By Donna Campbell Smith My daughter and greatgrandchildren were excited at the prospect of seeing a bear at Pungo National Wildlife Refuge in northeast North Carolina. Last year, we packed our cameras and road snacks […]
By Kay Whatley, Editor In the coming weeks, people will be distancing themselves from events, taking safety precautions, and making efforts to avoid catching, or spreading, coronovirus. The plan for The Grey Area News is […]
By Kay Whatley For future homebuyers, what will be the biggest draw? Will the perfect location, convenience to school, work, and shopping, or beautiful settings still be driving home sales? Or will future buyers gravitate […]
By Kay Whatley Oh, what it used to take for people of my generation — growing up in the 1970s and 1980s — to get the lyrics to a song that we loved. It was […]
Editorial by Kay Whatley North Carolina’s long list of creepy, crawly, biting things may be daunting. One group of crawlies which are at their peak during August and the Fall are Orb-weaver spiders. Leave your […]
By Dr. John Stamey The following sentence prompted me to write this short opinion essay. “When you ask the wrong questions, no matter how sound those questions may be, the answers never come.” This comes from […]
By Kay Whatley With the popularity of binge-watching television shows and online streaming series, it seemed time to review from the recliner at home too, not just at the movie theater. Below you’ll find my […]
By Jacquie Jeffers, State of North Carolina Martin Luther King, Jr. Commissioner Black History Month is a celebration of an amazing culture! African Americans have made tremendous contributions to the fabric of America. For example, Dr. Shirley […]
New Year, Another Chance to Make Life Better Moment-by-Moment Whatever our society started out to be, it revolves around money. Humans before us erected a system where you can’t live without money, and can’t leave […]
By Kay Whatley The recent push to get rid of plastic straws is resulting in US chain restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels removing straws from their facilities. That’s good news, though it is only a […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have now decided to retire — after 63 years of practice and over 15,000 patients — I now will have time to contemplate and reminisce And remembering to […]
By Petty Officer Andrew Barresi, US Coast Guard Pierce desperately dug his paddles into the choppy water. Stroke after stroke, he fought the October wind as the waves battered him. He counted his strokes to […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Έρος ανίκατεν μαχαν — “Sensual love (forever) undefeated in battle” Sophocles (chorus in Antigone) Sexual drive and behavior in humans are powerful in dominating our behavior in more ways then […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I return to this subject over and over because is a matter of life and death for our species as humans. The story of our origin as a species is […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have mentioned many times in the past, we humans are complicated creatures. There exist two separate groups of inborn traits in us, which together make up our human […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” said Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers in his immortal proclamation, heralding the independence of our country. Well, life and freedom one […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD Ironically, a few days ago I was writing an article with the heading, ”….and the pursuit of happiness” — which will appear in a future issue — when the news arrived […]
By Kay Whatley North Carolina offers residents a mix of urban, salt (coastal), mountain, and rural life. This writer’s preference is rural life, here in the “inner coastal plains” area of Eastern NC. What does […]
Sierra Club: Senate Of Virginia Allows Dominion To Regulate Itself While Ratepayers Foot The Bill On February 9, 2018, the Senate of Virginia passed Senate Bill 966 in a vote of 26-13. SB966, introduced by […]
By Kay Whatley I’m no scientist, nor an expert on human nature, tech marketing, or child development. I’m merely an observer, a parent, and a user of technology who hopes for its best use without […]
An Interview with Economist Dr. Michael Walden of NCSU By Robert B. Butler The North Carolina economy is back. The state’s unemployment rate has fallen to a 17-year low, and the nation’s stock markets have […]
By Kay Whatley, Editor If you’re not familiar with the free, online Internet Archive, give it a visit at archive.org. Whether you like to read, watch old films, or just learn new things, you’ll find there’s […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD “There is no genius without a touch of madness” Aristotle Indeed, all very creative people do behave oddly. Often defined as weird, we even use in describing them other more pedestrian […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD I have mentioned the subject before but is needs repeating — If one of your resolutions in the new year is to go into a diet, please don’t. Studies and observations at […]
By Kay Whatley We are about to reach 2018. It’s approaching second by second. What do you want to be different in the new year? Okay, your answer is probably “A lot of things!” Let me […]
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are amazing, awe-inspiring creatures — as justifiably declared by Sophocles, one of the ancient Greek “Shakespeares.” We are not only intelligent, contemplative, curious, and able to use symbolism and […]
By Kay Whatley, Editor For those of you unfamiliar with pho, yet curious about it due to the increase in pho restaurant signs, here’s a little bit of background on this tasty, hot soup. At […]
By Kay Whatley I remember when I was a child, on Sunday mornings my mother would make breakfast of pancakes or french toast, eggs, and bacon. That bacon from decades ago had a robust taste […]
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