakfast, his whenever I grilled food in the backyard. the catch — for one big enough to take favorite dish often steamed in front of us. It still gives me pleasure to remember off the hook and place in the bucket. I can still smell those fried potatoes and our eating together as a family. When She would pick us up and drive us to the onions. They were delicious. my father arrived home from working at fishing spots, mostly the Atlantic Ocean Perhaps I should have said that I Camp Lejeune, we knew it was supper- where the breaking blue-gray water learned how to clean fish from my grand- time. Our mouths began to water. No seemed to whisper to us. It was beautiful. father. I scaled, gutted, and cleaned the one trickled to the table late. It was calming. It was happiness. flounder, trout, spot, or croaker. I can Although my childhood home in Jack- still picture the silver sonville was bulldozed earlier this decade pan piled with fish in it, to make room for the expansion of the After harvesting what we wanted smelling of the sea, on highway, I still carry such fond memories from the garden, we sat on the front the long, wooden table of family and food. It’s bittersweet now porch where we snapped or shelled in the backyard. Then, because my great-grandmother, grand- in early evening, our mother, great-aunts, my uncle, and my beans and shucked corn with our mother fried the fish and daughter have transitioned. Sadly, that father. All we knew was eating fresh made hot-water corn- roster of loss of kinfolk has grown. But bread. At any moment, food and the memory of food are still food out of the garden. we might push through cherished in Eastern North Carolina. the black swinging doors In those same years, my great-grand- into the kitchen so that we could smell Lenard D. Moore is executive chairman mother, my grandmother, and my uncle the aroma of supper. of the North Carolina Haiku Society and raised chickens. Another one of my Supper, which is what we called the founder and executive director of the Caroli- uncles raised pigs. Thus, there was fresh evening meal, consisted of fresh cooked na African American Writers’ Collective. meat, too. So the community was packed collards, baked macaroni and cheese, This story was publishedAll in the Songs with food, despite the eye-burning sweat hot fish, and cornbread. There was We Sing: Celebrating the 25th Anniver- from all of the work that it took to put freshly picked hot pepper, which was sary of the Carolina African American food on our table. diced for the collards, and hot sauce for Writers’ Collective. He lives in Raleigh.

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The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 49 For over 100 years, the Method neighborhood has stood strong, together a LEGACY of GENEROSITY by COURTNEY NAPIER photography by JOSHUA STEADMAN

he autumn sun was high On days like today, however, everyone above trees adorned in gathers in the covered carport. A large golden leaves the ﬁrst time white tent has been erected next to it, I met Mr. Albert Cren- and it’s here that The Method Boys to shaw, last November. He Men Club — a group formed to be the walked with me toward neighborhood’s backbone, providing TMethod Road from the home of his long- fellowship, advocacy, and support — time friend, Mr. John Goode. prepares boxes of groceries and PPE to I followed Crenshaw’s lead as we cut distribute to neighbors and local families. a path behind the Raleigh Inter-Church Housing apartments. “This is the way we CARVING OUT A PLACE IMAGES) (HISTORIC of North Carolina Courtesy of the State Archives used to walk to school every morning,” he According to a report written for the explained as we crossed Method Road and Historic Raleigh Development Commis- approached the historic grounds of the sion, the Method village was formed in former Berry O’Kelly High School, now 1872 by half-brothers Jesse Mason and known as the Berry O’Kelly/Harveleigh Isaac O’Kelly, who purchased 69 most- White Method Community Center. ly wooded acres two miles outside the The Method neighborhood — Raleigh city limits from Confederate above: Berry O’Kelly, one of the hemmed in by North Carolina State General William Ruffin Cox of Raleigh most prominent early 20th-century University, Meredith College and the and Edgecombe County. Mason and Black leaders in North Carolina. Beltline — is modest, as it has always O’Kelly parceled the land and sold lots right: Siblings Estelle Williams, John been. Ranch-style homes boast vari- to newly freed Black families, and by the Goode, Rev. Robert Goode and Mel- ous 1970s-era schemes: vinyl siding in turn of the century, Method held over ba Goode McCallum on the front mustard yellow or avocado green, and the ﬁfty households. Its residents brought porch of the Method neighborhood ever-present red brick. Goode’s home, by an assortment of trades and services; the home where they grew up. contrast, is a fresh baby blue and white, town had two railroad stops, a grocery with a front porch that stretches the full store, and its own post office. length of the facade, a preferred gather- Method went through many name ing space for family and friends. changes. In the beginning, it was those

50 | WALTER The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 51 outside the community that attempted to create its identity: The News & Ob- server and other white-led institutions referred to the earliest iterations of the community as “Slab Town,” “Planktown,” and “Save Rent.” These names referred to the small lots being sold to Black families avoiding the higher rent in downtown Raleigh and the slab-style homes, resem- bling log cabins, that were built on those lots. As the community grew, however, so did the desire for its own identity. The name “Masonville” was chosen to honor one of its founders and ﬁrst pillars of the community, Jesse Mason. One of its early residents, a 10-year-old Berry O’Kelly, moved from Chapel Hill to what was by then known as Mason’s Village in the 1870s to live with relatives after his mother had passed away. As a young man, O’Kelly worked for grocer Charles N. Wood and boarded in his home. Some years later, O’Kelly bought the grocery store from Wood. This marked the beginning of O’Kelly’s illustrious career as a businessman and his legacy as a leader; he also introduced the name Method Village, by which the neighborhood is still known today. In 1894, O’Kelly donated a parcel of land for the purpose of building a school. Method already had three schools run by Wake County, but they dated back to Reconstruction and were in dire need of updating. In 1914, the Berry O’Kelly Training School was born, but its vision was not yet realized. The campus grew and the smaller schools were incorporated into a newer and larger complex that, with the support of Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosen- wald of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, expanded into a sprawling campus of eight buildings. The school taught elementary through high school students and was a prestigious institution that attracted young people and teachers from across the state. Every student This page, top to bottom: Albert Crenshaw in from its inaugural graduating class was front of the Berry O’Kelly School Agricultural Building; interior of Berry O’Kelly School, accepted into college. In 1923, the Berry circa 1920-1930; dedication of the school in O’Kelly High School was one of only 1928. Opposite page, top to bottom: Melba three high schools for Black students Goode McCallum and Estelle Williams in that was accredited by the state, and one front of the Berry O’Kelly/Harveleigh White of the ﬁrst to adhere to the nine-month Community Center; basketball court at instructional calendar. Method Community Park.

52 | WALTER FAMILY, CLASSMATES, AND FOREVER FRIENDS Berry O’Kelly High School was a constant backdrop for the children of Method, many of whom are still in the neighborhood. Those too young to attend played basketball and baseball on the grounds. Those who were students remember the rigor of their studies and the kindness of the teachers. Mr. W. D. Moore was the principal at Berry O’Kelly when Crenshaw attended in the 1950s. “If you asked him for something, he may not give it to you right away,” says Crenshaw, “but, eventually, he’d give in.” This included allowing the students to play in the gymnasium after hours and run through the woods behind the school. In its heyday, nine buildings made up the school. Moore, the high school’s last principal, lived in the principal’s quarters on campus. Now only two structures — the agriculture building and the gymnasium-turned-community center — remain. Summertime meant no school, making toys, and finding jobs. Rev. Robert Goode, John Goode’s brother and the pastor of Wesley Chapel African Methodist Epis- copal Church in Smithfield, remembers going into the woods that surrounded Method Village to pick blackberries. “We would sell them on Hillsborough Street for thirty-five cents a quart. Once we earned $1.05, we would take our money to the general store to buy an orangeade

Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina (HISTORIC IMAGES) (HISTORIC of North Carolina Courtesy of the State Archives and a honey bun,” Rev. Goode chuckles. “We thought we were living like kings.” “I remember in the summertime, we would leave the house soon after sun- rise and not come home until the sun went down,” says Estelle Williams, John Goode’s younger sister. “Mother would even serve us our lunch outside.” The practice of collective care in Meth- od is the foundation of the village. Ber- tha Maye Edwards was a child of Method and granddaughter of Jesse Mason. In her memoir, The Little Place and The Little Girl, she recorded her experience growing up in Method Village. She noted that Berry O’Kelly waived her family’s rent when her father passed away. “My mother always wanted a home of her own, but she never had the good fortune to have

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 53 CHEF S RECIPE

Squash and Mushroom Gratin

STEP 1: TOMATO GRAVY 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon cornmeal 2 cans crushed tomato one; now with this offer made by Mr. ½ teaspoon salt O’Kelly, she felt some security,” Edwards ½ teaspoon pepper wrote. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over m The children of Method enjoyed inno- dium-low heat. Once melted, add cornmeal a cook for five minutes while constantly stirring cent mischief, like climbing trees, playing Add crushed tomato to the mixture and increa pranks on their siblings, and swimming the heat to medium. Once at a slight simmer, in the agriculture basin owned by neigh- in salt and pepper, then pull from heat. Set as to cool boring N.C. State University. As they grew, they became leaders in the military, education, church, and business. STEP 2: MUSHROOMS Rev. Goode preached his first sermon 1 tablespoon unsalted butter at fourteen in St. James AME Church, 2 pints oyster mushrooms which was built on land donated by ½ yellow onion Berry O’Kelly in 1872. The main structure 3 garlic cloves that still stands on Method Road today ¼ cup white wine was built in 1923, with an addition built in 1999. Rev. Goode’s mother was a member of this church, while their father attended Oak City Baptist Church. Though the children were given a choice of which church to attend as they got older, “on Mother’s Day,” Rev. Goode explains, “you would find us at St. James.”

SERVING COMMUNITY, PRESERVING CULTURE From the beginning, Method was a relatively poor community, mostly com- posed of farmers and factory workers. The lack of wealth stymied the community’s ability to do things like buy street- lights, pave roads, or build water systems. In 1937, the villagers formed the Method Civic League to enrich the community’s infrastructure and ensure that the village’s voice was heard by Wake County and the City of Raleigh. Mr. Swade Sanders, who moved from East Raleigh to Method in 1955, was a member of the Method Civic League. “We stayed down there at City Hall,” Sanders recalls with a smile. “They saw us all the time.” When the City of Raleigh annexed Method in 1960 as part of the expansion of the inner Beltline, it meant Method would ﬁnally have city utilities and paved roads — but it also threatened to erase the community’s identity. The city gov- Clockwise from top: St. James AME Church; ernment attempted to change the names John Goode in his home; detail of the of all the roads in Method, but the Civic church; the Berry O’Kelly grave and obelisk League petitioned relentlessly and the in the Method neighborhood. signs were changed back. The city also attempted to close the post office, a great

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source of pride for the village, and again the Civic League stood firm. Sanders was himself a trailblazer. He was one of the first Black Greyhound bus me- drivers in Raleigh, and two of his sons in- nd tegrated city schools. It was only natural g. ase that he was among the men who would add advocate for the needs of Method before side the predominantly white city council and county board. After integration, Wake County hand- ed over the school to the City of Raleigh, which dispersed the older students to Cary High School and Ligon Middle School, and maintained only the elementary school. John Goode and Crenshaw were among the last graduating class of Berry O’Kelly High School. Community members remember the quality of the school dramatically declining, but the closure of the school in 1965 was no less shocking. “It was devastating,” Crenshaw says, of how he felt on hearing that his school had been torn down. After thirty years of service in the Air Force, John Goode and his wife Carroll moved back to Raleigh in 2010 to care for his aging mother-in-law, the late Mrs. Ka- tie Parish. He could see that Method was losing the identity he knew growing up: many of the factories that had employed the residents had been sold off and shut down, and it seemed that N.C. State was buying up property in the neighborhood as soon as it came up for sale. “Once I came home from Florida, I called some friends to breakfast to reminisce and talk about how things have changed,” says John Goode. That meeting led to the formation of The Method Boys to Men Club. Today, the nonprofit does everything from mentoring the community’s young residents to distrib- uting food to their neighbors, keeping the history and legacy of Method alive. When Hurricane Florence devastated the eastern part of the state, John Goode and fellow club members traveled to Sanford to distribute three truckloads of cleaning supplies to families in need. They hold meet-and-greet cookouts in the spring for old and new Method residents to get to know one another, and since 2007 have hosted Method Day, a summer reunion and celebration of the history

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 55 of the village. When they hear of job fairs and free health clinics, members make sure to get the word out to the people who need it most. One of the club’s biggest accomplish- ments was successfully petitioning for the Berry O’Kelly School to receive its national historic designation. Two years after the fellowship was found- ed, the North Carolina Department of Transportation revealed plans to widen Interstate 440 — plans that placed the highway directly through what remained of the Berry O’Kelly school. John Goode and other members of Method immediately went to work. They reached out to the Raleigh Historic De- velopment Commission, which crafted the application for the school to receive the historic designation. In May of 2017, their efforts paid off, and NCDOT redrew their plans. The community once again saved itself from the threat of urban renewal. In 2018, Raleigh provided Method its own historic designation, and the community center was renamed after O’Kelly and another signiﬁcant member of the Method Civic League and civil rights activist, Harveleigh White.

TURNING MEMORIES INTO PURPOSE On the ﬁrst day I visited, memories and stories overﬂowed as more and more siblings, relatives, and classmates lent a hand in preparing the donated goods for distribution. A common theme among them was presently on display: that it didn’t matter how much money the residents of Method made, because the neighborhood would provide. “We were poor, but we didn’t know it,” Goode explained. “You could always go borrow a cup of sugar, or anything you needed. We all took care of each other.” Now, in the time of COVID, members have focused on meeting the most critical needs of their neighbors, like food and personal protective equipment. Through a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, Method Boys to Men receives hand sanitizer, gloves, and face masks to distribute

56 | WALTER to residents free of charge at their twice- a-month food distribution events. “Before, we would lay the meals and groceries out and let people take what they needed,” Rev. Goode explained while he prepared bags of PPE. “But to keep people safe, we have started packing boxes of food and supplies and having people pick them up.” Method Boys to Men will also deliver grocery boxes to those who aren’t able to come in person, and they take several back to their own churches and neighbors. Not letting a single thing go to waste, any produce that cannot be distributed is given to farmers to feed their animals. Among the day’s helpers was former judge Karen Bethea-Shields, a Method native who attended Berry O’Kelly High School for two years before they shut it down. She went on to become one of the first Black women to attend Duke Uni- versity Law School in 1974 and Durham’s first female judge in 1980. Mr. Goode described her as “a legend in Method.” “When I was growing up, all this was trees,” she explained as we looked at the apartment complex across the street. “And every Christmas, my Dad would go out and cut down our Christmas tree.” As she continued, her memories matched the ones of John Goode, Rev. Goode, and Crenshaw — playing sports, picking blackberries to buy their favorite snacks, and being with friends until the street- lights came on. “That’s when we were supposed to come home, but we would walk halfway up the street, then back to the corner, several times before we finally arrived at the front door.” The worst memories, it seems, were having to say goodbye. Bethea-Shields is not ready to say goodbye to Method. As she reflected on how the neighborhood has changed over the years, she said: “There are still remnants of the community that I remember, because you have the same people, and they’re instilling those values that were Clockwise from top left: A food truck from the taught to us to the younger generation.” Bread of Life being unloaded at John Goode’s “And that is the purpose of the com- home; Karen Bethea-Shields; Rev. Robert munity,” she continued. “Change is good, Goode’s shirt; donations ready to be distribut- but you don’t forget the past.” ed; volunteers sort food donations.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 57 ast February, just weeks before 2020’s “great pause,” I escaped Raleigh for a weekend of celebrating the sporting life. My husband’s gun dog business, Wildrose Kennels Carolinas, was participating in the inaugural Beaufort Game Faire, hosted at the new Beaufort Hotel in L— you guessed it — Beaufort. Located just down the road from bus- tling downtown, Beaufort Hotel was built on an old menhaden plant site. It’s got a gorgeous marina, expansive hotel facili- ties, and rental cottages on the property. Sweeping porches offer a view of Carrot Island and Taylor Creek, and their bar makes the best cocktails in town. The Beaufort Game Faire was conceived in 2019 by a few enterprising locals as an attractive stop along the way to the SEWE (Southeastern Wildlife Expo) in Charles- ton, South Carolina. In a typical year, thousands of people make their annual pilgrimage to SEWE to enjoy the pleasures associated with the sporting lifestyle, including great food, music, and swag. This concept of an event celebrating hunting and fishing is not totally new (Washington, N.C., has hosted its popular annual Wildlife Arts Festival for over 20 years). But these local events are invaluable for communities like Beaufort, which is better known as a small boating town than a sporting destination, as the visiting Sampling the sporting life tourists fill local hotel rooms and restaurants in an otherwise quiet time of year. through a new tradition For its first year, the Beaufort Game Faire committee assembled an extensive in Beaufort and noteworthy group of artisans and businesses for the weekend, from knife makers to hunting dog trainers. The event ran from Thursday evening to Sunday brunch. The drone of bagpipes notified guests that the opening festivities had begun, ushering the crowd to a barbecue dinner and cigar/bourbon tasting on the hotel porch. The fun was just starting. Friday morning came early for us Thursday partygoers (that North Caroli- na small-batch bourbon was particularly smooth the night before). But the Blessing of the Hounds — a time-honored hunting FAIR ritual for foxhunters, hounds, and horses

58 | WALTER The Art & Soul of Raleigh Sunset at the dock near the Beaufort Hotel in Beaufort, North Carolina.

GAMEby CC PARKER photography by JUSTIN KASE CONDER

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 59 DOGS AT WORK English cocker span- iel gun dogs owned by Jay Lowry of Ry- glen Gundogs await their commands during the gun dog demonstration.

60 | WALTER — was worth the early wake-up call. In full Episcopalian vestments, Rector Tammy Lee of Beaufort’s St. Paul’s Epis- copal Church led the crowd in a spirited observance. With the lobby ﬁre crackling in the background and coffee in hand, we sang a few hymns and Rev. Lee said a few nice prayers. All was calm (in spite of the ten dogs who were part of the ceremony) as Rev. Lee’s lovely blessing sent us out into the blustery Friday morning. Neither the labs nor the spaniels ap- peared perturbed that no hounds were in attendance for their blessing. We watched as George, Brows, and Sage — agile, gorgeous, silky- haired beasts — stood riveted, awaiting their owner’s instruction.

Over the next two days, the Faire assembled an impressive offering of vendors and exhibitors from all over the Southeast within the hotel. Among them was renowned bird call craftsman Ralph Jensen, of Wilmington, known for his cheeky motto: “For a call with class, go with the ‘stache.” Jensen — immediately identi- fiable by his white handlebar mustache — held court at his table by the fireplace where he whittled and chatted and chided guests to toot and trill his calls. Adjoining Jensen’s fireside workspace sat Jerry Talton, who crafts handmade Core Sound decoys in Carteret Coun- ty. Talton laughed at Jensen’s jokes and answered customer questions while he carved. I touched my first elephant hide at Al Ange Leather’s booth, a leather goods producer out of Newport News, Virgin- ia. They offer all sorts of fine handmade shooting pouches, shell carriers, belts, bags, and other accessories. Each of their animal hides comes with its own serial number for tracking the country of origin and the date the hide was harvested. Over the course of the weekend, dog demonstrations were conducted on the

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 61 DUCK, DUCK Wooden decoys hand-carved by Jerry Talton.

62 | WALTER hotel’s front lawn. These shows are fan favorites, as the dogs demonstrate their skills in the ﬁeld — as well as antics that no one can predict. Wildrose Carolinas Labrador retrievers, under the charismatic command of founder Mike Stewart, entertained the crowd. The high-octane British labs leapt, sprinted, “stayed in place,” and retrieved all manner of bumpers. Stewart knows his audience: He got the crowd laughing as the dogs retrieved beer cans sent adrift by simulated kayak mishaps. These gorgeous dogs are natural performers that wooed the audience just by being their wagging, affable selves.

The South’s “First Lady of Fishing,” Wanda Taylor — the first female master of certified casting — taught fly casting in the pool.

In addition to the Wildrose retrievers, Ryglen English spaniels from Illinois were also part of the dog demonstrations. A field cocker’s function in the hunting field is to flush birds from the long grass for quail hunting; we watched as George, Brows, and Sage — agile, gorgeous, silky- haired beasts — stood riveted, awaiting their owner’s instruction. I happen to own an English cocker, but my distraction techniques (frantic hand gestures and crooning calls) were completely ignored. Those spaniels weregood , focused on their owner and field capabilities. Game Faire activities extended far beyond the hotel grounds, however. A red trolley shuttled guests down the SHE’S FLY road to activities housed at the Beau Coast Casting sessions Community Clubhouse. There, the South’s with master fly fish- “First Lady of Fishing,” Wanda Taylor — er Wanda Taylor. the first female master of certified casting — taught fly casting in the pool. Guests lined up for their individual sessions. Fly tying classes, along with continuous jokes and stories, were spun next door by volunteers of the local Healing Wa-

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 63 ters chapter, a group committed to the READY, AIM rehabilitation of disabled military service Clockwise from top left: David Lasley of personnel through fly fishing, education, Raleigh shooting clay and outings. pigeons; spent rifle Next stop was a few miles down High- shotgun cartridges; sunset over Taylor way 70 at the Simpson Farm. I drove my Creek; Doro Taylor Buick Enclave into the staging area — and of Raleigh. quickly understood this was best for pick- up trucks. At Simpson Farm, hunters were engaged in simulated driven grouse and rough hunting using rabbit targets and springing woodcock. While I am not a hunter — my husband suggested we go turkey hunting on our second date in 1990, but withdrew the offer when I expressed displeasure at the 4:30 a.m. call time and has never invited me again — I ventured out to see the Faire’s hunting offerings as a voyeur. The North River Gun Club, another ten- mile drive toward Harkers Island, hosted multiple shotgun clinics throughout the weekend. Saturday afternoon’s Carolina Conservation Cup 5-Stand Championship — shooters at five stations aim for various combinations of clay birds — drew a big crowd. Shooting or not, the club was a companionable setting as people mingled around barrel fires, warming their hands. Dinner at the hotel was a different theme each evening, but was always made with local fare, grown and caught nearby: Thursday was the previously mentioned bourbon and barbecue dinner; Friday was a low-country boil with shucked oysters on the porch; Saturday featured a delicious wild game banquet. Needless to say, guests did not go to bed hungry. My friend David Cozart, a long-time Beaufort homeowner, says the town is always sunny on the last day of a stay — and Sunday was no exception. We spent a beautiful morning on the hotel lawn, bel- linis in hand, as the Game Faire wrapped up with the final dog demonstration. The Wildrose labs seemed to enjoy the spot- light, as the field cockers had departed the night before for a private hunt in Georgia. At the conclusion of the Wildrose show, the hotel’s lot emptied of license plates from states near and far. Taking in the water and hotel, it occurred to me that while the Beaufort Game Faire was a great stop on the SEWE pilgrimage, it was also a perfect destination all on its own.

0064 | WALTER The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 65 A Boylan Heights bungalow fuses eras for a cozy, comfortable style COTTAGE MOD by AYN-MONIQUE KLAHRE photography by ANNA ROUTH BARZIN

n this historic Boylan Heights bungalow, the homeowners were starting from scratch. Well, not exactly scratch: the young couple had good architecture to work with, a Pinterest board full of ideas, and a collection of hand-me- down furnishings that dated back to their college years. The I key was to ﬁlter through it all, edit what they’d grown out of, and meld their taste with the existing space — all on a reasonable budget. “I have always enjoyed interior design, and had some idea of what I wanted, but I was having a really hard time making decisions,” says the homeowner. “Every room was going to need an over- haul, and it felt overwhelming.” To help put her vision together, she enlisted Durham-based design consultant

66 | WALTER SIMPLY PRETTY “I wanted someplace that was really comfortable,” says the homeowner of her living room. “We wanted a place that’s durable, where people could bring dogs or kids over and we wouldn’t be worried about messing it up.” The challenge was to make it comfortable without cluttering it up. Fairchild upholstered a low-slung sectional in a performance fabric, then added a side chair that can be easily moved around for diﬀerent scenarios. “This is the room where they hang out with each other and watch TV, but it’s also the ﬁrst room in the home, so it had to be easy to pull together if people come over,” she says. To make the room feel bigger, Fairchild hung art low on the walls, including a piece by Raleigh painter Kayla Plosz Antiel above the sofa.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 67 COLOR PLAY “We really started with the paint,” says Fairchild. “The trim color, Benjamin Moore Heather Gray, has a historic feel, but it’s also a little unexpected to keep the walls ivory and use the darker color along the trim and molding.” Throughout the home, Fairchild incorporated vintage and antique pieces to bridge the decades between when the house was built and the current era. She tapped her friend, stylist Ashley Whiteside, to source the art hanging in the kitchen (an antique Italian school painting) and above the mantle (a vintage piece from the 1970s).

Jourdan Fairchild of Spruce Creative — it felt like this was meant to be.” terracotta reds, and sherbert oranges — Studio. “The bones were great, but the A former magazine editor, Fairchild and selected what to purchase, pulling finishes were off,” says Fairchild of their has a knack for helping her clients create together the look with a mix of new starting point. “It had great fireplaces and a narrative within their homes. It was ex- furnishings from affordable retailers, high ceilings — very charming, but not actly what the homeowner had in mind. vintage finds, and a few of their original thoughtfully done.” “I like things that tell a story, an eclectic pieces. “I helped her create a guidebook The 1,300-square-foot home was built mix of old and new,” the homeowner says. for how she wanted their home to look in the early 1900s, so the homeowner “We wanted the design to reflect both so she and her husband could bring it to wanted to respect its original character our style and the style of the home. It’s life as time and budget allowed,” Fairchild while making the rooms feel spacious and such an old house, but we have a modern says. Starting with the bedroom, she and adding storage. Together, she and Fair- sensibility.” the homeowner worked room by room child tackled four rooms: the bedroom, Budget was key, since this young to update paint colors and add furniture, kitchen, living room, and dining room couple wasn’t in a position to decorate art, and other details over the course of (with another small bedroom still on the top-to-bottom, all at once, or to spring about six months. to-do list). for to-the-trade furnishings. “The reason The result is a home that’s cozy and Fairchild worked with the homeown- I started this business was that I saw a comfortable, with furnishings that meld er through a combination of mood board need for people who can’t afford tradi- eras and patinas to give the new decor a building, phone calls, and in-person tional interior designers to still be able sense of history. consults. “When we put together my first to have homes that are both pretty and “Jourdan was really, really fantastic mood board, she pulled an inspiration im- practical,” says Fairchild. “I think good to work with,” says the homeowner. “She age from designer Emily Henderson, and design is for everyone.” helped us tell a story about the character it was a picture I’d already pinned on my Together, they honed the vision, of the home with the pieces she brought own,” says the homeowner. “I was floored created a color palette — minty greens, in. We think the world of her.”

68 | WALTER CREATING PROVENANCE “This is a place that’s going to be lived in,” says the homeowner. Fairchild helped the homeowners edit down their decor collection, moving along college-era items like picture frames and candles, but keeping those that still spoke to them, like a wire sculpture the homeowner had made (which sits atop books on the media center). And not all the new pieces were new: Items like the North Carolina-made pots on the mantel and sculpture of the farmer on the hearth were vintage ﬁnds, a way to give the room patina while still having a more grown-up feel.

00 | WALTER The Art & Soul of Raleigh 69 70 WALTER BRIGHT UPDATE “We cook a lot, but we don’t entertain big crowds,” says the homeowner; they wanted the kitchen to be an easy spot for the cook to be part of the conversation. They mostly made small changes to the kitchen, like swapping in new hardware and lighting, but the biggest design punch came from mounting shelves from Semihandmade onto the wall adjoining the peninsula. “It used to be a fireplace, but it looked out of place,” says the homeowner. “The shelves give it a sense of purpose.” Fairchild chose the walnut finish to warm up the room and repeat the natural tones in the woven stools and hardwood flooring, and the shelves turned into a focal point with a mix of the homeowner’s kitchenware and art, including a piece by Canadian artist Yumi Phillips. Airy pendant lighting from Cedar & Moss makes the small kitchen feel bigger.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 71 ROOM TO PLAY “We rarely host fancy dinners, but we do love having friends over for wine or beer around the table and playing games,” says the homeowner. (Instead of tableware, the Anthropologie console holds dozens of board games.) The daybed works as bench seating, but also as a place for friends to crash, thanks to a machine-washable cover. In the corner, a pedestal table showcases a yellow vase that’s actually a HomeGoods ﬁnd. “I love the idea of creating an artistic statement with unexpected objects,” says Fairchild, “but they can easily move the vase and use it as an extra cocktail table.”

72 | WALTER CHIC NOOK Fairchild painted a cabinet they already had the same color as the walls. “It gives you the visual dimension of a built-in, without the expense,” says Fairchild. The cabinet functions as a bar and storage area for books, knickknacks, and, recently, of- ﬁce supplies. The William Morris collection wallpaper on the ceiling was Fairchild’s idea. “She was thinking about having wallpaper somewhere in the house, and this got us the ‘bang for your buck’ eﬀect,” says Fairchild. “That was all Jourdan,” says the homeowner. “When she mentioned it, I was like, yes, that’s awesome!”

The Art & MARCHSoul of Raleigh 2021 | | 0073 SLEEP HAVEN For the bedroom, the directive was clear: make it perfect for slumber. “I was working night shifts at the time and having a hard time sleeping during the day,” the homeowner says, “so I wanted it to be dark and super comfortable.” They painted the walls and trim a deep blue, French Beret by Benja- min Moore, and layered on blackout shades and velvet drapes to block the sunlight. “When you shut the curtains and cozy up in bed, it’s so dark you’d never know it’s day- light — but we can also pull the windows up and get tons of natural light,” says the homeowner. The mirrors above the side table reﬂect light when the windows are open, and since the older home is short on closets, Fairchild incorporated a storage bed from West Elm and used small dressers as side tables for extra space to stash clothing and linens.

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The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 77 Shellem, 30, learned to navigate these waters shortly after moving to the area nine years ago. Raised in Tennessee and Kentucky, she started working in professional theater when she was 8 years old. As a teen, the young actor spent summers in New York City and moved there after graduating from high school. Shellem was 21 and living in Harlem when she visited Wilmington for the first time. inter in the “I hadn’t experienced the ocean like marshes of this, ever in my life,” Shellem says. “I felt Masonboro drawn to it — like a need to be here.” She Island: Cold, got a job as a bartender in Wrightsville clear water Beach, where she met her now-husband flows out Jon, who lived on a sailboat, and has to the sea stayed ever since. Wthrough winding tidal creeks, exposing the roots of the umber-colored salt-marsh Masonboro is a barrier island, only cordgrass. The oysters lie asleep in their accessible by boat, about five miles beds. The crisp air is tinged with the southeast of Wilmington. On this bright brine-sweet smell of marsh mud; there’s morning, Shellem is gathering mussels, no sound but the distant roar of the waves destined to become part of paella this against the beach, the occasional crack of evening at Ceviche’s, a local favorite the pistol shrimp and the cascading call of restaurant. Many fishermen have trouble the willet — not silence, but the absence selling mussels — the general public of noise. In the eastern sky, the sun hides doesn’t know how to cook them — and behind clouds whose rippled textures they often get overlooked. Shellem figured mirror the surface of the water on this out how to get around this problem by windless morning. selling directly to chefs, and essentially This is the office of Ana Shellem, made the market for them in North owner and operator of Shell’em Seafood, Carolina. Now they are one of her staple commercial fisherman, and badass queen harvests. of the salt marsh. She sells sea shells not As the boat pulls up to the marsh’s just by the seashore but also to top edge, I scan the horizon and realize that restaurants across North Carolina. If we — myself, Shellem, and photographer you’ve dined at any of Ashley Chris- Mallory Cash — are absolutely alone. We tensen’s restaurants or St. Roch Fine step out, squelching into the mud, where I Oysters + Bar in Raleigh, there’s a good notice the three-toed tracks of plovers and chance you’ve enjoyed her mussels, oysters, herons far outnumber our own human clams, or stone crabs. bootprints.

78 | WALTER Commercial ﬁsher- man Ana Shellem in the marshes along the North Carolina coast.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 79 80 | WALTER Opposite: Shellem harvests oysters oﬀ Masonboro Island. This page: Sharing what she’s found.

In boots, waders, and braids, Shellem and forth to her trusty grey skiff, affec- forges fearlessly through the grass, taking tionately named Marsha. There are in textures, colors, and subtle differences thunderstorms. There are duck hunters in soil composition to help her track down with shotguns and poor eyesight. There is what she searches for. While her mind is the all-encompassing dread of climate completely in the here and now, focused change and the increased frequency and on the present, this art of foraging is intensity of hurricanes it brings with it. ancient, deeply ingrained in some back Two years ago, Hurricane Florence almost part of our brain most of us don’t use. She destroyed what she had worked so hard to zeroes in on a cluster tucked deep in the build. She couldn’t harvest for six months. grass. A single fluid, well-practiced But business slowly came back, like the motion with her hori-hori knife, and she rhythms of the tide she’s built her life on. rises up, a wide grin on her mud-flecked After four years of business, and with face, a cluster of mussels in her gloved more than 30 clients across the state, the hand. They are beautiful. She delicately other fishermen — almost entirely male places them in her bucket and is already — now take her seriously. They have off in search of more. The sun comes out learned that she isn’t going anywhere. and lights up the world. Her clams, mussels, oysters, and stone Today, the work goes easily. But there crabs, however, are going places— and fast. are days when the northeast wind blows Whereas many fishermen sell their strong and the tide doesn’t drop and the harvests to a wholesaler — they can marsh hides her face. There are frosty sometimes be driven all the way to Georgia mornings in winter when her gloves are before ending up on a plate in Charlotte or frozen solid; there are sultry summer Raleigh — Shellem personally delivers each evenings when no-see-ums feast on any order to her clients, often within 24 hours. exposed flesh. There are long days of big She enjoys the satisfaction of working orders to fill when her body aches from directly with chefs, knowing that if she bending, and from lugging heavy buckets worked with a distributor, the product of shells through the sucking mud back would likely spend days sitting on a truck.

The Art & Soul of Raleigh | 81 show off my culinary skills — she’s the one doing the hard work, so let’s let that shine.” Shellem’s harvests sometimes end up in places other than restaurants, too. Free Range Brewing in Charlotte has created one of its most popular beers, Sea of Companions, with her oysters since 2018. “[Ana’s oysters] are the star ingredi- ent,” co-owner Jason Alexander says. “They’re the saltiest we’ve ever encoun- tered, and they’re super fresh.” Art and chemistry combine in creating this rich wintertime porter, with notes of salted chocolate. A malty backbone of roasted oats and wheat, 96% of which is sourced locally, is blended with a touch of hops to add balance and bit- terness. Each 200-gallon batch includes more than 600 oysters, boiled in the wort like a stew during the last stage before fermenting. “That’s not the way I want to treat my “As the beer is in the kettle, we product,” she says. “That’s not the way I recirculate it through a separate vessel want to treat Mother Nature.” with the oysters in it,” Alexander explains. That speed makes the difference, “That allows us to fully cook the oysters, according to Sunny Gerhart, owner and which causes them to open so they release chef at St. Roch. Gerhart has been buying their liquor inside. It allows us to break Shellem’s harvest since she started. down the meat and release some proteins, “The cool thing about Ana is she’s which contributes to the body of the beer, not trying to sell 10,000 bags of oysters,” and it allows us to strip some of the Gerhart says. “She works with the folks minerals from the shells, which enhances she works with. If I say I want three bags, the flavor of the beer.” Shellem’s Mussel she’s going to harvest me three bags, and Beach, a stout made with ribbed mussels that’s it. The quality is there, and it’s harvested by Shellem, will be released later super fresh coming right out of the this spring. water. We’re getting it the same day — she’s harvesting in the morning, and then Wherever her harvest ends up, it Above: Searching always points back to this marsh, to one for mussels — and she’s on the road. It’s hard to get any finding them — fresher than that.” hardworking woman and a dream. Our along the grass in With oysters this fresh, Gerhart says, day out here is coming to a close — time the marsh. Opposite: it’s best to serve them raw, on the half to head home and wash the mud out of Shellem at work. shell, perhaps with a little mignonette. He these pants — but Shellem will be back sometimes experiments with smoking and out here tomorrow, and the next day, and preserving the clams and mussels, echoing the next. The pull of the moon on the tide the culinary tradition of the Basque coast pulls her, too. Even on days she doesn’t of Spain. Still, he keeps the preparations have orders, she often finds herself on a simple to highlight the flavor and the hard busman’s holiday, back out in the marsh, work that goes into it. exploring new spots or just pausing to “It’s a beautiful product on its own, but appreciate the beautiful surroundings. it’s really taken care of by Ana,” Gerhart “I didn’t start [fishing] for the money,” says. “She’s a steward of the coast, doing Shellem says. “I started because it made her thing, bringing that stuff to us. We’re me happy.” Out here, amid the grass and just trying to showcase what she’s doing, the mud and the water and the sky, it’s what the coast is doing. I don’t need to easy to see why.

82 | WALTER “I didn’t start ﬁshing for the money, I started because it made me happy.” —Ana Shellem

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1 ILLUMINATE ART WALK 2 Through January 8, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance and VAE Raleigh hosted 3 an outdoor, nighttime exhibition called Illuminate Art Walk. Pieces from more than a dozen local artists were on display in public spaces and storefronts, which guests could ﬁnd through an interactive digital map.

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SONARC by Brian Bush

10 11 12 OAKWOOD24 More than 100 people gathered at Historic Oakwood Cemetery December 19 13 14 and 20 for the third annual Oakwood24, an ultra-marathon to raise money for Healing Transitions. The run, led by ultra-marathoner and Healing Transi- tions alumni Jon Frey, takes place over 24 hours. Supporters signed up to run alongside Frey as he ran 100 miles to raise funds and awareness for addiction and recovery in Wake County. Despite cold, wet weather this year, Frey and his supporters raised more than $76,000 to support the organization.

ACROSS 4. Jim Dodson’s Beautiful _____ Rankin (SONARC); Chris Budnick (RUN) Taylor 6. Carolina _____ Salamander 8. Hannah Page bakes this 9. Triangle singer-songwriter 10. It’s Greek for “hospitable” 13. Local writing group

DOWN Jon Frey and supporters 1. Ana Shellem harvests these 2. ____ Our Own 3. ____ Heights bungalow 5. Where Dallas is a prof. 7. It’s game 11. Chinese Milky ____ Tea 12. Screen printing shop 14. Famous Method O’Kelly

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“This is the world my new baby found, Good reminder! On the site today: from Who else could use a coﬀee + round of but it won’t be the one she leaves. There’s glimpses of the pandemic in the early days, beignets from St. Roch’s brunch menu work to be done my girl. And there is beau- to ballroom dancers, to local chefs, our to cure a case of the Mondays? ty to be found. There’s no quota on the bad creative director selected 50 photos we ran @foodseennc Getty images (HAND); WALTER archives (SIR WALTER); courtesy Cameron Jones (DRESSER); courtesy Rosewater (RESTAURANT); Joshua St Jones (DRESSER); courtesy Rosewater (RESTAURANT); courtesy Cameron (SIR WALTER); archives Getty images (HAND); WALTER stuff, sometimes it keeps on hitting, but in 2020 that showcase this dynamic city @trianglefamiliesexplore My son is always you are proof of good, of promise.” -From and the people + places that make it so. asking for beignets because of Princess and @hamptonwilliamshofer’s essay to her @photopup the Frog!! So happy to know we can get daughter in our December issue @tinalovesraleigh Very good reminder! them here @cindy_godwin These 2020 babies @robperry11 Been to many music shows @Cf.farms Those look so yummy!!! are blessings! at the Rialto #StaySafe and #MaskUp @Adventuresinvida Yes, love these! @twyla1950 Loved your essay! @jnkpublicrelations Weekend goals!

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PHILOXENIA Lessons from a neighbor who became a friend, then family

by ADDIE LADNER

ultural immersion often up eating,” he said, after trying a comes through a language hearty lentil tomato soup I had course or a semester made.) abroad. For me, it came by And: one should not keep way of the life and death too busy. Each year, he’d clip Cof a neighbor, Larry Marangos. out admission coupons to the Larry, a second-generation Greek, church’s annual Greek Fest was fascinated by history. “You’re not and leave them on our front listening to me right now," he said once, porch. But he had no interest while going into great detail about in attending such hoopla. “No,” the real story behind PBS classic The he’d say, “you need to learn to Durrells in Corfu. It was true: I was say no yourself sometimes.” It making sure a child didn’t dart into took three years of persistent the street. He would tell it like it is. invites — and the birth of my firstirst Larry was an enigma; he wanted to child — for him to join us. live to 90, yet he smoked and rarely left He was smitten with my daughter. This month, he would have been 79. his house. (“Aren’t Greeks known for “Isn’t that the most beautiful thing After a long funeral service and Courtesy Addie Ladner an active lifestyle?” I’d tease.) you’ve ever seen?” he said at their burial in the Greek section of Historic Born and raised in Raleigh, Larry first meeting. It was the most positive Oakwood Cemetery, right next to his was baptized in Holy Trinity Greek thing I’d heard come out of his ornery parents, my husband and I attended Orthodox Church. You can still see his mouth. And with a buttery new baby our first Makaria. Makaria, which name hand-written on page 7 of the to show off, he happily tagged along. translates to “blessed,” is the meal church’s first baptismal ledger, from A pious man, Larry was not afraid shared after a funeral. Tucked into 1942. A studious boy, Larry walked of death. In the Greek church, death is a corner of Casa Carbone, an Ital- across Hillsborough Street by himself the beginning of eternal life. He’d leave ian restaurant off Glenwood Avenue, to Fred Olds Elementary School. newspaper clippings in my mailbox, we passed around a humble plate of Larry was brilliant. A professor often an obituary of a friend. Out of lightly seared fish, a symbol of Chris- earlier in life, he spoke fluent French, habit, I’d respond, “I’m sorry, how sad.” tianity, then ceremoniously dipped Latin, Greek, and Spanish. His mother He’d respond, “Why? I’m not.” biscotti into red wine, symbolizing the emigrated here from Cyprus, and he He wasn’t. Once, I found him on the body and blood of Christ. lived in the same home where he grew floor of his house; he’d been there for All the while, we talked about Larry, up, on Stanhope Avenue, unchanged three days. I called 911, and as I franti- who started as a neighbor, then became for decades. Living across the street, cally answered questions from the para- a friend, then family. I absorbed things about the Greek medic, I remember saying, “Well, now At that dinner, I learned one final culture I can only hope to carry on. he’s smoking a cigarette — wait, Larry, thing from Larry that would sum up For instance: only buy sheep’s milk why are you smoking a cigarette?!” our entire, ethereal relationship: feta, a big block, in the brine. And: the Very close to the end of his life, philoxenia. A quintessential Greek best way to serve lentils is a bit under- barely lucid, he asked me to read him trait, it means to be hospitable. To be cooked, with rice, parsley, olive oil, and his own obituary, which he’d penned kind and to love a stranger. lemon. (“These aren’t the lentils I grew himself for The News & Observer. Shouldn’t we all?

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