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• Clear for departure

  My father is 83 now, and his health is declining. In mid-April, my brother called: "You need to get up here now."

  • by JP Trostle
  • May 22, 2013

• Being the community

  In Raleigh's Moore Square and around Main Street in Durham, we ignore people who we assume don't have housing. Rocky and those like him go to Love Wins or the Maurin House to find eye contact, to hear a "good morning," to be a part of their cities.

  • by Win Bassett
  • May 15, 2013

• High places

  Quietly, by the guidance of our flashlights, we climbed a very long, tight spiral staircase up to the top of the Duke Chapel tower. And not just the bell-tower top, but beyond that.

  • by Judy Martell
  • May 8, 2013
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