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Glowing La Plata

La Plata, Colombia, 11:30 PM

It was getting late in La Plata. Teenagers circled the zocalo on their motorcycles with less and less frequency. Heavy security doors clacked as they roll-down over the entrance to a nearby panaderia. I was at the threshold of my hotel room, ready to pass out [...]

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Burning And Shooting

We’re often tasked with illustrating abstract ideas in a compelling way. This week’s pickle was a story about the failure of local blogs to sustain themselves in the long run. Usually we start off the same way, five people around a table pitching ideas, trying to distill the [...]

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Transplanting Traditions

 Back in May I worked on a photo essay about Transplanting Traditions, an educational farm outside Chapel Hill currently training ethnic Karen refugees from Burma in the skills needed to start their own sustainable farm operation. On Sunday, November 11, from 4 – 7pm, there will be a fundraiser with hot cider, Karen folk music, dancing [...]

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Jump On In

Judith Moss, Tarrboro, N.C. / AARP Bulletin 

Back in high school I competed in both the long and triple jump. I failed to jump far enough for anything beyond a bronze medal, but I still remember the steps to the latter some 12 years later. Judith [...]

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Big Needles | ESPN Magazine

London Fletcher has never missed an NFL game in 14 years — that’s 224 consecutive games as a crushing inside linebacker. And once more, like a fine bourbon, he’s only getting better with age. So what’s the deal? Could it be an acupuncture technique known as [...]

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Out With A Splash

Niña, a seriously soaked Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

This July has been one hot and unrelentingly busy month. The assignments have been back to back and the yard has become a jungle, but the beer is also cold and there’s always a swimming hole around the [...]

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