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  • q shaman stands at podium in capitol building on January 6

    Dietary Dogwhistles

    Following the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, one of the most indelible figures was Jake Angeli, the QAnon Shaman. While The Handmaid’s Tale and *gestures wildly at everything else* has been preparing me for a theocracy, I wasn’t quite expecting it to be Wotanist. After roaming the halls of Congress in face paint and…

    Sally Parlier

  • East Boone Coffee Shop

    Over the past couple of years, Hatchet Coffee has become an essential stop for me whenever I visit my family in the mountains of North Carolina. I grew up in Watauga County and didn’t really become a coffee drinker until I moved to the Triangle and discovered beans that weren’t dark roasted or artificially flavored. On visits…

    Sally Parlier

  • Recipes for the great-great-great-grandchildren

    My sister is going through boxes of photos and papers and notebooks that my mother wanted to get rid of but did not want to be directly responsible for throwing away. Usually I end up with baby photos of relatives I barely speak to or photos of myself as a teenager that make me realize…

    Sally Parlier